Tigers Travel to Providence for Ivy League Matchup with Brown

Princeton (4-3, 1-0) vs. Brown (3-4-1, 0-1)
October 5 (Sat.) | 6:00 p.m. | Providence, R.I.
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PRINCETON, N.J. – After going 2-0 this week, the Princeton men's soccer team will make its way to Providence, R.I. to face Brown in its second Ivy League game of the season. Kickoff is set for 6 p.m. at Stevenson-Pincince Field.

About the Tigers

Princeton defeated Monmouth 1-0 on Tuesday night in Roberts stadium, handing the Hawks their first loss this season.
Sophomore Ian Nunez scored the lone goal in the contest, marking his first goal of the season.
Fellow sophomore Andrew Samuels took the win in goal for Princeton, making four saves for a shutout in his first career game for the Tigers.
The win over Monmouth marked Princeton's second within a week, as it won its Ivy League opener against Harvard on Saturday, 2-0.
Daniel Ittycheria and Will Francis scored for the Tigers to put them up 1-0 in conference play, while keeper Khamari Hadaway notched his first shutout of the season.
Junior Ittycheria, the 2023 Ivy League top-scorer, leads the Tigers with four goals and two assists for nine points on the season so far.
Sophomore Kevin Kelley is behind Ittycheria with 5 points off of two goals and an assist, while junior Francis also has two goals on the season.
Princeton is currently ranked 10th in the country in corner kicks per game, averaging 7.20.
Senior captain Hadaway has been solid in goal for the Tigers, recording 90 minutes in six matches so far and making 17 saves on the season.
The Tigers finished the 2023 season 4-8-3, going 1-4-2 in Ivy league play.
In addition to Hadaway, fellow seniors Issa Mudashiru and Harry Roberts were elected as co-captains to lead the 2024 Tiger side.

About the New Tigers

The Tigers' Class of 2028 was ranked the no. 13 recruiting class by TopDrawerSoccer, including Cyrus Klinenberg (No. 77), Kristian Kelley (No. 82), Roka Tsunehara (No. 113), Dash Papez (No. 116), and Nathan Salerno.
The Tiger newcomers are already making significant contributions to the Orange and Black's success. Tsunehara has five starts to his credit so far, while Papez notched three starts and an assist. Freshmen Kelley and Zhang have seen action in three games each.
Tsunehara was named to the TopDrawerSoccer preseason All-Freshman team on August 20. The Burlingame, Calif., native was the 2022 MLS Next U16 National MVP. He was also a leading scorer for the San Jose Earthquakes U17 team as they reached the semifinals of the MLS Next cup in 2023.
A pair of new Tigers hail from the D.C. United academy system, as Papez and Zhang led their team to win the U16 MLS Next Cup Playoffs while making deep runs in both his U15 and U17 years.
Freshman goalkeeper Salerno comes to Princeton after playing with the Columbus Crew II and helping secure key victories in the MLS Next Pro playoffs.

About Coach Barlow

Head coach Jim Barlow is in his 28th season as the men's soccer head coach and has accumulated 214 career wins with the Tigers, the most for any soccer coach in Princeton history, men's or women's. Barlow was also named the 2021 Ivy League Coach of the Year.

About Brown

Brown is 3-4-1 on the season and 0-1 in Ivy League play after dropping its last two contests, most recently falling 2-1 to Dartmouth on Saturday.
Brown has had a challenging season so far, falling 2-1 to both no. 18 Providence on September 24 and now-no. 12 Maryland on September 6.
The Bears' most recent win came against Stonehill, 5-3, on September 21.
Lorenzo Amaral leads the Bear offense with four goals and three assists for 11 points on the season.
Mads Stistrup-Petersen is behind him with eight points off of two goals and four assists.
Henrik Weiper has started all eight matches for Brown so far, making 32 saves on the season for a goals against average of 1.39.
Princeton is 6-9-7 all-time against Brown, with Saturday's matchup being the 23rd meeting between the two sides since 2001.
The Tigers are unbeaten in the last five matchups against the Bears, with the last meeting being a scoreless draw at Roberts Stadium in 2023.
The last contest in Providence was a 2-2 draw in 2022, with Ittycheria notching a goal and an assist.

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