Terriers to Wrap Up Ivy League Road Trip at Harvard Wednesday Night

Wednesday, September 19

Allston, MA

7 PM

Boston University

Harvard

Men's soccer team huddles together before start of the game at Dartmouth.

Terriers to Wrap Up Ivy League Road Trip at Harvard Wednesday Night

September 18, 2018 | Men's Soccer

ESPN+Live Stats

Men's Soccer (1-3-2) at Harvard (1-5-0)
Date & Time	Wednesday, Sept. 19 \| 7 p.m.
Venue	Jordan Field \| Allston, Mass.
Live Stats	GoCrimson.com
Watch	ESPN+
Twitter	@BUGameDay \| @TerrierMSOC

BOSTON – Concluding a three-game road trip against Ivy League competition, the Boston University men's soccer team will visit in-state rival Harvard on Wednesday night with the ESPN+ broadcast set to begin at 7 p.m.

The Terriers started their trip with a thrilling come-from-behind 2-2 draw at four-time defending Ivy League champion Dartmouth before dropping a 1-0 decision at Princeton over the weekend. Harvard is currently on a four-game losing streak but three of the losses came against nationally-ranked teams.

TERRIER TIDBITS

BU is 0-1-2 on the road this season with the other tie coming against Boston College (3-3).
Harvard will mark BU's fourth of six scheduled in-state opponents this season ... BU fell earlier this season to America East preseason favorite UMass Lowell (2-0) and rallied to defeat defending Atlantic 10 champion UMass (3-2).
Following the two previous shutout losses prior to the Princeton game, the Terriers bounced back with a three-goal performance.
Junior Matt McDonnell missed the Princeton game due to injury and currently leads BU with six goals ... Freshman Kari Petursson owns the other goal and also has an assist.
McDonnell also leads BU with 17 shot attempts, just ahead of sophomore Austin D'Anna (14 shots) and junior Mana Chavali (10 shots).
Senior Mike Bernardi has started the last two contests and now owns a 1.55 goals against average and 0.815 save percentage ... His career-high 14 saves on Saturday against Princeton are currently the most by a keeper in the NCAA this season.

SCOUTING HARVARD

Harvard is 1-1 at home this season with a 2-1 victory over Providence and 2-0 loss to then-No. 22 UMass Lowell after going 0-6-4 last season at home.
The Crimson's other losses occurred at Albany (3-2 OT), Hofstra (3-0), then-No. 5 Denver (3-1) and then-No. 23 Air Force (6-1).
Harvard has had six different individuals score a goal with Paolo Belloni-Urso tallying two assists.
Opponents have combined for a 96-27 advantage in shot on attempts through six contests.
Both Matt Freese (1.63 GAA, .750 Save %) and David Paquette (3.60 GAA, .550 Save %) own three starts apiece.

SERIES HISTORY

In a rivalry dating back to 1951, Harvard leads the all-time series, 25-16-8, though BU is 5-4-1 over the last 10 contests.
BU won last year's meeting at Nickerson Field, 1-0, with the help of Adam Sheikali's 44th minute goal on junior Satchel Cortet's free kick into the box ... The Crimson edged the Terriers in shot attempts, 6-5.
The Terriers are 1-1-1 in the last three visits to Harvard, last dropping a 3-1 decision in 2016 following a 0-0 draw in 2013 and 2-1 win in 2011.