Tigers Travel to New Hampshire to Face Dartmouth

Saturday, November 2

Hanover, N.H.

7:00 PM

Princeton University

Dartmouth

November 01, 2024 | Men's Soccer

Princeton (9-5, 4-1) vs. Dartmouth (5-6-3, 2-2-1)
November 2 (Sat.) | 7:00 p.m. | Hanover, N.H.
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PRINCETON, N.J. – After finishing out non-conference play with a home win on Tuesday, the Princeton men's soccer team will travel to New Hampshire for its penultimate Ivy League regular season matchup against Dartmouth. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. at Burnham Field in Hanover, N.H.

About the Tigers

Princeton defeated Seton Hall, 5-2, on Tuesday night in its non-conference finale. Four Tigers scored in the match, including Harry Roberts, Daniel Ittycheria, Garry Zhang and Issa Mudashiru, who scored two goals.
The Tigers' last Ivy League game was a home contest with Yale last Saturday, in which Jack Jasinski's free kick goal handed the Tigers their fourth conference win, 1-0.
Following Saturday's contests, iPrinceton clinched a spot in the 2024 Ivy League Championship tournament, as the Tigers remain in the second spot in the Ivy standings. The berth will be the program's first after the inaugural tournament last year.
Jasinski's goal was the first of his career, and after helping Princeton to a 2-0 week with two shutouts, the junior defender was named the Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week on Monday.
11 Tigers have found the back of the net this season, with Mudashiru and Zhang scoring the first of their careers on Tuesday night.
Daniel Ittycheria leads the Tiger offense with six goals on the season and one assist for 13 points. He is also third in the Ivy League in both shots and shots on goal, averaging 3.64 and 1.64, respectively.
Kelley is behind him with three goals and an assist on the season for seven points, while Will Francis also has three goals to his credit.
Ittycheria and Francis have proven to be a dangerous combination in the box, as the Tigers have seen three games so far in which both junior forwards scored.
Jasinski leads the Tigers in assists with four on the season.
Senior captain Khamari Hadaway has taken the majority of matches in goal for Princeton, registering 19 saves and one shutout across seven games.
Sophomore Andrew Samuels has seen action in four games, recording two shutouts and 10 saves on the season for a 0.63 GAA.
Three different goalkeepers have earned shutouts for Princeton this season, including Samuels, Hadaway and fellow senior Will Watson.
The Tiger defense has a goals-allowed average of just 1.14, the third-best in the Ivy League.
Princeton is now just one of seven teams in the country to have zero draws on the season, and the only one in the Ivy League.
The Tigers are ranked 14th nationally and first in the Ivy League in corner kicks, registering an average of 6.50 per game, while also taking 37th in shots per game with 13.93.

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 making significant contributions to the Orange and Black's success. Tsunehara has been a mainstay in the Tiger starting XI, while freshmen Kelley has two starts to his credit after seeing action in eight games.
A pair of new Tigers hail from the D.C. United academy system in Papez and Zhang. Papez has three starts and an assist on the season across four matches this season so far, while Zhang has also notched one start and a goal, seeing action in six games. The two led their team to win the U16 MLS Next Cup Playoffs while making deep runs in both his U15 and U17 years in 2023.
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.
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 219 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 Dartmouth

Dartmouth is 5-6-3 on the season and 2-2-1 in the Ivy League.
Most recently, the Big Green fell 3-2 to no. 20 Penn last Saturday on the road in Philadelphia.
Dartmouth's Ivy wins include a 4-0 win over Yale and a 2-1 victory against Brown, both at home in New Hampshire. The Big Green also tied Columbia 2-2.
Trenton Blake and Vasilis Moiras each have six goals apiece this season to lead the Big Green's offense, while Blake has five assists to his credit for 17 points and Moiras has two for 14 points.
Dartmouth has the highest goals-against average in the Ivy League, with opponents scoring an average 1.93 per game. Still, Dartmouth has a scoring average of 1.714, the third-best in the league only behind Cornell and Penn.
Costi Christodoulou has been solid in goal for the Big Green, registering 48 saves and two shutouts across 13 matches for a GAA of 1.69.
Princeton is 8-10-4 all-time against Dartmouth, winning two of the last three matchups.
The last meeting between the two sides was a 2-1 Big Green victory in Princeton, with Ittycheria scoring the lone goal for the Tigers.