Dartmouth Ready for Wednesday Night Showdown at No. 18 UNH

Wednesday, September 18

Durham, N.H.

7:00 PM

Dartmouth College

New Hampshire

Sophomore Alex Budnik

Photo by: John and Matt Risley

Dartmouth Ready for Wednesday Night Showdown at No. 18 UNH

9/17/2019 1:25:00 PM | Men's Soccer

The Big Green go for their third straight victory

By: Mike Miezejeski

GAME 4
Dartmouth Big Green (2-1-0) at
No. 18 New Hampshire Wildcats (3-0-2)
Date: Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019 – 7 PM
Location: Durham, N.H. – Wildcat Stadium
All-Time Series: Dartmouth, 23-15-7
Last Time: Sept. 15, 2018 / T, 0-0 – 2 OT (Hanover, N.H.)
ESPN+ | LIVE STATS

WEDNESDAY
The two New Hampshire Division 1 programs will square off in Durham Wednesday night when Dartmouth stays in-state for a major matchup against No. 18 UNH. The Wildcats are undefeated on the season, while the Big Green are coming off a key home win.

DOWN GOES SPARTY

Dartmouth took down Michigan State, 2-1, Saturday night.
Braden Salvati scored in the 34th minute and Zach Kalk sent home the game winner in the 78th minute.
Dawson McCartney got the first goal started when he sent a free kick that found Clayton Molter and deflected off the keeper for Salvati, who found the back of the net.
MSU tied the score in the 52nd minute with a goal from Michael Miller.
Kota Sakurai found Kalk for the game winner. Kalk fought his way past two MSU defenders and sent the ball home, giving the Big Green a huge home win.
Goalkeeper Alex Budnik finished with five saves including a couple of key diving stops.

SCOUTING UNH

As always, UNH is one of the best teams in New England and it shows with a No. 18 national ranking.
The Wildcats are undefeated with a 3-0-2 record with wins over BU (1-0), Providence (2-1) and Fairfield (4-0). They finished in a tie against Colgate (0-0) and Syracuse (2-2).
UNH has played their last four games on the road, making Wednesday only their second home game of the season.
Fabian Lutz, Donnett Sackie and Chris Arling are tied for the team lead with two goals each.
Rory O'Driscoll, Bilal Kamal and Jack Doherty each have one goal and seven players have at least one assist.

AGAINST THE WILDCATS

This will be the 46th all-time meeting between Dartmouth and UNH.
The Big Green lead the series, 23-15-7.
These two teams battled to a scoreless draw in an early season matchup last season.
Since 1990, the Big Green hold a 12-9-4 record over the Wildcats. The teams have been evenly matched since 2000 with the record even at 6-6-3.

IVY AWARDS

Zach Kalk picked up his first conference weekly award on Monday when he was named the Ivy League Player of the Week.
Kalk had an assist against UMass and scored the game-winning goal to top Michigan State.
Sophomore goalkeeper Alex Budnik was named to the honor roll for posting a shutout against UMass and earning the win against the Spartans.

TOP DRAWER

Junior Dawson McCartney was named to the TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week.
McCartney scored the game-winning goal in a 1-0 win against Massachusetts, and then defeated Michigan State 2-1 on Saturday.
McCartney played every minute of the two wins.

BIG GREEN STATS

McCartney, Kalk, Salvati and David Alino each have one goal for the Big Green.
Six players have an assist.
Budnik is tied for the Ivy League lead with 15 saves. He is second with five saves per game and one shutout.

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 is back at home Saturday night for a meeting with Niagara at 5:30 p.m.