Riverside, Calif. – Riverside is known as the birthplace of California's citrus industry. The introduction of the Washington navel orange in the late 1800s led to a booming citrus industry and one of the original navel orange trees planted in Riverside still stands at the corner of Magnolia Ave and Arlington Ave. The Fordham water polo squad closed out its southern California trip in the city today with something as sweet as an orange. A win. The Rams defeated #15 Cal Baptist, 10-6, at the Lancer Aquatic Center.
 
With the win, Fordham, ranked fourth in the nation, improves to 11-1 on the season while Cal Baptist falls to 15-3.
 
Fordham took a 3-2 lead at the half, and extended the lead to 5-3 with 2:38 left in the third on goals from Andras Toth and Liam Rogers.
 
A Lancer tally 27 seconds later made it a one-goal game before the Rams scored the next four, two from Karlo Dragosevic, to take a commanding 9-4 lead with 4:04 left in the fourth.
 
Notes
• Dragosevic and Oktavian Veklyuk each scored three goals for the Rams with Veklyuk adding an assist for four points.
 
• Toth also recorded four points for Fordham on two goals and two assists.
 
• Victor Savic made 14 stops in the Ram goal.
 
• It was the 17th all-time meeting between Fordham and Cal Baptist with the Lancers holding an 11-5 series lead, but the Rams have taken four of the past five meetings.
 
What's Next?
• The Rams host four matches on the weekend of October 9-11.
 
• Fordham will take on Wagner in an MAWPC match on Friday, October 9 at 6:00 p.m. and then host Princeton for a non-conference game, and MAWPC foe Navy on Saturday, October 10, at 10:30 p.m. and 3:00 p.m., respectively.
 
• The Rams then close out the weekend with a conference match against George Washington on Sunday, October 11, at 10:00 a.m.