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Men's Soccer Weekly Release - Week 5
Complete Ivy League Men's Soccer Weekly Release in pdf format
PRINCETON, N.J. -- In the final full week of non-conference play, the Ivies combined to take at least a point from 11 of 14 matches, including seven victories. Brown (1-0-0), Columbia (2-0-0), Cornell (0-0-2), Dartmouth (1-0-0) and Princeton (2-0-0) all turned in unbeaten weeks. Penn added the other Ivy League win.
With a 3-0 win at Vermont, Brown stayed unbeaten on the year (5-0-2) and has only conceded one goal through seven games. Additional highlights from last week included the Lions picking up a 3-2 win over Seton Hall. Cornell extended its unbeaten streak to four games (2-0-2), while Princeton won back-to-back matches for the first time this season en route to claiming the 2010 Princeton Invitational title.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Junior forward Antoine Hoppenot (Princeton, N.J.)
helped Princeton get back on track by leading the Tigers to a pair
of wins at the 2010 Princeton Invitational. Princeton defeated
Richmond, 3-1, on Friday night and followed with a 3-0 blanking of
Richmond on Sunday. With the two wins, the Tigers were able to edge
a nationally-ranked Penn team to win the 2010 Princeton
Invitational.
No player was more crucial to the wins than Hoppenot, as he scored
four of the Tiger’s six goals on the weekend. For his efforts
he was named to the All-Tournament Team. Down 1-0 on Friday to
Richmond, Hoppenot tallied the equalizer in the 55th minute and
scored Princeton’s third goal when he buried his own rebound
on a missed penalty kick, using his speed to get off the line and
tap in the rebound.
On Sunday, Adelphi had a 21-13 shot advantage over Princeton but
Hoppenot’s two goals in the second half made the difference.
He scored in the 62nd minute when he picked up a cross in the box
and fired the ball into the lower left corner. Just three minutes
later, he put the game out of reach for the Panthers when he
sprinted past his defender to the near post and deposited the ball
into the lower right corner for an insurance tally. Hoppenot
was the last Tiger to earn Ivy League Player of the Week
honors, having done so on November 9, 2009.
Hoppenot’s Weekly
Stats
2-2 GP/GS, 4 G, 0 A, 8 Pts., 8 Shots, 6 SOG, 0 GWG, Team:
2-0-0
ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
Midfielder David Najem (Clifton, N.J.) was a
force all week for Columbia, helping the Lions to back-to-back
victories over Seton Hall and Long Island. The first-year
midfielder played the full 90 minutes in each match. He tallied the
equalizing goal in the 59th minute against Seton Hall, and then
took the corner kick that led to the game-winner. Najem also picked
up the assist on the game-winning goal against Long Island
University on Friday.
Najem rocketed a left-footed blast into the back of the net from
20 yards out to knot the match against the Pirates at 2-2. Seven
minutes later, he sent his corner kick to the far post, where
Ronnie Shaban headed it back to Mike
Mazzullo, who finished on the doorstep. Against Long
Island on Friday, Najem played a key role in the Columbia victory
as he teamed up with Will Stamatis on a beautiful
goal that turned out to be the lone tally of the match.
Najem leads Columbia with three assists on the season and is
tied for the team lead in points. He is the second Lion to
earn Ivy League Rookie of the Week honors this season, as
Henning Sauerbier shared the accolade on Sept.
13
Najem’s Weekly
Stats
2-2 GP/GS, 1 G, 2 A, 4 Pts., 4 Shots, 2 SOG, 0 GWG, Team:
2-0-0
HONOR ROLL
Francois Anderson, Columbia, Jr., M (Montego Bay,
Jamaica)
2-2 GP/GS, 0 G, 2 A, 2 Pts., 3 Shots, 2 SOG, 0 GWG, Team:
2-0-0
Stephen Baker, Penn, Fr., F (Fairport, N.Y.)
2-2 GP/GS, 1 G, 0 A, 2 Pts., 7 Shots, 3 SOG, 1 GWG, Team:
1-1-0
Bryan Giudicelli, Dartmouth, Sr., D (Emerald
Hills, Calif.)
1-1 GP/GS, 1 G, 0 A, 2 Pts., 1 Shot, 1 SOG, 1 GWG, Team: 1-0-0
Rick Pflasterer, Cornell, So., GK (Ann Arbor,
Mich.)
2-2 GP/GS, 220:00 min., 1 GA, 0.410 GAA, 8 SVS, .889 SV%, 1 SHO,
0-0-2
Brian Rogers, Harvard, So., F (Bronxville,
Calif.)
2-2 GP/GS, 1 G, 0 A, 2 Pts., 5 Shot, 2 SOG, 0 GWG, Team: 0-1-1
Sean Rosa, Brown, Jr., F (Montreal, Quebec)
1-1 GP/GS, 1 G, 2 A, 4 Pts., 4 Shots, 1 SOG, 0 GWG, Team:
1-0-0
Bobby Thalman, Yale, So., GK (Greenwood Village,
Colo.)
2-2 GP/GS, 200:00 min., 1 GA, 0.450 GAA, 8 SVS, .889 SV%, 1 SHO,
0-1-1
THE UPCOMING WEEK
After nearly a month of non-conference play, the Ivies are primed
and ready for League play in the 56th season of Ivy League
men’s soccer to get underway. Harvard will be looking to
become the 25th team to successfully defend the Ivy League title,
having finished atop the league standings in 2009.
In the 55 previous seasons, there have been a combined 70
champions with 12 seasons featuring co-champions and a three-way
tie in 2005 between Brown, Dartmouth and Yale. Brown leads the way
with 19 total Ivy League titles, followed by Harvard's 13.
The 2010 Ivy League season kicks off with four games on Saturday,
Oct. 2. Yale travels to Harvard in the afternoon, while the evening
features matches between Dartmouth and Princeton, Columbia and
Brown as well as Penn and Cornell.
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Tuesday, September
28
Delaware at Columbia -- 7 pm
St. John’s at Yale -- 8 pm
Wednesday, September
29
Dartmouth at UMass -- 3 pm
Providence at Harvard -- 7 pm
Saturday, Oct.
2
Yale at Harvard* -- 1:30 pm
Dartmout at Princeton* -- 6 pm
Columbia at Brown* -- 7 pm
Penn at Cornell* -- 7 pm
* - denotes Ivy League contest
