CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Harvard women's soccer will play its first Ivy League matchup of the 2023 season vs. Brown this Saturday (Sept. 23) under the lights at Jordan Field. The Crimson (5-2-1, 0-0-0 in Ivy) will host its Ivy League rival looking to hand the Bears its first Ivy League loss since 2018.  
 
WHAT TO KNOW
 

• The Crimson is coming off a 1-1-0 stint last week after a 5-0 win against Samford (Sept. 14), and a 3-4 loss vs. St. Johns (Sept. 17) on the road.
• Harvard's 5-0 win vs. Samford tied its single game season high in goals scored (five goals vs. Syracuse).
• Harvard is 4-0-0 at Jordan field this season.
• In four home matches thus far, Harvard has outscored its opponents 14-3.
• The Crimson have outscored opponents 23-11 in its eight games in 2023. It has outscored opponents 73-25 since the beginning of the 2022 season.
• HWS has outpaced its opponents on offense, totaling 135 shots on goal and allowing only 49 shots on goal from opposing teams.
• Harvard ranked no. 7 in the national rankings in assists per game as a team, averaging 3.00 per game.
• The Crimson own the no. 22 scoring offense in the country.
• HWS has posted a combined 26-9-7 record under Chris Hamblin, the Branca Family Head Coach for Harvard Women's Soccer since he took over the role in 2016.
• The Crimson own an eight-match unbeaten streak in Ivy League play after going unbeaten (5-0-2) in the league during the 2022 campaign.
• Harvard's last matchup against Brown came in 2022, where it ended in a 1-1 tie. In the past ten head-to-head meetings with Brown, Harvard owns a 5-3-2 record.
• Goalkeeper Anna Karpenko has been lights out at home this year, allowing just one goal in three games.
• Harvard has not been shutout in their last 15 matches, dating back to last October.
• Ólöf Kristinsdóttir totaled three goals and one assist last week. She had her first multi-goal game against St. John's last Sunday (Sept. 17 and now leads the team in goals with five.
• Gabby DelPico is currently on a four-game point streak, accumulating 10 points (3g, 4a) in her last four games. She is tied for first in assists and second in goals for the Crimson this season.
• Senior Smith Hunter logged her first career goal vs. Samford this past week.
• Brown (4-1-2) is coming off a 1-0 victory against URI. The Bears are 1-1 in its two away games this season.
• Brown ranks top-30 in the nation in shots on goal per game, averaging 8.57. It also shares the ball well on offense, ranking 33rd in assists per game nationwide.
• The Bears come into the contest riding a 22-match unbeaten streak in league play.

 
Up Next
 
Harvard will continue its Ivy League conference schedule next week, as it prepares for a road trip to New York City to face the Columbia Lions. The two Ivy foes will face off on Saturday, Sept. 30th at 5:00 PM.