CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard University men's soccer continues ivy League play at Brown University on Saturday, Oct. 15 at 7:00 p.m. (ESPN+) at Stevenson-Pincince Field in Providence, R.I., with both sides entering the match with 0-1-1 records in conference play. 

What to Know

• Harvard has totaled three student-athletes with double-figure points for the second straight season. Thus far in 2022, junior Willem Ebbinge (12 points), senior Martin Vician (11 points), and sophomore Alessandro Arlotti (10 points) have all crossed the double-figure threshold. Last season, Vician (19), Ebbinge (14), Arlotti (25), and Cornelius Bencsik (12) all reached double-figure point totals.
• For the season, senior Martin Vician leads Harvard in goals (five) and ranks second in points (11). He scored back-to-back braces in games against Northeastern and Quinnipiac. Vician ranks sixth in the Ivy League in goals and seventh in points.
• Junior Willem Ebbinge paces the program in assists (six) and points (12) on three goals and six assists. Ebbinge stands first in the conference in assists and sixth in points. He has notched points in eight of the Crimson's 11 games this season. Ebbinge ranks 11^th in the NCAA in assists per game (0.60).
• Sophomore Alessandro Arlotti ranks fifth in the Ivy League with four assists on the season and has compiled 10 points on three goals and four assists. He has posted points in five of his last eight matches. Arlotti stands 19^th in the NCAA in shots on goal per game (1.64).
• A total of 16 different players have tallied points for Harvard on the season. The Crimson tallied 10 players with points in its 6-0 win over Fairfield on Sept. 24.
• As a team, Harvard has established advantages in shots (176-129), shots on goal (86-51), and corner kicks (66-45) on the year.
• The Crimson ranks seventh in the NCAA in assists per game (2.82), 21^st in points per game (6.82), 16^th in shots per game (16.0), and sixth in shots on goal per game (7.82).
• Harvard's goalkeepers have posted a 1.45 goals-against average and three shutouts thus far on the season. Senior goalie Oskar Nilsson has notched a 1.60 GAA and one shutout over nine games played.
• Junior Ale Gutierrez scored the game-winning goal, first-year goalkeeper Cullen MacNeil posted his first collegiate shutout, and Harvard beat BU, 1-0, on Oct. 4 in its final road non-league game of the year.
• The Crimson totaled six goals in a 6-0 win over Fairfield on Sept. 24. Six different Crimson – senior Ale Gutierrez, junior Willem Ebbinge, sophomore Marko Isakovic, junior Nik White, senior Martin Vician, and first-year Matus Vician – netted a goal in the game. The six goals marked Harvard's most in a game since a 6-0 win over Penn on Nov. 14, 2015. A total of 10 Harvard players registered points in the contest.
• First-year Matus Vician earned Ivy League Rookie of the Week honors on Sept. 26 after posting four points on a goal and two assists in the Crimson's 6-0 victory over Fairfield. The points marked the first of Vician's collegiate career.
• Harvard earned a 3-1 win over Quinnipiac on Sept. 17 behind senior Martin Vician's second straight brace alongside a goal from senior Ale Gutierrez.
• Harvard pulled out a dramatic victory against Bryant as senior Nico Garcia-Morillo scored the game-winning goal with 2.5 seconds remaining to lift the Crimson to a 2-1 victory over the Bulldogs at Jordan Field on Sept. 6.
• Harvard opened its 2022 campaign with a 2-0 victory over Central Connecticut State in its home opener on Sept. 3. Sophomore Alessandro Arlotti and junior Willem Ebbinge provided the goals while senior goalkeeper Oskar Nilsson recorded the shutout.
• Harvard leads Brown in the all-time series, 49-31-15.
• Brown brings a 6-3-1 overall record and 0-1-1 Ivy League mark into Saturday's contest. In Ivy play, the Bears tied Columbia (0-0) and fell to No. 22 Cornell (2-1).

Next Up

Harvard hosts Holy Cross in its non-league finale on Tuesday, Oct. 18 at 7:00 p.m. (ESPN+) before returning to Ivy League play at Yale on Saturday, Oct. 22 at 7:00 p.m. (ESPN+).