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Bronx, N.Y. – On the birthday of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), who were formally approved by Pope Paul III on this date in 1540, the Fordham men's soccer team took the Jesuit ideal of being a man for others to the extreme with four different players not only scoring but also recording an assist in a 5-1 Atlantic 10 win over VCU at Moglia Stadium
With the win, Fordham improves to 5-2-2 overall, 2-0-1 in the Atlantic 10, while VCU falls to 3-4-3 overall, 0-1-1 in the conference.
Grad student forward
Luke Pompliano, senior midfielder
Daniel D'Ippolito, junior midfielder
Elias Betancourt, and sophomore forward
Emile Kisse each notched a goal and an assist for the Rams who held a 2-0 lead at the half and extended it to 4-0 early in the second half.
How it Happened
• Fordham broke the 0-0 tie when Pompliano scored his second goal of the season in the 25th minute, assisted by
Emile Kisse and
Elias Betancourt.
• The Rams grabbed a 2-0 advantage on an unassisted goal from D'Ippolito -- his third goal of the season -- in the 30th minute.
• Fordham went ahead 3-0 on Kisse's 48th-minute goal, his third of the season.
• The Rams went up 4-0 with a 53rd-minute goal from
Daniel Lang, his third goal of the season. Pompliano assisted the goal.
• VCU made it a 4-1 game in the 58th minute before the Rams expanded their lead to 5-1 thanks to an 83rd-minute goal from Betancourt, his first goal of the season with an assist from
Andre Insalaco and D'Ippolito.
Game Notes
• Grad student keeper
Tristan Stephani recorded three saves for the Rams out of 10 total Rams shots.
• Stephani improves to 4-0-1 on the season.
• D'Ippolito has now scored 22 career goals, tenth all-time at Fordham.
• The assist was D'Ippolito's team-leading sixth of the year and the 16
th of his career, eighth on the Ram all-time list.
• D'Ippolito has at least one point in six of the nine matches this year.
• D'Ippolito now has 60 career points, tenth on the Fordham all-time list.
• Numerous alumni were in attendance for Alumni Day, including Janos Loebe who is tied for sixth on the Fordham career goals scored list with 26, who provided a halftime interview on the ESPN+ broadcast.
• The all-time series between the two Rams is now tied 4-4-5.
• The five goals scored by Fordham were the most by either team in the all-time series.
What's Next?
• The Rams travel to Chicago to take on the Loyola University Chicago Ramblers next Saturday, October 4, for a 4:00 p.m. (EST) Atlantic 10 contest.
• The Ramblers lead the all-time series, 4-1-0 but Fordham took last year's meeting, 5-1, at Moglia Stadium.
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