HANOVER — Eric Sachleben picked a great time for his first collegiate goal. The freshman midfielder scored in the 72nd minute to help the Dartmouth College men’s soccer team beat the defending Ivy League champion Princeton Tigers, 1-0, at Burnham Field on Saturday.
The two teams have won the last six Ivy League titles, four by the Big Green, and figure to be battling it out all autumn after this tight matchup to start each team’s Ivy schedule. Dartmouth improved to 4-3-1 overall, 1-0-0 in Ivy League play. Princeton is 5-2-0 overall, 0-1-0 in the Ancient Eight.
The Tigers held an 11-7 edge in shots and a 9-4 edge in corners, but the Big Green defense did plenty to preserve the shutout. Keeper Alex Budnik made four saves for Dartmouth to record his second blanking of the season.
Ahria Simons and Ohad Yahalom each had assists on Sachleben’s game-winning goal for the Big Green.
Dartmouth will pause its Ivy League schedule to host Vermont on Tuesday at 7 p.m. After dealing with the Catamounts, the Big Green will hit the road to play at Yale on Saturday and then at Penn on Oct. 19.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The Big Green were undone when Brown scored three goals in the second half to earn the win.
Tatum Schultz scored for the second straight game to account for Dartmouth’s only goal. Schultz scored on a deflection of Katie Spanos’s shot off a corner play. Big Green goalie Isabella Santucci made four saves.
Dartmouth (3-6 overall, 0-2 Ivy) will stay in Rhode Island to play the URI on Sunday at 1 p.m.
HANOVER — The Tigers’ Olivia Kane headed home a cross in the 94th minute to drop the Big Green to 7-3-0 overall, 0-2-0 in the Ivy League.
Dartmouth keeper Mariel Gordon made eight saves, including one earlier in overtime. The Big Green controlled play at the end of regulation, taking five of the final seven shots including three by Allie Winstanley, but the Princeton defense held.
Dartmouth is at Merrimack on Tuesday at 4 p.m.
HANOVER — Ariana Ramsey had a pair of tries for Dartmouth in a loss to visiting Army at Brophy Field.
Ramsey led the Big Green with 10 points followed by Kristin Bitter with nine points on a try and two good kicks. Dartmouth held a 7-5 lead late in the first half before an Army try gave the Black Knights a 10-7 lead at halftime.
The Big Green (1-2) visit Quinnipiac on Saturday.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The Big Green snapped the Bulldogs’ 19-set unbeaten streak but lost in four, 15-25, 25-23, 15-25, 19-25.
Carly Tower led Dartmouth with 11 kills and 12 points. Makenzie Arent had a team-high 17 assists and Nicole Liddle had 12 digs. With the second set tied at 23-23, Liddle and Jael Campbell each had kills to give Dartmouth the 25-23 win.
The Big Green (5-7 overall, 1-2 Ivy) will close a streak of eight straight road matches with visits to both Cornell and Columbia next weekend.
BETHLEHEM, Pa. — The Dartmouth men took ninth place and the women were 17th at the Paul Short Invitational hosted by Lehigh.
Quinn Cooney led the Dartmouth men in 37th place (24:06), followed by Sam Morton in 53rd and Benjamin Matejka in 57th.
Rachel Ludwikowski finished 62nd for the Big Green women in 20:58. Julia Stevenson was 82nd and Lauren Sapone was 88th.
Dartmouth returns to action next weekend in the New England Championship meet at Franklin Park in Boston on Saturday.