Final Score: VCU: 2, Fordham: 3
Location: Richmond, Va. (Sports Backers Stadium)
Records: VCU 7-5-1 (1-4) Fordham 4-8-2 (3-2-0)

THE SHORT STORY

VCU clawed back from a 2-0 deficit at halftime to force overtime, but eventually fell to Fordham 3-2 at Sports Backers Stadium in Atlantic 10 play.  

QUICK FACTS

• Fordham took an early 1-0 lead, scoring in the 5^th minute.
• Fordham extended its lead 2-0 in the 27^th minute.
• Senior Susanna Friedrichs (Midlothian, Va.) got VCU on the board in the 62^nd minute to cut Fordham's lead 2-1.
• VCU leveled in the 72^nd minute when it netted its second of the match.
• Fordham scored the game-winner in the 92^nd minute to take the game 3-2.
• VCU outshot Fordham 17-11 on the day.
• Junior Samantha Jerabek (Chesterfield, Va.) led the VCU squad with five shots. 

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Fordham went on the attack early, scoring in the 5^th minute with a rocket of a shot from the top of the box for a 1-0 lead.
• The match's second goal came off a Fordham corner kick when the ball slid through the box to the far corner for a 2-0 lead.
• VCU found its rhythm offensively in the second half and finally scored in the 70^th minute. The ball was loose in the box when Friedrichs charged in and put a no-doubter to the top of the net, cutting Fordham's lead 2-1.
• The momentum stayed in VCU's favor and the squad leveled just two minutes later. Senior Amanda Tredway (Downingtown, Pa.) combined with Friedrichs who played a dangerous pass just in front of goal that was deflected in by a Fordham defender to make the score 2-2.
• Ninety minutes wasn't enough to decide the game, so the squad's headed into overtime.  
• Fordham launched an attack in the 92^nd minute that led to a game-winning goal, making the final score 3-2. 

WHAT'S NEXT

VCU will be back at Sports Backers Stadium Sunday, Oct. 13^th as it welcomes A-10 foe George Washington at 2 p.m.