Last Two Ivy Champs Meet at Burnham Field Saturday

Saturday, October 5

Hanover, N.H.

4:30 PM

Dartmouth College

Princeton

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Last Two Ivy Champs Meet at Burnham Field Saturday

10/4/2019 11:56:00 AM | Men's Soccer

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Ivy League play opens with a critical match against princeton

By: Mike Miezejeski

GAME 8
Dartmouth Big Green (3-3-1, 0-0-0 Ivy) vs.
Princeton Tigers (5-2-0, 0-0-0 Ivy)
Date: Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019 – 4:30 PM
Location: Hanover, N.H. – Burnham Field
All-Time Series: Princeton, 38-22-9
Last Time: Sept. 29, 2018 / T, 2-2 (Princeton, N.J.)
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IVY OPENER / FREE BACON DAY
Dartmouth begins Ivy League play against defending conference champion Princeton on Saturday. These two programs have combined to win the last six conference championships, with the Big Green winning four. All fans will also receive free bacon.

LAST TIME OUT

The Big Green fought back from two goals down at home against UConn to finish with a 2-2 draw.
Jordan Bailon scored his first career goal and Tiger Graham sent home the equalizer in the next minute.
UConn scored in the first half and early in the second to jump out to a 2-0 lead.
Momentum shifted Dartmouth's way in the 63rd minute and Bailon cut the deficit in half off an assist from Kota Sakurai.
Dawson McCartney then found Graham in the very next minute to even the score at two.

SCOUTING PRINCETON

The Tigers have won four consecutive matches and come into Saturday afternoon with a 5-2-0 record.
Princeton dropped its season opener at No. 5 Duke, then defeated Rider and fell to Loyola Maryland.
Since then, they have rattled off four straight over Monmouth, Fairleigh Dickinson, Drexel and St. Joseph's.
The Tigers are outscoring opponents 17-12 this season.
Walker Gillespie leads the team with five goals and also has on assist for 11 points.
Kevin O'Toole and Ryan Clare each have two goals and three assists.
And Frankie DeRosa, Benjamin Martin and Truman Gelnovatch all have two goals as well.

AGAINST THE TIGERS

Princeton owns the all-time series, 38-22-9, but it has been evenly matched in recent years.
The Big Green hold a 9-6-4 record since 2000 and are 3-0-2 in the last four meetings.
Last season, Dartmouth led 2-0 through the first 35 minutes of the match at Princeton, thanks to goals by McCartney and Matt Pickering. Princeton scored two quick goals after a red card and the Big Green kept the score even with 10 players in the second half.

YOU GET A POINT!

16 out of 22 players that have seen action in the field have recorded at least one point.
The Big Green are second in the Ivy League with 15 goals, behind Princeton who has 17.
Dartmouth also leads the conference with 19 assists, while Princeton is second with 15.

FRESHMEN STANDOUTS

David Alino was recently named to the New England Soccer Journal top 10 freshmen standouts list. Alino has one goal and two assists on the season.
Other Big Green freshmen who have a point this season are Eric Sachleben with two assists, Clayton Molyer with one assist and Pedro Campos with one goal.

PRESEASON POLL

With Ivy League play getting underway on Saturday, let's revisit the preseason media poll.
Saturday's matchup features the teams picked to finish one and two in the league.

2019 Preseason Ivy League Men's Soccer Media Poll
Place	Team (1st-place votes)	Points
1.	Princeton (11)	121
2.	Dartmouth (3)	102
3.	Cornell (1)	94
4.	Columbia (1)	90
5.	Yale	60
6.	Penn	43
7.	Brown	41
8.	Harvard	25

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. You can also follow the game on twitter: @DartmouthMSoc

WHAT'S AHEAD?
Dartmouth plays a home non-conference match on Tuesday at 7 p.m. against Vermont.