BRONX, N.Y. - The third-seeded University of Dayton men's soccer team prevailed over No. 2 Fordham Wednesday afternoon with its 2-1 Atlantic 10 Championship semifinal win at Moglia Stadium. With the victory, Dayton advances to the program's third-consecutive appearance in the A-10 Championship title match to be held Sunday, Nov. 16.
Dayton has now won four in a row and improves to 8-2-7 on the season while Fordham moves to 8-6-4 overall.
KEY STATS
GW - sophomore
Dren Dobruna scored his first goal of the season in the 75th minute, which proved to be the game winner for the Flyers
G - junior
Martin Bakken scored the game's first goal in the 27th minute, his team-high-tying eighth goal of the season
S - the Flyers out-shot the Rams, 10-6, in the first half but the pair were even with eight shots apiece in the second
4 - sophomore
Andrew Armstrong led eight different Flyer shot takers with four shots, just one off his career high
SCORING SUMMARY
CAUTIONS AND EJECTIONS
| YC |
67:48 |
FOR |
#17 Erik Krohnstad |
| YC |
69:03 |
DAY |
#9 Ethan Sassine |
| YC |
74:09 |
DAY |
#6 Mikkel Madsen |
| YC |
77:11 |
FOR |
#10 Daniel D'Ippolito |
| RC |
82:31 |
FOR |
#10 Daniel D'Ippolito |
COACH'S QUOTE
"The team played awesome today in a difficult environment to navigate," commented head coach
Dennis Currier following the game. "Fordham is a really good team and we knew it would be a great game. Overall, I felt we were the better team today and earned a much deserved win to play for the championship again."
UP NEXT
Following the result of tonight's semifinal match between No. 1 Saint Louis and No. 4 Davidson, Dayton will either go to St. Louis or host the championship match on Sunday, Nov. 16 at 12 p.m. local time.
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