Break the Burnham Record with Men's Soccer on Saturday Night

The Dartmouth men's soccer team hosts New Mexico this Saturday night, looking to break the Burnham Field attendance record. The first 200 students will receive a free Dartmouth soccer t-shirt.

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Game 6: Dartmouth (3-2) vs. New Mexico (3-1-2)
Date: Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010 • 7:00 PM
Location: Burnham Field • Hanover, NH
Admission: Adults $6, Youth (14 & Under) $3
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BREAK THE RECORD: Dartmouth looks to break the Burnham Field attendance record on Saturday night against New Mexico. Dating back to its first season in 2007, Dartmouth boasts a 21-4-3 record on Burnham Field, making it an intimidating yet pristine environment for visiting teams. For a nationally-televised game against Brown on Nov. 14, 2008, Dartmouth broke the Burnham Field record with a sellout crowd of 2,114 and the team hopes to break that mark on Saturday. Dartmouth has led the Ivy League in attendance for the last three seasons, welcoming an average of 1,000+ fans for two of those years.

A LOOK AT DARTMOUTH: Dartmouth (3-2) is back at Burnham for its fourth home game of the young season, hosting New Mexico after a trip to Illinois for the Bradley University tournament. In Peoria, the Big Green knocked off Bradley, 2-1, before coming up just short against #14 Creighton, losing 3-2 in overtime. Dartmouth's offense has been well-spread this fall - Teo Larsson-Sax leads the team with two goals and then seven players have scored once. Six players have recorded an assist. Defensively, sophomore goalkeeper Sean Donovan has already been tested much more than during his rookie campaign. He has already made 14 saves this fall after making 29 all of last season. He helped build up those numbers with a career-high eight saves in the loss to Creighton on Sept. 19.

A LOOK AT NEW MEXICO: New Mexico (3-1-2) is leaving the friendly confines of the UNM Soccer Complex for the first time this season. The Lobos have played all six games at home including hosting tournaments on back-to-back weekends. They are off to a solid start, losing only to #18 Portland, 2-1, and recently earning a 1-1 tie with #6 Harvard, who Dartmouth hosts on Oct. 30. The New Mexico offense has been fairly spread out and only Levi Rossi and Lance Rozeboom have more than one goal, with two each. Rozeboom is the overall leading scorer with five points. Justin Holmes has played five full matches in goal with a 1.11 goals against average, while Victor Rodriguez kept a clean sheet in a 1-0 shutout of Buffalo this past weekend.

ASSAULTING THE RECORD BOOKS: Two current Dartmouth players have already inked their names on the program record books for scoring. Junior Lucky Mkosana (Bulwayo, Zimbabwe) should have his sights set on the career records for both goals and points as he was more than halfway to both marks after just two collegiate seasons. After the season-opener, Mkosana now has 20 career goals, which ranks ninth and is 13 away from the record of 33, held by Bob Drawbaugh '54. He also has 47 career points, tied for seventh and just 30 points away from Vladdy Stanojevic's '90 record of 77. Senior Daniel Keat currently has 42 career points, which has him tied for 12^th all-time.

NEXT TIME OUT: Dartmouth hits the road for three-straight contests, starting at UMass on Sept. 29 and opening up the Ivy slate at Princeton on Saturday Oct. 2. The Big Green also plays at regional rival Vermont on Oct. 6.

Schedules