Women's Soccer Readies for Midweek Ivy Matchup at Yale

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Brown women's soccer team will head to Yale for a midweek Ivy matchup this Wednesday, Oct. 4 at 5:30 p.m.

The Bears are 2-0 in Ivy League play after taking down Harvard and Princeton in the first two weeks of conference action, while the Bulldogs are still searching for that first Ivy win after their loss to Dartmouth and tie with Penn.

The game will be broadcast live on ESPNU.

Scouting the Bears (6-1-2, 2-0-0 Ivy)

This week, the Bears find themselves ranked 21st in the nation by United Soccer Coaches, 20^th by TopDrawerSoccer, and are 18^th in the NCAA DI RPI.
Brittany Raphino is coming off a two-goal performance against then-No. 13 Princeton, which earned her Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week honors. It was the second year in a row that Raphino scored twice against the Tigers, bringing her career Ivy League goal total to 19.
Before allowing a goal to Princeton in their 2-1 victory, the Bears had gone 430 consecutive minutes without surrendering a goal. Their .67 goals against average is good for 33^rd in the nation. Undefeated in the previous six games, Brown has only allowed two goals, just .33 per game, in that span.
Both of Raphino's goals against Princeton were assisted by Joy Okonye and Evelyn Calhoon, with Calhoon providing the primary assist on the first goal and Okonye on the second. Okonye's seven assists on the season lead the Ivy League and are 12^th in the nation. Her .78 assists per game rank her fourth among all eligible players.

Scouting the Bulldogs (5-2-3, 0-1-1 Ivy)

Last time out, Yale's Anite Thorvaldsdottir scored in the seventh minute of game action against Penn, but the Bulldogs would allow the Quakers to equalize 24 minutes later. The game would end in a 1-1 draw with Penn just outshooting Yale, 13-11.
On the season, Thorvaldsdottir and Ellie Rappole are tied for the team lead of four goals.
As a team, the Bulldogs average 1.90 goals scored per game, while allowing 1.10. Both marks rank them fifth in the Ivy League.

History

Brown is 29-18-3 all-time against Yale, including a 3-1-1 mark during head coach Kia McNeill's tenure.
This will be the first meeting between the Bears and Bulldogs since 2021, after their matchup during the 2022 season was canceled.
In 2021, Brown took down Yale 3-2 in New Haven to cap an undefeated Ivy League campaign. Raphino scored all three goals for the Bears, who outshot Yale 18-3 on the day. It was Raphino's second career hat trick.

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