Bronx, N.Y. – If the two teams competing in the Atlantic 10 men's soccer match tonight were compared to houses handing out Halloween candy, the Saint Joseph's Hawks would be the house giving away candy corn while the Fordham Rams would be the house distributing Snickers bars, the full-sized version. The Rams had more treats than tricks for their fans tonight, scoring a season-high five times in a 5-1 win over the Hawks.
With the win, Fordham closes out the regular season with a 6-7-2 overall mark, 4-3-1 in the Atlantic 10, while Saint Joseph's closes out its season 5-6-6 overall, 1-5-2 in the conference.
Fordham freshman midfielder
Rayane Tchemmoun had the best Halloween costume of the night, doing his best Cristiano Ronaldo impression, scoring twice and assisting on two others, while grad student
Jason Hsu, and freshmen
Marco Cantalapiedra and
Gavin Flickinger each scored once.
The Rams got on the board early as
Sam Delgado sent a pass into the box and Tchemmoun one-timed it past the Saint Joseph's keeper from ten yards in the ninth minute.
The Hawks knotted the game in the 32
nd minute before Fordham scored in the 44
th minute to take a 2-1 lead at the break.
Marc-Alexandre Happi Emaga gave a pass to Flickinger on the left side who tapped it back to Cantalapiedra. Cantalapiedra dribbled around his defender and got off a blast from 15 yards to the far post for the 2-1 lead.
Early in the second half Tchemmoun picked up his second goal, taking a feed from Happi Emaga and easily beating the Hawks' keeper for a 3-1 lead in the 52
nd minute.
Seven minutes later, Hsu collected a deflected ball in the box and put it in the back of the net before Flickinger closed out the night's scoring in the 68th minute, taking a long ball from Tchemmoun and going in alone on goal, beating the keeper from just inside the box.
Notes
• Senior
Shayon Kashi recorded six saves in the Fordham net, five in the second half.
• Tchemmoun is the fourth Ram to score two goals in a game this year, joining Delgado,
Bruno Cellerino, and Elias Bettancourt.
• Tchemmoun now has three goals on the year while Cantalapiedra and Hsu each have two and Flickinger scored his first collegiate goal.
• The win snaps a tree-game losing streak for the Rams.
• Fordham leads the all-time series, which started in 2015, 15-7-5.
• The two teams met in the 2025 Atlantic 10 Championship quarterfinals with the Rams advancing to the semifinals with a shootout win.
• The Rams are 10-3-4 against Saint Joseph's in the Bronx.
What's Next?
• The Rams will discover their 2026 Atlantic 10 Championship opponent later tonight.
• Quarterfinal games will be played on Friday night, November 5, at the higher seed.
