Women's soccer opens Ivy League play at Dartmouth

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Brown women's soccer team will begin Ivy League play this Saturday, Sept. 24 at 7 p.m. at Dartmouth. The Bears and Big Green are two of the four Ivy teams with at least five nonconference wins to start the season.

Brown will be looking to defend its second straight and league-high 14^th overall title which it won during the 2021 season. Dartmouth, on the other hand, will be trying to turn around their Ivy fortune of late, having finished sixth and seventh in league action the past two years.

The game will be broadcast live on ESPN+.

Scouting the Bears (5-2-1)

The Bears enter conference play with five wins already under their belts for the third straight season. They were 5-3-0 in 2021 as they began Ivy action and 6-1-1 in 2019.
Brown's 1.875 goals per game is good for third in the conference, while its .88 goals against is second. The 61 corners the Bears have earned lead all Ivy teams.
Ava Seelenfreund's 13 points from six goals and one assist lead the team, while Brittany Raphino's seven (3G, 1A) are second and Sheyenne Allen's six (1G, 4A) are third.

Scouting the Big Green (5-2-1)

Dartmouth has an identical 5-2-1 record to Brown entering Ivy action with the two losses coming at the hands of Michigan State and UMass Lowell.
The Big Green have scored 1.75 goals per game, good for fourth in the conference. Their 1.25 goals against average is also fourth.
Allie Winstanley leads Dartmouth, and the Ivy League, with seven goals and 17 points on the season.

History

Brown holds the all-time series edge over Dartmouth, although slight, at 22-21-3.
The Bears have won four of the last five including the previous two.
Last season, Brown came away with a 4-1 victory thanks to two goals from Brittany Raphino, one from Zoe Maxwell, and one from Seelenfreund.

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