Men’s Soccer Hosts Dartmouth in Ivy Opener on Saturday Night

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The Brown men's soccer team will welcome the Dartmouth Big Green to Stevenson-Pincince Field on Saturday night, as they begin Ivy League play. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m.

The match will be broadcast live on ESPN+.

Scouting the Bears (4-2-1)

The Bears battled to a 1-1 draw with city-rival Providence College on Tuesday night at Stevenson-Pincince Field.
Sophomore goalkeeper Max Pfaffman made his third-straight start of the season. Pfaffman rounds out his three games with .67 goals against average, and eight saves for a .800 save percentage.
Junior forward Lorenzo Amaral scored Brown's goal, making it his second-straight game scoring.
- His goal came in the 39th minute after Timi Browne set him up with a perfect pass in front of the box. Amaral cut back, before sending the ball past Providence's Ryan Carney.
- Amaral has now tallied eight points (2G, 4A) across seven games.
After a four-point game against the UMass Lowell River Hawks last week, Amaral was named Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week on Monday.
Amaral also leads the Ivy League in shots (3.57/g). He ranks second in shots on goal (1.43/g) and assists (.571/g).
Amaral and senior midfielder Mads Stistrup Petersen hold fifth and sixth place in the Ivy League in points respectively.
Stistrup Petersen also ranks seventh in the conference in shots on goal (.86/g).
Brown is currently out shooting their opponents 73-70, and outsourcing their opponents 11-9. They have a .151 shot percentage compared to opponents' .129.
The Bears are the third-highest ranked Ivy League team in the NCAA Men's Soccer RPI, with only Princeton and Harvard ahead of them.
Brown enters Saturday's contest with a clean slate in the Ivy League, looking to earn their first conference win of the season.
The Bears will play one final non-conference game on Oct. 14 when they host currently ranked No. 14 Bryant.

Scouting the Big Green (1-2-3)

The Big Green return All-Ivy honorees Vasilis Moiras, Trenton Blake and Eidur Baldvinsson. Moiras and Blake were also named to the United Soccer Coaches All-Northeast Region Team.
Prior to the start of the 2025 season, Moiras was named to the Hermann Trophy Watch list.
On Sept. 15, Baldvinsson was named Ivy League Player of the week. He netted a pair of goals against the then-ranked No. 13 defending National Champions Vermont, to help Dartmouth to a 3-3 draw.
The Big Green most recently traveled to Durham, N.H. to take on rival University of New Hampshire, where they suffered a 2-1 loss to the Wildcats.
Their lone win of the season came against the Northeastern Huskies on Sept. 17. The Big Green won with a final score of 3-2.
Olly Spicer currently leads the Ivy League in points with an average of 1.50 per game.
Baldvinsson and Spicer lead Dartmouth with six points apiece. Baldvinsson has posted three goals this season, while Spicer has scored two goals and assisted twice.
Dartmouth has a higher shot (.205) and shot on goal percentage (.500) compared to opponents, but are still getting out shot and out scored by their opponents.
Baldvinsson ranks second in the Ivy League in goals with a .500 average per game. Spicer is close behind in sixth place, also with a .500 average per game.
Dartmouth ranks the sixth-highest in the Ivy League in the NCAA Men's Soccer RPI.

History

The history between both teams dates back to 1928, with Brown having a 40-40-5 record in the series.
In their last 10 meetings, the Bears have a 3-7 record against the Big Green.
Brown last beat Dartmouth in 2023, when they hosted them in October.

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