#11 Tigers Close Out Four-Game Road Stint at #24 Bryant On Saturday

#11 Princeton (4-1-1) at #24 Bryant (5-0-2)
September 19 (Sat.) | 6 p.m. | Smithfield, R.I.
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PRINCETON, N.J. – Closing out its four-game road stint, the Princeton men's soccer team will travel to face #24 Bryant on Saturday in Smithfield, R.I.

Kickoff is set for 6 p.m. as part of a doubleheader in Beirne Stadium, with Bryant football hosting Princeton at 1 p.m.

Last Time Out
Princeton is coming off its first loss of the season at Rutgers on Tuesday night, in which the Tigers fell 2-0.

Before that, the Tigers tallied a second-straight road win at Albany on Saturday, where the Tigers blanked the Great Danes 1-0. Tyler Vilet scored the game-winner on a stunning header that also marked his first career goal.

Andrew Samuels was in net for his fourth-consecutive shutout, making six saves including one on a Great Dane penalty kick.

For his efforts, Samuels was named Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week on Monday.

Between The Posts
With a save percentage of 0.864 and a GAA of 0.50, Samuels ranks third in the nation in shutouts and 13th in both goals-against and save percentage.

He has led Princeton to a team national ranking of ninth in GAA, 10th in save percentage and fourth in shutout percentage.

His Ivy weekly honor this week marked his second-consecutive.

Stat Leaders
Hormozi ranks fifth nationally in shots per game and leads the Tigers with nine points on the season. With three goals and three assists, he also leads the Ivy League in shots on target and is third in goals scored.

With three assists apiece, Hormozi and Roka Tsunehara are tied for fourth in the league.

Picking Up Where They Left Off
The Tigers were picked to finish first in the Ivy League Preseason Poll with 14 first-place votes.

The favorite pick comes after a historically successful 2025 season that saw them claim both the Ivy League regular season and Ivy League tournament championship titles. Princeton went 7-0-0 in league play while conceding zero goals, posting an overall record of 15-2-2.

The Tigers were seeded third in the NCAA Tournament, marking the highest seed ever for an Ivy League team. They also led the nation in RPI for a majority of last season.

Ahead of this season, Princeton was ranked eighth in the United Soccer Coaches preseason poll. Most recently, the Tigers were ranked 16th in the latest United Soccer Coaches poll.

Keep An Eye Out
Samuels, 2025 Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year, returns for his senior season after leading the nation in goals-against, save-percentage and shutouts for most of last season. He was named to the United Soccer Coaches Goalkeepers to Watch List this preseason.

Junior defender Tsunehara was also named to the United Soccer Coaches Defenders to Watch List.

Newcomer Julien Lacher was named to the TopDrawerSoccer Best XI Freshman Team. Samuels joined him in the TDS honors after being named the goalkeeper on the Best XI First Team.

All-Ivy Returners
The Tigers return several 2025 All-Ivy honorees in Samuels, First Team All-Ivy honoree and Ivy Defensive POTY, First Team All-Ivy honoree Hormozi, Second Team All-Ivy honorees Tsunehara and Liam Beckwith, and All-Ivy Honorable Mention Dash Papez.

Samuels and Tsunehara were also United Soccer Coaches Second Team All-Region honorees.

Called Up
An Ivy-record four Tigers were drafted at the conclusion of last season. Hormozi and Samuels were two of the four, with Samuels selected in the second round by St. Louis City SC and Hormozi selected in the second round by Minnesota United FC.

The Tigers graduated first-round pick Giuliano Fravolini Whitchurch, who currently plays with LAFC II, and Jack Jasinski, who was drafted by and currently plays for the San Jose Earthquakes. Two other Tigers from last year's squad are also playing professionally in Sam Vigilante (MNUFC II) and Daniel Ittycheria (Vancouver Whitecaps II).

Captains
Samuels and Beckwith are at the helm of the 2026 squad.

About the Newcomers
Princeton welcomes six talented newcomers in the class of 2030 this season in Viktor Alestig, Lucas Ferreira, Hammerschmidt, Lacher, Chase Miller and Jonah Mwilambwe.

About Coach Barlow
Head coach Jim Barlow is in his 30th season as the men's soccer head coach and has accumulated 241 career wins with the Tigers, the most for any soccer coach in Princeton history, men's or women's. Barlow was also named the 2025 Ivy League Coach of the Year and the 2025 Northeast Region Coach of the Year by the United Soccer Coaches.

He is the ninth longest tenured active head coach in NCAA D1 men's soccer, the longest tenured AHC in Ivy League men's soccer, and the fifth-longest in the Ivy League across all sports.

Scouting the Bulldogs
Bryant is 5-0-2 on the season, most recently downing Dartmouth 1-0 on Tuesday night in Smithfield. Still undefeated, its two draws on the season have been against Colgate (1-1) last week and UMass on August 20.

With a robust offense, the Bulldogs currently rank ninth in the nation in shots per game. Fermin Rodriguez has led the Bulldogs with three goals and three assists for nine points on the season.

Ramon Camejo and Aimar Penalver have split time in goal, with Camejo posting a GAA of 1.25 through four games and Penalver posting a GAA of 0.33 through three.

The first and most recent meeting between the two sides was a year ago in Princeton, where the two then-top-10 teams battled to a scoreless draw.

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