CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard University men's soccer hosts Yale University on Saturday, Oct. 13 at 7:00 p.m. (ESPN+) at Jordan Field as the Crimson returns to Ivy League play to close a three-game homestand.

What to Know

• The Crimson (2-3-6, 1-0-2 Ivy) hosts the Bulldogs (6-3-2, 1-0-2 Ivy) in a contest featuring a pair of teams that remain undefeated in conference play. Both sides enter the match tied for second in the league standings with five points apiece.
• Harvard has posted a 7-1-5 mark over its last 13 Ivy League games.
• Sophomore goalkeeper Lucian Wood earned Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week honors after posting a shutout in a 0-0 draw with Brown (Oct. 7). Wood notched five saves in his second shutout of the season.
• Junior Alessandro Arlotti leads the Crimson with 10 points on the year behind three goals and four assists. He stands fifth in the Ivy League in points (10), second in assists (four), second in shots (31), and third in shots on goal (14). In conference play, he ranks third in the Ancient Eight in points (five) and goals (two).
• Arlotti notched a goal and an assist in the win at Columbia (Sept. 30) prior to netting a goal on a free kick against Boston University (Oct. 10). He scored his first goal of the year in a 1-1 draw vs. Cornell (Sept. 23) and tallied three assists at Fairfield (Sept. 19).
• First-year Dylan Tellado paces Harvard with three goals on the year. He ranks seventh in the league with three goals. He scored twice vs. Fairfield (Sept. 19) and netted a goal at Columbia (Sept. 30).
• Junior defender Jan Riecke and senior defender Nik White have anchored Harvard's back line this fall, playing in 973 and 930 minutes respectively out of a possible 990 minutes on the year. Riecke has played the full 90 in 10 of 11 matches in 2023.
• Sophomore goalkeeper Lucian Wood has played the majority of time in net for the Crimson, posting a 1.20 GAA, .745 save percentage, 35 saves, and two shutouts over 10 starts.
• Harvard scored three times in the first 31 minutes of the game to earn a 3-1 win over Columbia (Sept. 30) in its first Ivy League road match of the year. Junior Alessandro Arlotti (fifth minute), sophomore Marcos Ojea Quintana (12^th minute), and first-year Dylan Tellado (31^st minute) provided the goals for the Crimson.
• Against Fairfield (Sept. 19), first-year Dylan Tellado scored a pair of goals, senior Ale Gutierrez and junior Sam Bjarnason each scored once, and senior Willem Ebbinge (four) and junior Alessandro Arlotti (three) each tallied career highs in assists as Harvard defeated the Stags, 4-2.
• Senior Willem Ebbinge converted a penalty kick in the 78^th minute as Harvard earned a 1-1 draw with No. 12 Vermont (Sept. 16). Ebbinge scored his goal in his first start for the Crimson since coming back from OFC Olympic Qualifying where he helped New Zealand book its spot in the 2024 Summer Olympics.
• In the Crimson's outing against No. 23 Seton Hall (Sept. 9), senior Nik White scored a critical goal, netting an equalizer in the 90^th minute to help the Crimson earn a point against the nationally ranked Pirates with a goal with 24 seconds left.
• In its home and season opener against Rhode Island (Sept. 1), the Crimson posted a shutout in a 0-0 draw with sophomore goalkeeper Lucian Wood earning his first career clean sheet.
• Opening its 2023 season, the Crimson took on a more challenging non-conference slate. Harvard began the year against an opponent from the Atlantic-10 (Rhode Island) and back-to-back Big East teams in Marquette and No. 23 Seton Hall. The Crimson later met another pair of top-25 opponent in No. 12 Vermont and No. 18 New Hampshire.
• Senior Willem Ebbinge has posted seven points behind a goal and five assists over five games. He tied the school single-game record with four assists at Fairfield (Sept. 19). Ebbinge ranks second all-time at Harvard and fourth in Ivy League history with 29 career assists.
• Ebbinge helped New Zealand qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics as the team beat Fiji, 9-0, in the final of the Oceania Men's Olympic Qualification Tournament on Sept. 9 at North Harbour Stadium in Auckland.
• Harvard leads Yale in the all-time series, 56-39-13.
• Yale carries a 6-3-2 overall record and 1-0-2 Ivy League mark into the weekend. In conference play, the Bulldogs have tied Penn (1-1) and Princeton (1-1) alongside a victory over Dartmouth (2-0).

Next Up

Harvard plays at Holy Cross on Oct. 17 at 8:00 p.m. (ESPN+) before playing at Penn on Oct. 22 at noon (ESPNU/ESPN+).