Dartmouth Looks to Get Back on Track at Penn

Saturday, October 19

Philadelphia, Pa.

5:00 PM

Dartmouth College

Penn

Freshman Alex Van Schalkwyk

Photo by: John and Matt Risley

10/18/2019 11:38:00 AM | Men's Soccer

The Big Green play a key Ivy road match on Saturday

By: Mike Miezejeski

GAME 11
Dartmouth Big Green (4-5-1, 1-1-0 Ivy) at
Penn Quakers (4-4-2, 1-0-1 Ivy)
Date: Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019 – 5 PM
Location: Philadelphia, Pa. – Rhodes Field
All-Time Series: Penn, 32-25-9
Last Time: Oct. 13, 2018 / W, 3-1 (Hanover, N.H.)
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SATURDAY
Dartmouth is at Penn on Saturday for a critical Ivy League contest. The Big Green most likely need to win out the rest of their conference games to claim the league championship, while the Quakers are in good shape with a 1-0-1 Ivy record.

LAST TIME OUT

Despite outshooting Yale 13-10 and 7-5 on goal, the Big Green fell 3-1 to the Bulldogs on the road.
Yale got on the board in the first minute off an own goal and struck again in the 50th and 54th minute, both off set pieces.
Henry Baldwin scored for the Big Green in the 58th minute to cut into the deficit.
Dartmouth outshot Yale 7-2 in the final 32 minutes of the match but could not close the gap.

SCOUTING PENN

The Quakers have played a tough schedule and are in a good spot with a 4-4-2 record after their first 10 games.
Penn is 1-0-1 in the Ivy league which has them second place in the standings.
The Quakers are the third lowest scoring team in the Ivy League with 10 goals on the season, but their defense has allowed the second fewest with 11.
Early in the season, Penn fell to No. 19 St. Johns, 1-0, they then tied No. 24 Rutgers, 1-1. Their Ivy win was against Cornell (3-2) and the draw came at Columbia (1-1).
Joey Bhangdia is tied for the conference lead with six goals which accounts for 60% of his teams scoring.

AGAINST THE QUAKERS

Dating back to 1916, Penn leads the all-time series, 32-25-9 over Dartmouth.
The Big Green are on a three-game winning streak in the series. Before that, Penn won three straight, so the series is tied 3-3-0 since 2013.
Last season in Hanover, Dartmouth came away with a 3-1 victory, Tiger Graham scored twice, and Kota Sakurai had the third.

CHAMPIONSHIP CHANCES

Dartmouth is currently tied for fourth place in the Ivy League standings with a ton of soccer left to play.
The Big Green do not have much wiggle room. A two-loss team has only won the Ivy League in 1964 (Dartmouth) and 1975 (Brown & Cornell).
Dartmouth will most likely have to be perfect for the remainder of their conference schedule to win the Ivy League.

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, as well as live stats associated with the games.

WHAT'S AHEAD?
Dartmouth is back at Burnham Field for its final non-conference match of the season on Tuesday against Hartford at 4 p.m.