BRONX – The Fordham University Rams continue play at the 2025 Atlantic 10 Championship by hosting the University of Dayton Flyers in a semifinal game at Moglia Stadium at Jack Coffey Field on Wednesday, November 12, at 1:00 p.m.
Fordham, seeded second, enters the match with an 8-5-4 overall record after playing to a scoreless tie with Saint Joseph's in a quarterfinal game at Moglia Stadium last Saturday night with the Rams advancing 5-4 on penalty kicks, while Dayton, the third seed, is 7-2-7 on the season following a 4-2 win in the quarterfinals at home on Friday night.
Notes
• The two teams met earlier this year with the Rams winning, 1-0, on October 8 at Moglia Stadium.
• Fordham senior midfielder
Daniel D'Ippolito was named the Atlantic 10 Offensive Player of the Year as well as the Midfielder of the Year and redshirt freshman
Daniel Lang was named the conference's Rookie of the Year on Tuesday afternoon.
• D'Ippolito was joined on the All-Atlantic 10 First Team by grad student defender
Thomas Gray while three other Rams received Second Team All-Atlantic 10 accolades: sophomore forward
Emile Kisse, grad student forward
Luke Pompliano, and grad student keeper
Tristan Stephani.
• The Fordham Rams are well represented in the Atlantic 10 and NCAA rankings with grad student keeper
Tristan Stephani and senior midfielder
Daniel D'Ippolito ranking among the leaders in various categories.
• Through games of November 10, D'Ippolito leads the A-10 and is seventh in the NCAA in assists/game (0.56) and is second in the conference and is 37
th in the country in points per game (1.31).
• Stephani is third in the Atlantic 10 and in GAA (0.90), save percentage (.796), and shutouts (7).
• D'Ippolito has amassed 25 career goals over the past four years, tying him for eighth on the Fordham career goals list.
• His 19 career assists is the fifth best all-time at Fordham while his 68 career points places him seventh on the Fordham career list.
• The Rams will be represented by three captains in 2025: graduate students
Thomas Gray and
Luca Bernoth, and senior
Daniel D'Ippolito.
