NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Yale men's soccer team closes out the non-conference portion of the schedule with a trip to Boston on Tuesday to face Northeastern. Kickoff at Parsons Field is slated for 6 p.m. The game will be televised on NESN+ in New England and is available outside the region on nuhuskies.com.
Here are notes on the matchup:
* After winning nine straight games, the Bulldogs have dropped their last two – both in heartbreaking fashion in overtime. On Saturday, Penn escaped with a victory by scoring on a penalty kick in the second extra period.
* Yale had the edge in shots in both of its losses. The Bulldogs outshot Maryland 9-8 and outshot the Quakers 16-5.
* Yale remains alone in first place in the Ivy League with a 3-1 record. With nine points, the Bulldogs are two in front of Princeton, Penn and Dartmouth, who are all 2-1-1. Yale has three league games remaining – at Columbia on Saturday, home for Brown on Nov. 9 and at Princeton on Nov. 16.
* Goalkeeper
Elian Haddock was named to the Ivy League Honor Roll on Monday. Haddock leads the league in goals against average (0.66) and is second in save percentage (.813).
* Miguel Yuste leads the Ivy League with seven goals.
* Tuesday's game continues a busy stretch for the Bulldogs, who played at Maryland last Monday before returning to the Mid-Atlantic region for Saturday's game in Philadelphia.
* Yale sits at No. 25 in this week's College Soccer News top-30 national poll.
HISTORY LESSONS
Yale and Northeastern are playing for just the fourth time. The last meeting came in 1997, a 2-0 Bulldog victory in New Haven. The Bulldogs lead the series 2-1. Northeastern's victory came in the first meeting, 2-1 in 1993, the only game in Boston in the series.
SCOUTING NORTHEASTERN
The Huskies (6-6-3) are coming off an impressive 2-0 victory over William & Mary on Saturday. Timothy Ennin leads Northeastern with 15 points (6 goals, 3 assists). The Huskies are coached by Chris Cbandi, the 2000 Hermann Trophy winner, three-time All-American and 2000 national champion as a student-athlete at UConn.
Yale at Northeastern
Tuesday, Oct. 29 – 6 p.m.
Boston, Mass.
TV: NESN+
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