NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Yale men's soccer team begins the home stretch of Ivy League play by traveling to Columbia on Saturday. Kickoff is slated for 1 p.m. at Rocco Commisso Stadium in New York. ESPN+ has the video.
Here are notes on a big Ivy game.
* The Bulldogs (10-2-2, 3-1 Ivy) enter the weekend alone in first place with nine points. Princeton, Penn and Dartmouth are all lurking two points behind at 2-1-1.
* Yale was ranked No. 25 in the nation in the College Soccer News top-30 poll this week. The Bulldogs also were receiving votes in the United Soccer Coaches poll.
* Yale is 11th in the nation in goals against average at 0.68. The Bulldogs have posted five shutouts and have allowed more than one goal in a game only once.
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Mark Winhoffer leads the Ivy League with eight assists and is 10th in the nation in assists per game (0.57).
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Miguel Yuste leads the league with seven goals.
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Elian Haddock, who was named to the Ivy League Honor Roll on Monday, is second in the league and 21st in the nation in save percentage (.796).
* The Bulldogs are coming off a 2-1 win over Northeastern on Tuesday night in their final non-Ivy game of the season.
* With 10 overall wins, Yale has reached double figures for the first time since 2005. The school record for victories in a season is 13 set in 1999.
HISTORY LESSONS
Yale leads the all-time series with the Lions 31-29-8. The Bulldogs' last victory over Columbia came in 2009, 2-1 in New York City. The last 10 meetings between the teams have been decided by one goal or ended in a tie. Last year at Reese Stadium, the Lions scored a pair of first-half goals and held off a Yale comeback to win 2-1.
SCOUTING COLUMBIA
The Lions (4-5-4, 1-1-2 Ivy) are coming off a 1-0 victory over Fordham on Tuesday night. They also have a 3-2 win at UConn on their resume. Their Ivy win came over Brown. John Denis and Uri Zietz have combined to score nine of Columbia's 17 goals.
Yale at Columbia
Saturday, Nov. 2 – 1 p.m.
New York, N.Y.
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