Women's soccer looks to finish regular season strong at Yale

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Brown women's soccer team will play its final regular season game this Saturday, Nov. 6 at 1 p.m. at Yale.

The Bears will be looking to finish the Ivy League regular season at 7-0 for the first time in program history. The last time Brown won every single conference contest was in 1990, when there were only seven total teams in the Ivy League leading to a 6-0 record.

The game will be broadcast live on ESPN+.

Scouting the Bears (11-3-0, 6-0-0 IVY):

After claiming their 14^th Ivy Title last weekend with the win over Penn, the Bears can clinch the title outright with at least a tie against Yale. While Brown has already secured the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, no points this weekend would leave the door open for Princeton to claim a share of the Ivy Title.
A win this weekend would push the Bears' current winning streak to eight games, tying the streak they had in 2019 as the longest since 2000 when they won nine in a row.
Brittany Raphino and Ava Seelenfreund are both tied for third in the Ivy League with eight goals on the year. Raphino is also tied for fourth with six assists and for first with 22 points.
In conference games this season, Kayla Thompson has posted a .33 goals against average and a .900 save percentage.

Scouting the Bulldogs (3-13-0, 1-5-0 IVY):

All three of Yale's wins this season have come by way of the shutout: 2-0 over St. John's, 1-0 vs. Cornell, and 5-0 against St. Francis Brooklyn. In the Bulldogs' 13 losses, they've been outscored by the opposition 40-8 and were shutout in eight of those games.
Alanna Butcher and Ellie Rappole sit atop the team with 11 and 10 points respectively. Butcher leads the team with five assists and Rappole has a team-high four goals.
Yale has seen three goalies this season start at least three games. Annie Welch has started the most at seven and has posted 3.26 goals against average and a .558 save percentage.

Series History:

Brown leads the all-time series at 28-18-3.
In 2019, in almost an identical situation with the Bears having already clinched the Ivy Title, the two teams played to a 1-1 tie.
Seelenfreund scored for the Bears in just the second minute, but the Bulldogs would tie things up in the 61^st minute and that's where the score would stay.