Men’s Soccer to Face Columbia on Saturday (Oct. 17) in Ivy Match No. 4

Match 12: Dartmouth (3-4-4, 1-1-1 Ivy) vs. Columbia (4-2-4, 0-1-2 Ivy)

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HANOVER, N.H. — Dartmouth men's soccer will host Columbia at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 17, at Burnham Field in the team's fourth Ivy match of the season. The match also will serve as the team's First Responders Appreciation Night and will include a post-game autograph session. First responders will be admitted free into the game.

Last Time Out
Men's soccer tied UMass 1-1 in its last time out, a match in which Dartmouth produced 16 shots. The Big Green also earned 14 corners while allowing none. Trenton Blake scored in the 78th minute to even the score at 1-1, his second goal of the season. Eli Granda was credited with the assist, his first of the season.

Game Notes

Eli Granda and Alexis Huneau were named to the Ivy League Player of the Week Honor Roll. They join Hudson Koehler (Defensive Player of the Week, Sept. 28) and Ediur Baldvinsson (Honor Roll, Sept. 28), who also earned weekly Ivy League recognition earlier this season.
Dartmouth is tied with Princeton and Penn for third in the Ivy standings with four points heading into Saturday's match.
The Big Green has allowed only seven goals this season, tied for the fewest in the Ivy League.
Dartmouth has earned 56 corners this season, including 24 in the last two matches. The 56 corners are the third most in the Ivy League.

Scouting Columbia
Columbia is coming off a 3-0 victory over Holy Cross, the second time this season the Lions have scored three goals in a match. The Lions finished non-conference play 4-1-2. Columbia has fared better on the road this season, going 3-1-0 compared with 1-1-4 at home. The Lions have scored 14 goals this season and allowed 10. In Ivy play, they have scored three goals in three matches. Lions goalkeeper Aris Taki has been named Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week twice this season, most recently last week. Taki ranks in the top five nationally in both goals-against average (0.429) and save percentage (87.5%).

All-Time Against Columbia
Dartmouth leads the all-time series, which dates to 1960, 32-23-11. Dartmouth has earned a result in each of its last six matches against Columbia, going 2-0-4. The Big Green has not lost at home to Columbia since the 2013 season.

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