Dartmouth Men's Soccer (10-6-1, 4-3 Ivy)
NCAA Tournament First Round at Boston College (12-8, 5-3 ACC)

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Date: Thursday, Nov. 19 • 7 PM
Location: Newton Soccer Complex • Newton, Mass.
Series Record:Dartmouth leads, 17-5-3
This year’s NCAA first round game is a rematch of last season’s second round contest, which resulted in a 1-1 double-overtime tie. Dartmouth advanced to the Sweet 16 on penalty kicks, 4-2, marking the first time in head coach Jeff Cook’s tenure that his team advanced in the NCAA Tournament. Prior to last season, the Eagles had won the last four meetings, with 1-0 wins in regular season games in 2006 and 2007. The first contest between the teams came in 1989 with Dartmouth winning 4-1 and the Big Green went unbeaten in nine of the next 10 meetings.

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WHAT'S AT STAKE
The winner of Thursday's clash between the Big Green and the Eagles will advance to the NCAA Second Round to play at #13 St. John's this coming Sunday, Nov. 22 at 6 p.m.

IN THE CLASSROOM AND ON THE FIELD   
Dartmouth has earned distinction as an NSCAA All Academic Squad in each of the past three seasons (2006, 2007, 2008). Individually, the accolades have rolled in for Dartmouth’s combined field and classroom success. This season, seniors Craig Henderson and junior Bryan Giudicelli were named to CoSIDA’s Academic All-District First Team and Henderson went on to make the CoSIDA Academic All-America second team. In 2008, Henderson was an NSCAA Scholar All-America First Team and Scholar All-Northeast First Team honoree.

INJURY BUG   
The Big Green was bit badly by the injury bug this season, with at least seven starters missing time during the season and several reserve players hit as well. The most notable injury was to senior Craig Henderson, 2008 Ivy Player of the Year, who injured his foot on Oct. 10 at Yale and did not return until Nov. 15 at Brown. During his absence, Dartmouth went just 3-3, including Ivy losses to Columbia and Harvard, and fell to Brown in his return off the bench. Junior Aaron Gaide, who started all but one game last season, missed most of this fall with injury. Seniors Derek Stenquist and Donnie Surdoval both got late starts to the season while rehabbing from off-season surgeries.

IVY LEAGUE AT A GLANCE   
The 2009 Ivy League men’s soccer campaign was one of the most hard-fought and successful in recent history. For the first time since 1977 (five teams), the Ivy League will have four teams in the NCAA Men’s Soccer Tournament including Dartmouth, Brown, Harvard and Princeton. The league race came down to the bitter end this season, with four teams in contention for at least a share of the title in the final weekend.

AGAINST THE TOURNAMENT FIELD   
The Big Green has played seven of the other 47 teams in the 2009 NCAA Tournament field including Brown, UConn, Harvard, Loyola Marymount, Princeton, San Diego and South Florida. Dartmouth is 2-4-1 against the field, with wins over Princeton, 4-2, and San Diego, 2-1, and a scoreless draw with UConn back on Sept. 11.

INTERNATIONAL FLAIR   
Dartmouth’s team has an international flair to it, with five players from outside the United States. The Big Green’s top playmaker and leading scorer junior Daniel Keat hails from Wellington, New Zealand as does fellow co-captain senior Craig Henderson. Back in 2008, both Henderson and Keat were named to the New Zealand Olympic team for the Beijing Games. Keat missed the event with an injury but Henderson was a starter for the Kiwis in the tournament.
Additionally, flashy forward Lucky Mkosana, a sophomore, hails from Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Mkosana burst onto the scene as a rookie and has not looked back, now having been named First Team All-Ivy twice in two years. With 43 career points on 19 goals and five assists, he is already well on his way to breaking all of Dartmouth’s scoring records.
Head coach Jeff Cook added two more internationals to the roster this year, both making an immediate impact. Teo Larsson-Sax, from Kalmar, Sweden has started the last 12 games for Dartmouth in the backline while Stoian Nedelchev from Sofia, Bulgaria, has made 12 appearances in midfield.

HENDERSON HAS CLASS   
Senior midfielder Craig Henderson was one of 30 national candidates for the Lowe’s Senior Class Award, that recognizes excellence in the classroom, character, community and competition. An NSCAA All-America in 2008, Henderson also carries an impressive 3.58 grade point average as an anthropology major. A two-year captain, Henderson has volunteered for various causes during his time at Dartmouth including the Special Olympics and the Red Cross.

HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE   
Dating back to the first game of the 2007 season, Dartmouth boasts a 19-3-3 record at its home pitch, Burnham Field. For the past two seasons, the Big Green has ranked first in the Ivy League in attendance, welcoming an average of 1,000+ per home game in each of the last two seasons. Against Brown on Nov. 14, 2008 for a nationally-televised game, Dartmouth broke the Burnham Field record with a sellout crowd of 2,114.

IVY LEAGUE HONORS   
Five members of the Dartmouth men’s soccer team earned All-Ivy League recognition this fall. In addition to All-Ivy first team nods for junior midfielder Daniel Keat and  sophomore forward Lucky Mkosana. senior midfielder Craig Henderson and senior defender Pumi Maqubela were named to the All-Ivy second team. Junior forward Andrew Olsen was named honorable mention.
Keat made a triumphant return to the Dartmouth lineup this fall as well as to the All-Ivy first team, last on it in 2006. After missing all of last season with an injury, he has started all 17 games this fall and played a staggering 1,520 minutes — of a possible 1,558 — in midfield. He  currently leads the Big Green in scoring with 20 points on seven goals and six assists, twice scoring the game-winner.
Mkosana, the 2008 Ivy Rookie of the Year, picked up where he left off as a freshman, earning a spot on the All-Ivy first team for the second time in as many years. After a slow start to the season, Mkosana now ranks second on the team in scoring with 19 points on a team-best eight goals and three assists. Ever the timely striker, Mkosana scored at least one goal in five Ivy games, including both tallies in a 2-1 overtime win at Yale.
Henderson’s selection to the All-Ivy second team is a nod of respect from the Ancient Eight coaches. After being named the unanimous Ivy Player of the Year and an All-America selection in 2008, Henderson was cut down by an injury just nine games into this season. Prior to being injured against Yale on Oct. 10, Henderson had posted 12 points on four goals and four assists. He returned to the field off the bench against Brown.
The heart of Dartmouth’s backline for four years now, Maqubela makes his second straight appearance on the All-Ivy second team. Maqubela steadied the defense, helping the Big Green to six shutouts and a 1.10 goals against average. Maqubela started all 16 of the games he played and recorded an assist on Mkosana’s game-winner against Yale.
Olsen rounds out the All-Ivy honorees, named honorable mention after tallying eight points on three goals and two assists. Two of his goals came in Ivy play including the winner over Cornell on Nov. 7. This marks Olsen’s second All-Ivy nod, as he was named to the second team in 2008.

NCAA TOURNAMENT EXPERIENCE
Dartmouth’s senior class (Class of 2010) has become the third class in program history to make three NCAA Tournament appearances. Currently, 15 players have NCAA experience while nine have been in the starting lineup of an NCAA game.

Game - Current Players in Lineup
2005 vs. St. John’s   
Craig Henderson ’09*

2007 vs. Vermont   
Bryan Giudicelli ’11*, Craig Henderson ’09*, Pumi Maqubela ’10*, Daniel Keat  ’10*, Andrew Olsen ’11, Derek Stenquist ’10, Ben Salmon ’10

2008 vs. Boston College & Wake Forest           
Austin Bowers ’11*, Michael Donelan ’12, Aaron Gaide ’11*, Bryan Giudicelli ’11*, Arthur Harris ’12, Craig Henderson ’09*, Brendan Lane ’11*, Walker Linares ’11*, Pumi Maqubela ’10*, Lucky Mkosana ’12*, Nick Pappas ’12, Andrew Olsen ’11*, Adam Rice ’12*, Ben Salmon ’10*, Derek Stenquist ’10*, Donnie Surdoval ’10*, Maarten van Ess ’12
*Starting experience