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Alesandro Arlotti Dribbling past a Columbia defender
Gil Talbot
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Columbia Lions COLB (1-5-4, 0-0-2)
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Harvard Crimson HARV (5-4-2, 0-1-1)
Columbia Lions COLB
(1-5-4, 0-0-2)
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Final
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Harvard Crimson HARV
(5-4-2, 0-1-1)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Columbia Lions COLB 0 1 1
Harvard Crimson HARV 1 0 1

Game Recap: Men's Soccer |

White Scores Goal, Men’s Soccer Plays to 1-1 Draw with Columbia

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Junior Nik White scored a goal in the fourth minute, and junior Willem Ebbinge provided his team-best sixth assist of the year as Harvard University men's soccer played to a 1-1 draw with Columbia University on Saturday afternoon at Jordan Field.
 
Hosting its first Ivy League home match of the season, the Crimson (5-4-2, 0-1-1 Ivy) pulled ahead on White's goal in the fourth minute before the visiting Lions (1-5-4, 0-0-2 Ivy) equalized in the 56th minute. 

Harvard Highlights

  • Junior Nik White scored his third goal of the season and now has seven points on the year behind his three goals and one assist.
  • Junior Willem Ebbinge tallied his team-best sixth assist of the season. He leads the Crimson with 12 points on three goals and six assists on the year. Ebbinge has posted points in eight of the 10 games in which he has played in 2022.
  • Senior goalkeeper Oskar Nilsson made three saves in net, including one key save in a late-game scare just feet from the goal.
  • Sophomore Jan Riecke stood as the only Harvard field player to compete in all 90 minutes of the contest. He has played all 990 minutes on the year.
  • Harvard controlled the tempo for most of the contest and led in shots (15-7) and shots on goal (7-4).
  • Harvard is now 39-26-6 all-time against Columbia. 

How It Happened

  • Harvard gained an early advantage when junior Nik White stuffed home a goal from a beautiful cross from junior Willem Ebbinge off a corner kick at the 3:21 mark.
  • The defensive effort from Harvard was stout, allowing only three shot attempts in the first half.
  • Senior goalkeeper Oskar Nilsson made a tremendous diving save, stretching to his right to get a hand on the only Columbia shot to make it on goal in the first half.
  • Senior Martin Vician had a great chance early in the second half, when he corralled a clearance attempt and fired it right back on goal. The Columbia keeper was able to get a hand on it and keep Harvard out of the net.
  • Columbia netted the equalizer at 55:01 as Joao Lima chipped a shot into the goal off an assist from Ryan Yang.
  • Sophomore Kristján Gunnarsson produced a good look for at a go-ahead goal in the 73rd minute off a great run on the right side of the field. His shot sailed just wide as the score stayed knotted.
  • Nillson stepped up to make two huge saves in the final five minutes of play to secure the tying result for the Crimson.

Next Up

Harvard plays at Brown University on Saturday, Oct. 15 at 7:00 p.m. (ESPN+) at Stevenson-Pincince Field in Providence, R.I.
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