Late Goal Gives Women’s Soccer a Draw Against Loyola Chicago

Bronx, N.Y. – (September 22, 2024) – It was a crazy women's soccer finish on Sunday afternoon at Moglia Stadium between the Fordham Rams and the Ramblers of Loyola Chicago, as the Rams' Riley Carroll scored in the 89^th minute to tie the game, leaving the match as a 2-2 draw.
 
Both teams moved to 6-2-2 on the season, 1-0-1 in the Atlantic 10.
 
Fordham got on the board first in the tenth minute, as Julia Acosta's free kick cross found Liina Tervo for the deflection into the net from six yards out.  It was her team-leading sixth goal of the season.
 
The game then took a turn in the 20^th minute when Loyola Chicago's Roos van Roekel was red carded for denying a goal scoring opportunity on Abby Borchers, leaving the Ramblers down a player for the remainder of the match.
 
Fordham peppered Loyola Chicago goalkeeper Allison Deardorff with shots in the next few minutes looking to increase the lead, which included two shots from Acosta that were pushed aside by Deardorff.
 
The Ramblers then tied the game with an aggressive push in the 33^rd minute.  Faith Grisdale got a cross in the center of the box and knocked a shot toward goal that was defended away by a Fordham defender.  The ball though came right back to Grisdale, as she knocked in the rebound to tie the game.
 
Both goalkeepers, Deardorff and Fordham's Addison Green made saves and plays to keep the score knotted at one until the 80^th minute.  Jaimee Cibulka picked up the ball in the defensive end, running almost 70 yards toward the box.  She got around a defender and snuck a shot inside the left post for a 2-1 advantage.
 
Fordham then got a reprieve in the 89^th minute, picking up the game-tying goal from Riley Carroll from about 20 yards out.  Ella Guth put a through ball ahead to Tervo, who chased the ball down to the endline.  Tervo crossed the ball back to Carroll at the top of the box, who fired a shot inside the right post for her first of the season.
 
The Rams did have a final opportunity to win the game in the final seconds, but the play was called offside as time expired before the ball crossed the line.
 
In net, Deardorff had 11 saves with Green having four.
 
The Rams are back on the road for their next Atlantic 10 contest, as Fordham travels to Massachusetts on Thursday, September 26^th for a 4:00 PM match.