Bronx, N.Y. – In the spirit of Halloween, ESPN+ analyst Michael Smolens wore a Sully from Monsters Inc. costume in the press box on Saturday. Which was appropriate as Sully once said to his coworker, "Nice job, Mikey. You filled your quota on the first kid of the day." Tonight, the Fordham men's soccer squad filled its quota in the first half, scoring twice, but then added three more in the second to defeat the St. Bonaventure University Bonnies, 5-0, in the Atlantic 10 regular season finale on Senior Night at Moglia Stadium
With the win, the Rams clinched the second seed of the 2025 Atlantic 10 Championship and will host Saint Joseph's in a quarterfinal match on Saturday night at 7:00 p.m. at Muglia Stadium.
Fordham closes out the regular season with an 8-5-3 overall record, 5-1-2 in the Atlantic 10, while St. Bonaventure falls to 3-9-3overall, 1-5-2 in the conference.
Senior midfielder
Daniel D'Ippolito led the Fordham offense, scoring once and assisting on two others, while redshirt freshman
Daniel Lang added a goal and an assist.
How it Happened
• Fordham opened the scoring when
Daniel Lang notched his fifth goal of the season in the eleventh minute, assisted by
Thomas Gray.
• Less than ten minutes later, the Rams increased their lead to 2-0 on a penalty kick goal from
Daniel D'Ippolito – his team-leading sixth goal of the season.
• Fordham went ahead 3-0 on
Elias Betancourt's 54th-minute goal, his second of the season with an assist from D'Ippolito.
• The Rams went ahead 4-0 with an 84th-minute goal from
Luca Bernoth, his first goal of the season with D'Ippolito and
Andre Insalaco assisting.
• Fordham expanded its advantage to make it a 5-0 game on Insalaco's second goal of the season in the 89th minute, assisted by
Emile Kisse and Lang.
Game Notes
•
Daniel D'Ippolito's goal was his 25
th career tally, moving him into a tie for eighth with Jannik Loebe (2014-17) on the Fordham career goals list.
• His two helpers tonight bring his career assist total to 19 all-time at Fordham, good for fifth on the Fordham all-time list.
• D'Ippolito's 69 career points places him seventh on the Fordham career list.
• Grad student keeper
Tristan Stephani recorded four saves for the Rams to record his sixth clean sheet of the season.
• The win snapped a three-match losing streak for Fordham.
What's Next?
• The Rams will host Saint Joseph's University in the 2025 Atlantic 10 Championship quarterfinals on Saturday, November 8, at 7:00 p.m. at Moglia Stadium.
• The two teams did not meet this year and have never met in the Atlantic 10 Championship.
• The Rams lead the all-time series with the Hawks, 14-7-4, and are 9-3-3 at home against Saint Joseph's.
• Fordham is 11-9-4 all-time in Atlantic 10 Championship games, last winning a title in the spring of 2021.
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