Big Green Open at No. 1 Wake Forest Friday

Friday, September 6

Winston-Salem, N.C.

7:00 PM

Dartmouth College

Wake Forest

Sophomore Matt Pickering

Photo by: Doug Austin

9/5/2019 12:03:00 PM | Men's Soccer

Dartmouth is looking for a signature win to begin the season

By: Mike Miezejeski

GAME 1
Dartmouth Big Green (0-0-0) at
No. 1 Wake Forest Demon Deacons (2-0-0)
Date: Friday, Sept. 6, 2019 – 7 p.m.
Location: Winston-Salem, N.C. – Spry Stadium
All-Time Series: Tied, 1-1-0
Last Time: Nov. 30, 2008 / L, 7-0 (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
LIVE VIDEO | LIVE STATS

OPENING DAY
Dartmouth men's soccer opens the season at No. 1 Wake Forest Friday in Winston-Salem N.C. This is the first time since 2008 that the Big Green have played the top ranked team in the country, which was also Wake Forest. For the full season preview with insight from Bo Oshoniyi, the Bobby Clark Head Coach of Men's Soccer, click HERE.

2018 RECAP

After a 0-4-2 start, the Big Green picked up their first win of the year on Sept. 22 in double overtime at UMass and started a seven-game unbeaten streak that lasted until Oct. 19.
Dartmouth finished the year with three wins over Harvard, Cornell and Brown to go 7-1-3 over the final 11 games of the year.
The Big Green placed third in the Ivy League standings with a 4-1-2 conference record.
Dartmouth was dangerous on Burnham Field, posting an undefeated 4-0-4 record

PRESEASON POLL

Dartmouth is expected to compete for another Ivy League championship this season.
The Big Green were projected to finish second in the conference with three first-place votes.
Princeton was chosen to finish first followed by Dartmouth, Cornell, Columbia, Yale, Penn, Brown and Harvard.
Four All-Ivy selections are back from last season and all three goalkeepers who saw action in 2018 are returning.
For a full recap on the 2019 men's soccer preseason poll, click HERE.

SCOUTING WAKE FOREST

The Demon Deacons are the No. 1 team in the country after starting the year with wins over No. 15 UCF (2-1) and Creighton (1-0).
All of the goals came in the second half against UCF. Bruno Lapa netted the first goal of the year in the 58th minute, less than 10 minutes later, Kyle Holcomb scored to extend the lead to 2-0. UCF scored late in the 90th minute.
A second half goal in the 76th minute from Calvin Harris was all it took for the Demon Deacons to take down Creighton in their second game of the year.
Wake Forest finished 18-3 last season and fell to Akron in the third round of the NCAA Tournament.

AGAINST THE DEMON DEACONS

The all-time series is tied at one game apiece between Dartmouth and Wake Forest.
The Big Green defeated the Demon Deacons, 1-0, on September of 2001 when Wake Forest was ranked No. 9 in the country. Dartmouth was outshot 21-3 but all it took was a Danny Markum goal in the 19th minute.
Dartmouth fell to Wake Forest, 7-0, in the third round of the NCAA Tournament in 2008 when the Demon Deacons were No. 1 in the nation. Wake Forest fell in the semifinal to North Carolina that year.

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?
The Big Green make their home debut against UMass on Tuesday at 5 p.m.