Baldwin's First Career Goal Pushes Dartmouth Past Cornell

Saturday, November 5

Ithaca, N.Y.

5:00 PM

Dartmouth College

Cornell

Baldwin's First Career Goal Pushes Dartmouth Past Cornell

11/5/2016 7:20:00 PM | Men's Soccer

By: Dartmouth

ITHACA, N.Y. – Freshman Henry Baldwin scored his first career goal, as the Dartmouth men's soccer team defeated Cornell, 1-0 in Ithaca on Saturday evening.

With the victory, the Big Green improve to 7-4-5, 4-1-1 in the Ivy League, while the Big Red fall to 1-13-2, 0-6-0 in conference play.

Dartmouth kept its Ivy League title hopes alive with the crucial victory over Cornell. Should the Big Green defeat Brown next weekend on Senior Day, Dartmouth would clinch its third consecutive Ivy League championship and the 11th title in program history.

“Firstly I am very proud of the squad,” said Bobby Clark Head Coach of Men's Soccer, Chad Riley. “The entire group has been focused, and it certainly takes a real squad to win games. We have had good training sessions all week, and we were able to get a result against a tough Cornell team. We knew it was going to be a very difficult match, and a lot of credit to Cornell as they are a good team. You have to find ways to win in November, and again I am proud of the squad, they kept positive and found a way.”

The Big Green controlled the pace of play for the majority of the match, outshooting the Big Red, 22-11 and holding a 4-3 edge in corner kicks. In the first half, Dartmouth came out hungry for the all-important first score when Eduvie Ikoba nearly netted his first of the season, but Cornell's goalkeeper, Ryan Shellow made the stop.

Eight minutes later Ikoba set up Dartmouth senior captain, Emmanuel Arteaga for a scoring chance, but Arteaga's shot went wide.

Neither team scored in the first half which set up the crucial second stanza. In the 48th minute, Matt Greer lined up for a corner kick on the far side, sending the ball into the box. Baldwin was in the right place to head in the loose ball for his first career goal in a Big Green uniform.

Ikoba continued to be a scoring threat in the second stanza with a couple of chances that were either blocked or turned aside by Shellow.

Throughout the rest of the game, Dartmouth did a solid job limiting the Big Red's scoring opportunities and did not allow Cornell to net the equalizer. Big Green goalkeeper, James Hickok finished the night with three saves in his fifth shutout victory of 2016.

Dartmouth returns to action next Saturday when the Bears come to Hanover at 5 p.m.

Notes: This evening's win was the fourth one-goal victory of the season for the Big Green.