Women's Soccer Returns to Play with Two Home Games this Weekend

GAME 1
Dartmouth (0-0) vs. Holy Cross (0-2)
Date: Friday, Aug. 27, 2021 – 7 p.m.
Location: Hanover, N.H. – Burnham Field
All-Time Series: Holy Cross, 6-5
Last Meeting: W, 3-0 (Oct. 9, 2018 at Worcester, Mass.)

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FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS
Dartmouth takes the field for the first time since Nov. 9, 2019. It will be 657 days in-between games for the Big Green and, aside from a handful of events this past spring, it will mark the official return to play on campus for the first time since the first week of March of 2020. The game can be streamed through ESPN+ with the link provided above.

WHAT TO EXPECT
·      The Big Green were ranked sixth in the Ivy League preseason poll.
·      Dartmouth returns 15 players from the 2019 roster, including their top two scorers, junior forward Allie Winstanley and senior forward Izzy Glennon.
·      Winstanley and Glennon combined for 15 goals and seven assists during the 2019 campaign.

2019 RECAP
·      The Big Green ended the 2019 season with a record of 10-6-1 (1-5-1).
·      Dartmouth started the 2019 campaign by winning seven of their first eight games.
·      The season began with wins against Syracuse and Pittsburgh and featured a five-game win streak heading into conference play.
·      The Big Green fell on hard times in Ivy League play before picking up their first conference victory in their final game of the season against Cornell.

SCOUTING HOLY CROSS
·      Holy Cross has already played two games to open the 2021 season and lost both.
·      The Crusaders fell to UMass Lowell by a score of 2-0 on Aug. 19, then were defeated at home by Siena four days later by a score of 2-1.
·      Junior forward Katie Quinn leads the team in both shots and goals.

WHAT'S NEXT
Dartmouth hosts the twin-state rival Vermont on Sunday, Aug. 29. The game starts at 1 p.m. and will be streamed on ESPN+.

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