Saturday, November 3
Cambridge, Mass.
7:00 PM
Columbia University
at
Harvard
Columbia Meets Up With Harvard On Saturday In Primetime
11/1/2018 1:42:00 PM | Men's Soccer
Columbia is aiming to stay hot against Harvard on Saturday, with a road match in Cambridge at 7:00 p.m. on ESPN+.
NEW YORK – Columbia is aiming to stay hot against Harvard on Saturday, with a road match in Cambridge at 7:00 p.m. on ESPN+.
LAST TIME OUT
Columbia routed Hofstra 4-0, behind two goals from Sam Hatem and one each from Lucho Gazcon and Spiros Stamoulis. Hatem scored his first goal of the season in the second minute of action, then followed that up with another goal in the 26th thanks to a Matthew Swain helper. Gazcon made his presence felt in the 38th minute with an assist by Beto Carrillo, before Nick Marcin set up Stamoulis for a second half score. Dylan Castanheira had a clean sheet despite Hofstra peppering him with 11 shots, including four on goal.
SEASON AT A GLANCE
With wins in the past four matches, the Lions enter the weekend as one of the hottest teams in the country. Over that stretch, Columbia has out-scored opponents by a total of 9-2, which began by an overtime game-winner off the foot of Sebastian Gunbeyi on Oct. 19 over Dartmouth.
Columbia sits at 9-4-1 overall and 4-1 in the Ancient Eight. A victory on Saturday makes it four straight seasons with at least 10 wins.
ABOUT HARVARD
The Crimson come into this game sporting a record of 3-11 (1-4 Ivy) and currently are tied for seventh in the conference. The highlights of Harvard's season were back-to-back victories against Boston University and Yale in late September. Rookie Alfred Perez leads the scoring efforts with three goals, closely followed by junior Taner Dogan and senior Cesar Farias Jr. with two each.
Three players have been seen in net this year for Harvard, with sophomore Matt Freese getting the most action in 11 starts with 17 goals against.
SERIES HISTORY
Columbia trails Harvard in terms of overall record, sporting a 25-39-5 advantage. A season ago on a misty pitch at Rocco B. Commisso Soccer Stadium, Columbia ran away with a 6-0 victory of Harvard, with four of those goals coming from Arthur Bosua.
IVY STANDINGS
With a pair of matches remaining for the entire league, Princeton still has a lead on the title chase with 13 points and a home match with Penn before a trip to Yale next weekend. Columbia is one point behind going into the weekend, and will look to secure wins over Harvard and Cornell before hoping that the Tigers can drop points.
IVY SCHEDULE
Nov. 3
Yale at Brown - 3:30 p.m.
Penn at Princeton - 4:00 p.m.
Dartmouth at Cornell - 5:00 p.m.
Columbia at Harvard - 7:00 p.m.
Nov. 10
Cornell at Columbia - 1:00 p.m.
Princeton at Yale - 4:00 p.m.
Brown at Dartmouth - 5:00 p.m.
Harvard at Penn - 5:00 p.m.
AFTER THE CRIMSON
The Lions close out the regular season at home next Saturday, Nov. 10, with a 1:00 p.m. match against Cornell.
RECORD WATCH
As he closes in on his last two regular season matches, Castanheira has a chance to break two Ivy League records. At the moment, the senior has 25 career shutouts, one away from the Ancient Eight record of 26. As long as he does not give up 15 goals in the next two matches, Castanheira will break the conference record for goals against average of 0.75, as he currently sits at 0.47 for his career.
CONGRATS TO ROCCO
The weekend is also a big one for Rocco B. Commisso '71SEAS '75BUS, who will be inducted into the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame. The Mediacom Founder, Chairman and CEO is slated to be enshrined alongside former New York Yankee Manager Joe Girardi, MMA legend Gina Carano, and famed Illinois high school basketball coach Gene Pingatore. Saturday's ceremony takes place at the Hyatt-Regency in Chicago.
LAST TIME OUT
Columbia routed Hofstra 4-0, behind two goals from Sam Hatem and one each from Lucho Gazcon and Spiros Stamoulis. Hatem scored his first goal of the season in the second minute of action, then followed that up with another goal in the 26th thanks to a Matthew Swain helper. Gazcon made his presence felt in the 38th minute with an assist by Beto Carrillo, before Nick Marcin set up Stamoulis for a second half score. Dylan Castanheira had a clean sheet despite Hofstra peppering him with 11 shots, including four on goal.
SEASON AT A GLANCE
With wins in the past four matches, the Lions enter the weekend as one of the hottest teams in the country. Over that stretch, Columbia has out-scored opponents by a total of 9-2, which began by an overtime game-winner off the foot of Sebastian Gunbeyi on Oct. 19 over Dartmouth.
Columbia sits at 9-4-1 overall and 4-1 in the Ancient Eight. A victory on Saturday makes it four straight seasons with at least 10 wins.
ABOUT HARVARD
The Crimson come into this game sporting a record of 3-11 (1-4 Ivy) and currently are tied for seventh in the conference. The highlights of Harvard's season were back-to-back victories against Boston University and Yale in late September. Rookie Alfred Perez leads the scoring efforts with three goals, closely followed by junior Taner Dogan and senior Cesar Farias Jr. with two each.
Three players have been seen in net this year for Harvard, with sophomore Matt Freese getting the most action in 11 starts with 17 goals against.
SERIES HISTORY
Columbia trails Harvard in terms of overall record, sporting a 25-39-5 advantage. A season ago on a misty pitch at Rocco B. Commisso Soccer Stadium, Columbia ran away with a 6-0 victory of Harvard, with four of those goals coming from Arthur Bosua.
IVY STANDINGS
With a pair of matches remaining for the entire league, Princeton still has a lead on the title chase with 13 points and a home match with Penn before a trip to Yale next weekend. Columbia is one point behind going into the weekend, and will look to secure wins over Harvard and Cornell before hoping that the Tigers can drop points.
| Team | Points | Conf. W-L-D | Overall W-L-D |
| Princeton | 13 | 4-0-1 | 9-4-2 |
| Columbia | 12 | 4-1-0 | 9-4-1 |
| Cornell | 9 | 3-2-0 | 10-5-0 |
| Dartmouth | 8 | 2-1-2 | 5-5-5 |
| Yale | 5 | 1-2-2 | 6-5-3 |
| Penn | 4 | 1-3-1 | 4-4-6 |
| Brown | 3 | 1-4-0 | 7-7-1 |
| Harvard | 3 | 1-4-0 | 3-11-0 |
IVY SCHEDULE
Nov. 3
Yale at Brown - 3:30 p.m.
Penn at Princeton - 4:00 p.m.
Dartmouth at Cornell - 5:00 p.m.
Columbia at Harvard - 7:00 p.m.
Nov. 10
Cornell at Columbia - 1:00 p.m.
Princeton at Yale - 4:00 p.m.
Brown at Dartmouth - 5:00 p.m.
Harvard at Penn - 5:00 p.m.
AFTER THE CRIMSON
The Lions close out the regular season at home next Saturday, Nov. 10, with a 1:00 p.m. match against Cornell.
RECORD WATCH
As he closes in on his last two regular season matches, Castanheira has a chance to break two Ivy League records. At the moment, the senior has 25 career shutouts, one away from the Ancient Eight record of 26. As long as he does not give up 15 goals in the next two matches, Castanheira will break the conference record for goals against average of 0.75, as he currently sits at 0.47 for his career.
CONGRATS TO ROCCO
The weekend is also a big one for Rocco B. Commisso '71SEAS '75BUS, who will be inducted into the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame. The Mediacom Founder, Chairman and CEO is slated to be enshrined alongside former New York Yankee Manager Joe Girardi, MMA legend Gina Carano, and famed Illinois high school basketball coach Gene Pingatore. Saturday's ceremony takes place at the Hyatt-Regency in Chicago.
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