CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard University men's soccer plays at the University of Pennsylvania on Sunday, Oct. 22 at noon in a nationally televised matchup on ESPNU and ESPN+ from Penn Park in Philadelphia with the Crimson entering the match atop the Ivy League standings.

What to Know

• The Crimson (4-3-6, 2-0-2 Ivy) meets the Quakers (4-3-5, 1-1-2 Ivy) in a battle for position in the Ivy League standings. Harvard currently ranks first in the standings with eight points while Penn stands in a tie for fourth in the table with five points.
• The Crimson has posted an 8-1-5 mark over its last 14 Ivy League games.
• Harvard can clinch a spot in the Ivy League Tournament this weekend with a win alongside wins from Brown, Dartmouth, and Columbia.
• Harvard has posted an undefeated 3-0-2 mark over its last five contests this season and has earned points in eight of its last nine outings with a 4-1-4 record over that span.
• As a team, the Crimson has permitted one or fewer goals in each of its last seven games and has allowed one or fewer goals in 11 of its 13 matches in 2023.
• The last meeting between Penn and Harvard in 2022 turned into an instant classic with the Crimson rallying from deficits of 1-0 and 2-1 on the way to a 3-2 victory. Harvard scored in the 72^nd and 85^th minutes to earn the win over the No. 15 Quakers.
• In its last outing, the Crimson took a 2-1 victory over Holy Cross (Oct. 17) behind goals from sophomore Juho Ojanen (68^th minute) and first-year Andreas Savva (88^th minute).
• Against Yale (Oct. 14), Harvard rallied with three second-half goals to beat the Bulldogs, 3-1. Facing a 1-0 deficit in the 61^st minute, the Crimson netted goals in the 63^rd, 80^th, and 90^th minutes from first-year Andreas Savva, junior Jan Riecke, and junior Alessandro Arlotti
• Junior Alessandro Arlotti leads the Crimson with 13 points on the year behind four goals and five assists. He stands third in the Ivy League in points (13), first in assists (five), sixth in goals (four), second in shots (39), and third in shots on goal (16). In conference play, he leads the Ancient Eight in points (eight), goals (three), and assists (two).
• Arlotti notched a goal and an assist in wins over both Columbia (Sept. 30) and Yale (Oct. 14). He netted back-to-back free-kick goals against Boston University (Oct. 10) and Yale. 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 has netted three goals on the year. He ranks eighth 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 1,153 and 1,020 minutes respectively out of a possible 1,170 minutes on the year. Riecke has played the full 90 in 12 of 13 matches in 2023 and scored the game-winning goal against Yale (Oct. 14).
• Sophomore goalkeeper Lucian Wood has played the majority of time in net for the Crimson, posting a 1.17 GAA, .736 save percentage, 39 saves, and two shutouts over 12 starts. Wood earned Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week honors after posting a shutout and five saves in a 0-0 draw with Brown (Oct. 7).
• 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 Penn 40-37-5 in the all-time series.
• Penn has posted a 4-3-5 overall record and 1-1-2 Ivy League mark on the season, including an unbeaten 3-0-2 record at home. The Quakers have gone 2-0-2 in the month of October. In Ivy play, the team has a win over Cornell (1-0), draws with Yale (1-1) and Brown (0-0), and a loss to Dartmouth (2-0).

Next Up

Harvard hosts Princeton for Senior Day on Saturday, Oct. 28 at 1:00 p.m. (ESPN+).