In a week full of weather cancellations and abbreviations, Fordham Men’s Soccer dealt with it all this week, following a cancellation of their matchup against University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) and a slightly abbreviated game against Loyola Maryland University.

Instead of the Rams playing on Friday in Baltimore, their first game of the week came on Monday afternoon, after the start time of the match was moved to 2 p.m. instead of the originally scheduled 4 p.m. due to thunderstorms in the area.
Fordham struck first in the 13th minute, as senior midfielder Florian Deletioglu headed the ball into the back of the net, giving the Rams a 1-0 advantage. However, promptly after the goal, it was called back due to a foul on the Loyola goalkeeper.
At the end of the first half, the score remained at zero for both sides.

Entering into the second half, the Greyhounds were able to secure the advantage first, with a goal in the 49th minute as the Fordham defense was caught unaware as a ball soared in the back field. Waiting for it there was Caden Stafford, who headed it over graduate student Carter Abbott for the lead.
Ten minutes later, the Rams were able to find an equalizer as junior forward Grady Kozak soared a shot towards the Loyola keeper, only to be shut down. Loyola’s Dylan van der Walt was not able to hold on to the rebound.

Sophomore forward Nathan Simes was in the right place at the right time to take the ball off his chest and play it off his foot to swipe one past van der Walt for the equalizer and his first goal of the season.

Unfortunately, lightning strikes in the area caused the game to be cut short in the 71st minute, so the Rams were unable to take the lead and settled for a tie instead.
The Rams are now 2-0-3 on the season, still being undefeated at home. Fordham also has outshot their opponents across their five games played, and against Loyola they continued that trend.

Now, it is time for Atlantic 10 conference play for Fordham as they set up for their first A-10 matchup against St. Bonaventure University on Saturday at 3 p.m. The Rams will then have a highly anticipated rivalry game against Manhattan College on Tuesday at 6 p.m. at Manhattan College in Riverdale, N.Y.