GAME 1
Dartmouth (0-0-0) at Niagara (0-2-0)
Date: Friday, September 2, 2022 – 7 p.m.
Location: Niagara University, N.Y. – Niagara Field
All-Time Series: 1-0
Last Time: 9/21/19 – W, 7-1
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GAME 2
Dartmouth (0-0-0) at Canisius (0-2-0)
Date: Monday, September 5, 2022 – 1 p.m.
Location: Buffalo, N.Y. – Demske Sports Complex
All-Time Series: 1-0
Last Time: 9/12/96 – W, 2-0
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HANOVER, N.H. — The Dartmouth men's soccer team is set to open the 2022 season on the road this weekend. The Big Green take on Niagara on Friday, September 2, before closing out its road trip with a Monday matchup against Canisius on September 5.
Bobby Clark Head Coach of Men's Soccer
Bo Oshoniyi enters his fourth season with the Big Green with plenty of familiar faces on his roster. Dartmouth welcomes 22 returners for the 2022 campaign, including 2021 second-team All-Ivy League selection,
Louis Weisdorf.
Dartmouth played its one and only exhibition match on August 27 against Southern New Hampshire in Hanover. A goal in the 87th-minute from
Alex van Schalkwyk propelled the Big Green to a 1-0 victory over the Penmen of SNHU.
Costi Christodoulou made five saves enroute to a clean sheet.
The Big Green open their year on the road for the eighth-consecutive season, dating back to 2014. Dartmouth travels to Niagara and Canisius for the first time in program history.
The Purple Eagles and Golden Griffins have both traveled to Hanover once, as Dartmouth holds a 1-0 series lead over both programs. Oshoniyi and the Big Green defeated Niagara at home on September 21, 2019 by a score of 7-1. The program's lone match against Canisius took place on September 12, 1996 and resulted in a 2-0 win for Dartmouth.
LAST SEASON
Head coach
Bo Oshoniyi and his staff enter the 2022 season looking to improve on Dartmouth's 3-11-1 record from 2021. The Big Green finished their Ivy League slate with a record of 1-5-1, as the team finished the year with a 1-0 victory over Brown at home. With 22 returning student-athletes and eight newcomers, Dartmouth men's soccer looks to write a new chapter in its 107th season.
BACK ON THE ROAD
The Dartmouth men's soccer team opens its season on the road for the eighth-consecutive year. The Big Green have traveled to face programs like Wake Forest, Washington, Indiana, Notre Dame, Michigan State and Michigan in previous years.
BRINGING BACK THE BOYS
Coach Oshoniyi welcomes 22 returning student-athletes for the 2022 season. Among the returners is
Louis Weisdorf, a second-team All-Ivy League selection a year ago.
NEW YEAR, NEW FACES
Eight newcomers round out Dartmouth's 30-man squad for the 2022 season. Seven freshmen and a debuting sophomore will suit up for the Big Green this year.
The Big Green's freshman class is comprised of
Fallou Ndiaye,
Oskar Magnusson,
James Wilson,
Sebastian Manon,
Sam Fenton,
Raul Vargas and
Matt McPherson. They are joined by sophomore,
Ethan McNab.
SCOUTING NIAGARA
The Purple Eagles enter Friday's match with a 0-2 record. Niagara opened its season with a pair of matches in California, dropping decisions to Saint Mary's (3-2) and San Francisco (2-0).
NU opens its home slate against Dartmouth, hoping to improve on last season's success at Niagara Field. The Purple Eagles finished the 2021 season with a record of 6-3 at home, highlighted by a six-match win streak on familiar ground.
Rodrigo Almeida and Federico Cugge both scored in Niagara's season-opener against Saint Mary's in the Purple Eagles' comeback effort on August 25.
Jamie Barry and Josh Savoni have split time in net for NU through two games, combining for 10 saves on 15 shots faced.
ALL-TIME AGAINST THE PURPLE EAGLES
This will be the second all-time meeting between the Big Green and Purple Eagles. The first came on September 21, 2019, as Dartmouth handily defeated Niagara by a score of 7-1 in Hanover. Dartmouth heads to Niagara University, N.Y. for the first time in program history.
SCOUTING CANISIUS
Canisius opened its season with a pair of matches last week against Cleveland State on the road and Duquesne at home. The Golden Griffins fell in their season opener against the Vikings, 4-0 and dropped its home opener against Duquesne by a score of 1-0.
Prior to Monday's tilt with Dartmouth, the Golden Griffins will square off with Stonehill on Friday afternoon at home.
William Howard was given goalkeeping duties for Canisius in its first two matches of the season. He has recorded 14 saves on 19 shots on goal.
ALL-TIME AGAINST THE GOLDEN GRIFFINS
Monday's match will be the second-ever meeting between the Big Green and Golden Griffins. The first came on September 12, 1996 in Hanover. The Big Green recorded a clean sheet against Canisius and picked up a 2-0 victory in that year's season-opener.
FOLLOW ALONG
Friday night's game against Niagara will be available to stream on ESPN3, while Monday's tilt against Canisius will be broadcast on GoGriffs.com
Live stats are provided in the links above and can be found on the team's schedule page.
WHAT'S AHEAD
Dartmouth will take on LIU in Hanover to open the home portion of its schedule on Saturday, September 10 at 7 p.m.