CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard University men's soccer heads to Dartmouth College on Saturday, Nov. 4 at noon (ESPN+/NESN+) for its regular season finale at Burnham Field in Hanover, New Hampshire with the Crimson sitting in a three-way tie atop the Ivy League standings and having already secured a spot in the inaugural Ivy League Tournament.

What to Know: Team Notes

• The Crimson (5-4-6, 3-1-2 Ivy) enters Saturday in a three-way tie for first place in the Ivy League standings with 11 points alongside Penn and Yale. All three teams have clinched a spot in the Ivy League Tournament.
• Harvard can secure the top seed in the Ivy League Tournament and the right to host the event under two scenarios: (1) the Crimson wins and Penn ties or loses or (2) Harvard ties, Yale ties, and Penn loses.
• In program history, Harvard has won 13 Ivy League titles with the championships coming in 1955, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962 1963, 1969, 1970, 1987, 1994, 1996, 2006, and 2009.
• The Crimson has posted a 9-2-5 mark over its last 16 Ivy League games.
• Harvard has posted a 4-1-2 mark over its last seven contests and a 5-2-4 record over its last 11 games this season.
• As a team, the Crimson has permitted one or fewer goals in eight of its last nine games and has allowed one or fewer goals in 12 of its 15 matches in 2023.
• The Crimson ranks 19^th in the nation and first in the Ivy League in corner kicks per game (6.27).
• Harvard leads the all-time series with Dartmouth, 46-39-10.
• The Big Green brings a 4-8-2 overall record and 2-3-1 Ivy League mark into Saturday's match. Dartmouth sits in sixth place in the conference table with seven points and cannot qualify for the Ivy League Tournament due to tiebreaking scenarios.

What to Know: Individual Notes

• Junior Alessandro Arlotti leads the Crimson with 16 points on the year behind five goals and six assists. He stands third in the Ivy League in points (16), first in assists (six), fifth in goals (five), second in shots (45), and third in shots on goal (19). In conference play, he leads the Ancient Eight in points (11) and goals (four) while standing second in assists (three), shots (18), and shots on goal (nine).
• Arlotti notched a goal and an assist in wins over both Columbia (Sept. 30) and Yale (Oct. 14) prior to scoring a goal against Penn (Oct. 22). 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).
• Senior Ale Gutierrez ranks second on the Crimson with eight points on the season behind three goals and two assists. He scored two goals – his second career brace – including the game-winning penalty kick in the 90^th minute against Princeton (Oct. 28). Gutierrez captured Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week following his brace against the Tigers.
• First-year Andreas Savva tallied five points over a two-game span against Yale (Oct. 14) and Holy Cross (Oct. 17). He notched a goal and an assist against the Bulldogs before netting the game-winning goal against the Crusaders.
• First-year Dylan Tellado has netted three goals on the year. He scored his three goals over a three-game span – finding the back of the net twice vs. Fairfield (Sept. 19) and scoring 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 1,333 and 1,092 minutes respectively out of a possible 1,350 minutes on the year. Riecke has played the full 90 in 14 of 15 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 1.21 GAA, .734 save percentage, 47 saves, and two shutouts over 14 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).
• 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.

What to Know: Game Capsules

• On Senior Day, senior Ale Gutierrez scored two goals – including the game-winning penalty kick in the 90^th minute – as Harvard defeated Princeton, 2-1, on Oct. 28 at Jordan Field in its home regular season finale.
• Against Holy Cross (Oct. 17), the Crimson took a 2-1 victory over the Crusaders behind goals from sophomore Juho Ojanen (68^th minute) and first-year Andreas Savva (88^th minute).
• In an instant classic 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.
• 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. 

Next Up

Harvard will compete in the inaugural four-team Ivy League Tournament with semifinal play beginning on Friday, Nov. 10.