Fordham University's Journal of Record Since 1918

The Fordham Ram
Fordham University's Journal of Record Since 1918

The Fordham Ram
Fordham University's Journal of Record Since 1918

The Fordham Ram

Gigi Speer

All content by Gigi Speer
Speer looks at an athlete's mentality. (Courtesy of Fordham Athletics)

Student Athlete Column: Does Winning Have To Be Unforgiving?

Gigi Speer, Staff Writer
April 6, 2022
Gigi Speer reflects on the past. (Courtesy of Fordham Athletics)

Student Athlete Column: A Letter to Seniors

Gigi Speer, Staff Writer
March 9, 2022
Student Athlete Column: The Snow Melts

Student Athlete Column: The Snow Melts

Gigi Speer, Staff Writer
February 2, 2022
Part of the team's tournament success came from rediscovering their love for the sport itself. (Courtesy of Fordham Athletics)

Fordham Volleyball’s Historic Run Concludes in the A-10 Championship

Gigi Speer, Staff Writer
November 24, 2021
Fordham honored its four seniors before a resounding victory over Rhode Island on Friday. (Courtesy of Fordham Athletics)

Fordham Volleyball Punches Ticket to the A-10 Tournament

Gigi Speer, Staff Writer
November 17, 2021
Volleyball must come together as a team through adversity to extend beyond its regular season. (Courtesy of Fordham Athletics)

Fordham Volleyball Drops Three at Home

Gigi Speer, Staff Writer
November 10, 2021
The volleyball team split its two games between Dayton and Duquesne (courtesy of Fordham Athletics).

Volleyball Falls to Top-Seeded Flyers, Comes Back Against Duquesne

Gigi Speer, Staff Writer
November 3, 2021
Brzozowski believes in her team's confidence to succeed down the stretch, beginning against a talented Dayton opponent. (Courtesy of Fordham Athletics)

Volleyball Sweeps the Colonials, Drops One to the Patriots in Latest A-10 Play

Gigi Speer, Staff Writer
October 27, 2021
Student Athlete Column: Momentous Mentors

Student Athlete Column: Momentous Mentors

Gigi Speer, Staff Writer
October 27, 2021
Volleyball will try and take the lessons from its past week into a manageable stretch of upcoming A-10 games. (Courtesy of Fordham Athletics)

Fordham Volleyball With a Pair of Losses on the Weekend

Gigi Speer, Staff Writer
October 20, 2021
Parker won the second trophy of her WNBA career, this one even more special coming in her hometown. (Courtesy of Twitter)

The Chicago Sky Secure the WNBA Championship

Gigi Speer, Staff Writer
October 19, 2021
Volleyball faces Saint Louis University in tough away loss in Saint Louis, MI. (Courtesy of Fordham Athletics)

Volleyball Falls to 0-3 in Conference

Gigi Speer, Staff Writer
October 6, 2021
Despite the outcomes, Moody (above) and the Rams plan to focus on the positives of their first two conference matches. (Courtesy of Fordham Athletics)

Fordham Volleyball Drops Two to Start A-10 Play

Gigi Speer, Staff Writer
September 29, 2021
Junior libero Mallory Lipski won Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Week and was named to the All-Tournament team with her career-high 30 digs. (Courtesy of Fordham Athletics)

Fordham Volleyball Splits the Rose Hill Classic

Gigi Speer, Staff Writer
September 22, 2021
Moody (above) has started her sophomore season strong with the hope team results will soon come with it. (Courtesy of Fordham Athletics)

Volleyball Fights but Falls in All Three at Kaiser Classic

Gigi Speer, Staff Writer
September 15, 2021
Moody (above) and the Rams are now a team with expectations after a surprise appearance in the A-10 Championship last season. (Courtesy of Fordham Athletics)

Volleyball Begins the Work Back to the A-10 Playoffs

Gigi Speer, Staff Writer
September 6, 2021
Volleyball will look to carry forward the momentum of their long-awaited return to the A-10 Championship. (Courtesy of Fordham Athletics)

Volleyball Concludes Season at A-10 Championship

Gigi Speer, Staff Writer
April 7, 2021
Despite losing its final two games of the season, Volleyball heads into its first postseason berth in a decade later this week. (Courtesy of Fordham Athletics)

Rams Drop Last Two to the Rhodys, Claim Spot in A-10 Tournament

Gigi Speer, Staff Writers
March 31, 2021
This past week, Softball was unstoppable against their competition, but they will not celebrate until their ultimately goal is achieved. (Courtesy of Fordham Athletics)

Student Athlete Column: The Victory Bell

Gigi Speer, Staff Writer
March 31, 2021
The Rams had a .500 weekend following a five game winning streak. (Courtesy of Fordham Athletics)

Fordham Volleyball Splits the Weekend

Gigi Speer, Staff Writer
March 24, 2021
Moody (above) has made an immediate impact on the Rams' potent offensive attack thus far this season. (Courtesy of Fordham Athletics)

Fordham Volleyball Wins the Weekend

Gigi Speer, Staff Writer
March 11, 2021
In a time of such uncertainty, athletes can only focus on what is in their control as they await to return to the playing surface again. (Courtesy of Fordham Athletics)

The Age-Old Mantra: Control the Controllables

Gigi Speer, Contributing Writer
February 24, 2021
McKenna Lahr (above) sets herself to receive a serve in the opener against St. Johns. (Courtesy of Fordham Athletics)

Volleyball Opens the 2021 Season

Gigi Speer, Staff Writer
February 10, 2021
The Fordham women’s tennis team (above) had its season abruptly cut short in March. (Courtesy of Fordham Athletics)

Women’s Tennis Responds to COVID-19

Gigi Speer, Staff Writer
November 18, 2020
The Fordham volleyball team (above) in action last year, when games were taken for granted. (Courtesy of Fordham Athletics)

Fordham Volleyball Keeps Busy Amidst COVID-19

Gigi Speer, Staff Writer
September 16, 2020
Fordham Baseball's game against Wagner on March 11 was the last Fordham sporting event before the COVID-19 shutdown. It is unclear when the next one will take place. (Courtesy of Fordham Athletics)

Impacts of COVID-19 on Fordham Sports

Gigi Speer, Staff Writer
August 23, 2020
For some, the biggest drawback of the pandemic is missing the opportunity to compete with one another. (Courtesy of Fordham Athletics)

Student-Athlete Column: Missing Competition

Gigi Speer, Staff Writer
April 22, 2020
While many spring seasons were cut short due to the coronavirus, the unfortunate circumstances made players realize what being on a team was all about. (Courtesy of Fordham Athletics)

Student-Athlete Column: Fateful Fro-Yo and Full Moon

Gigi Speer, Staff Writer
March 25, 2020
Fordham Women's Tennis had an up-and-down weekend. (Courtesy of Fordham Athletics)

Women’s Tennis Splits the Weekend

Gigi Speer, Staff Writer
March 11, 2020
Arina Taluyenko (above) once again led the way for Fordham on Saturday. (Courtesy of Fordham Athletics)

Women’s Tennis Notches Win Over Seton Hall

Gigi Speer, Contributing Writer
February 25, 2020
Women’s Tennis had a difficult weekend, but now they’re looking to right the ship. (Courtesy of Fordham Athletics)

Women’s Tennis Looking to Find Stride

Gigi Speer, Contributing Writer
February 19, 2020
Championship teams often go through struggles before reaching the top. (Courtesy of Flickr)

Student-Athlete Column: Dealing With Losses

Gigi Speer, Contributing Writer
February 19, 2020
Taluyenko paced the Rams in a weekend of mixed results. (Courtesy of Fordham Athletics)

Women’s Tennis Closes out the Weekend at .500

Gigi Speer, Contributing Writer
February 12, 2020
Women’s Tennis overcame some early season struggles against Quinnipiac. (Gigi Speer)

Women’s Tennis Earns First Win of 2020

Gigi Speer, Contributing Writer
February 5, 2020
Visualization and other mental training is particularly helpful to student-athletes. (Courtesy of Fordham Athletics)

Student-Athlete Column: Mental Training

Gigi Speer, Contributing Writer
January 29, 2020
Despite a strong finish, Fordham Volleyball didn’t make it to the A-10 Tournament. (Courtesy of Fordham Athletics)

Volleyball Falls Just Short of A-10 Playoffs

Gigi Speer, Contributing Writer
November 20, 2019
Fordham Volleyball honored five seniors (above) before Saturday’s game. (Alex Wolz/The Fordham Ram)

Volleyball Splits Final Home Weekend

Gigi Speer, Contributing Writer
November 13, 2019
Fordham Volleyball showed promise this week, but the season is almost over. (Courtesy of Fordham Athletics)

Volleyball Remains Outside A-10 Playoffs

Gigi Speer, Contributing Writer
November 6, 2019
Fordham Volleyball is on the board with a win over URI in conference play. (Alex Wolz/The Fordham Ram)

Volleyball Earns First A-10 Victory

Gigi Speer, Contributing Writer
October 30, 2019
Fordham Volleyball makes its long-awaited return home on Friday night. (Courtesy of Fordham Athletics)

Volleyball Falls to 7–10 As Rams Return Home

Gigi Speer, Contributing Writer
October 16, 2019
Fordham Volleyball had a tough week after two Atlantic 10 losses. (Courtesy of Fordham Athletics)

Volleyball Falls to Saint Louis and Dayton 

Gigi Speer, Contributing Writer
October 9, 2019
It was a difficult weekend for Fordham Women’s Volleyball, losing a close one. (Courtesy of Fordham Athletics)

Volleyball Drops Five-Set Battle of the Rams to Rhode Island

Gigi Speer, Contributing Writer
October 2, 2019
Fordham Volleyball played several close matches last week. (Courtesy of Fordham Athletics)

Close Battles Move Volleyball to 7-5

Gigi Speer, Contributing Writer
September 25, 2019
Fordham Volleyball saw more success this weekend at Dartmouth. (Julia Comerford/The Fordham Ram)

Volleyball Takes Two of Three at Dartmouth Invite

Gigi Speer, Contributing Writer
September 18, 2019
Fordham Volleyball is off to a great start in 2019 with several early-season wins. (Julia Comerford/The Fordham Ram)

Volleyball Has Another Winning Weekend

Gigi Speer, Contributing Writer
September 11, 2019
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