GAME 16
Dartmouth Big Green (5-5-5, 2-1-2 Ivy) at
Cornell Big Red (10-5-0, 3-2-0 Ivy)
Date: Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018 – 5 p.m.
Location: Ithaca, N.Y. – Berman Field
All-Time Series: Dartmouth, 38-28-5
Last Time: Nov. 3, 2017 / W 1-0 (Hanover, N.H.)
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LIVE STATS
SATURDAY
The Big Green play their final road match of the season when they travel to Cornell to take on the Big Red on Berman Field at 5 p.m.
LAST TIME OUT
- Senior Eduvie Ikoba made his home debut and came away with two goals to lead the Big Green to a 2-0 win over Harvard last Saturday.
- The first came on a penalty kick in the 22nd minute where Ikoba faked the keeper left and went right.
- Ikoba's second goal came in the 56th minute on a twisting shot from an assist by Yima Asom.
- Dartmouth dominated the match by outshooting Harvard 22-8 and 11-2 on goal.
- The Big Green held an 8-5 advantage in corner kicks.
BIG GREEN STATS
- Dartmouth currently sits in fourth place in the Ivy League standings with an 2-1-2 record and can move into third with a win this weekend.
- Dartmouth is only giving up 0.94 goals per game.
- Tiger Graham leads the team and is tied for third in the Ivy League with four goals, he also leads the team with eight points.
- Dawson McCartney is second on the team with six points, he has two goals and two assists.
- Justin Donawa and Eduvie Ikoba each have two goals this season.
- Along with McCartney, Kota Sakurai and Noah Paravicini lead the team with two assists.
- Sakurai, Yima Asom and Matt Pickering each have one goal.
SCOUTING CORNELL
- Cornell has been a strong team this season, they enter Saturday with a 10-5-0 record and are third in the conference at 3-2-0.
- The Big Red were ranked in the United Coaches Top-25 poll for four straight weeks and peaked as high as No.18 in early October.
- Cornell is now out of the ranking after losing its last two games to Albany and Princeton.
- The Big Red lead the Ivy League with 27 goals and are tied for the conference lead with 82 corner kicks.
- Charles Touche and Emeka Eneli lead the team and the Ivy League with seven goals each. John Scearce is third in the conference with four goals, while George Pedlow has three and Harry Fuller has two.
AGAINST THE BIG RED
- Dating back to 1930, Dartmouth leads the all-time series 38-28-5.
- The Big Green have dominated holding a 14-3-1 record since 2000.
FOLLOW ALONG
To keep up-to-date on all the action over the weekend, you can visit the Dartmouth men's soccer schedule by clicking
HERE and finding the links for live video through ESPN+ and live stats associated with the games.
WHAT'S AHEAD?
The Big Green play their final match of the season at home against Brown on Burnham Field on Nov. 10 at 5 p.m.