{"id":285575,"date":"2025-11-15T22:39:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T22:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/285575\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T22:39:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T22:39:11","slug":"no-1-princeton-to-face-no-2-cornell-for-ivy-league-tournament-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/285575\/","title":{"rendered":"No. 1 Princeton to Face No. 2 Cornell for Ivy League Tournament Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 1 Princeton (14-1-2) vs. No. 2 Cornell (13-2-2)
\nNovember 13 (Thurs.) | 7:00 p.m. | Myslik Field at Roberts Stadium
\nLive Stats<\/a> | ESPNU<\/a> | Game Notes<\/a>\u00a0
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\nPRINCETON, N.J. \u2013 Looking to add another title to the 2025 season resume, the no. 1-seeded Princeton men’s soccer team will face no. 2 Cornell in the Ivy League Championship match on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Kickoff is set for 11:00 a.m. in Roberts Stadium.

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\nTicket information can be found here<\/a>. Entry is free for students of participating schools.

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\nLast Time Out

\nPrinceton secured its spot in Sunday’s championship with a 3-1 win over Harvard in the Ivy League semifinal on Thursday night. After letting up an early goal, Princeton rallied to find three more goals from Giuliano Fravolini Whitchurch<\/a>, Dash Papez<\/a> and Daniel Ittycheria<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Papez’s goal was his first of his career, while Whitchurch’s was his first of the season. Ittycheria now leads the league in goals with nine.

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\nALL-IVY HONORS

\nSamuels was the first Tiger to be named Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year, and Daniel Ittycheria<\/a> was named Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year in the league’s awards, announced Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The Tigers also boasted 10 All-Ivy selections, with six on the First Team and two on each of the Second Team and Honorable Mention lists.\u00a0

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\nSamuels, Ittycheria, and centerback Whitchurch were all named to the First Team All-Ivy by unanimous selection.\u00a0

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\nJoining them on the First Team are seniors Jack Jasinski<\/a> and Sam Vigilante<\/a> and junior Bardia Hormozi<\/a>. Roka Tsunehara<\/a> and Liam Beckwith<\/a> were named to the Second Team All-Ivy, while Papez and Jack Hunt<\/a> were named All-Ivy Honorable Mentions.\u00a0

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\nPrinceton was also named Coaching Staff of the Year.

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\nIn The Rankings

\nPrinceton was ranked #1 in the NCAA committee’s top-16, announced on October 17.<\/p>\n

The Tigers are also ranked first in the nation in RPI, which they have held onto since Sept. 28 except for a few days just behind Maryland.

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\nIn the most recent United Soccer Coaches poll, the Tigers were ranked no. 3 for the second-consecutive week, the highest ranking in program history.\u00a0\u00a0

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\nThe Tigers sit at second nationally in won-lost-tied percentage.\u00a0

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\nDifficult to score against, Princeton leads the nation in save percentage, tallying 0.918.\u00a0

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\nThe Tigers also rank first in the nation in goals allowed average (0.294) and second in shutout percentage (0.706).\u00a0<\/p>\n

Samuels’ Saves

\nSamuels, the Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year, has been in goal for all 16 of the Tigers’ matchups this season, allowing just four goals on the season. With 11 shutouts, he’s tied for first in the nation.

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\nThe junior Burlingame, Calif. native leads the nation in both GAA (0.251) and save percentage (0.927).<\/p>\n

For his dominant season, Samuels was named to the MAC Hermann Midseason Watch List last Friday. Joining him on the list is senior defender Giuliano Fravolini Whitchurch<\/a>.

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\nOffensive Leaders\u00a0

\nIttycheria leads the Tigers and ranks second in the Ivy League with eight goals on the season, scoring four game-winners along the way. His two assists put him at a squad-high 18 points.

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\nJunior Bardia Hormozi<\/a> has 16 points on the season for a squad second-best, scoring six goals and notching four assists on the way.\u00a0

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\nSenior defender Jasinski also has three goals and five assists for 11 points this season.

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\nHungry Tigers

\nThe defending Ivy League Tournament Champions will host the tournament this year after clinching the no. 1 seed. In 2024, the Tigers went 12-7 and made their 12th all-time NCAA Tournament appearance.

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\nThe Tigers returned 24 players this season, accounting for 70% (21 of 30) goals and 85% of assists (24 of 28). Of the 24 returners, 11 are seniors.\u00a0

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\nKeeping an Eye Out

\nKey returning seniors Ittycheria, Whitchurch and Jasinski were named United Soccer Coaches Players to Watch in their respective positions this preseason.

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\nWhitchurch was named to the preseason MAC Hermann Watch List, again appearing on the midseason list announced October 10. The centerback was one of just four defenders and 31 players to be selected nationally to the Midseason Watch List.\u00a0

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\nJasinski led the Tigers in assists with nine last season, putting him third in the Princeton record book for assists in a single season. With five already this season, he now ties for third in career assists with 21.

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\nJasinski and Ittycheria were both named to the 2024 Second Team All-Ivy.

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\nCalled Up

\nIttycheria was drafted by D.C. United in the 2025 MLS Superdraft. He was selected in the second round as the 40th overall pick after leading the Tigers in goals in both 2024 and 2023.\u00a0

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\nIn 2024, Ittycheria logged nine goals and one assist. Three of those goals came during the Ivy League Tournament, for which he was named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player.\u00a0

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\nThis preseason, Ittycheria was also named to the TopDrawerSoccer Second Team.

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\nCaptains

\nWhitchurch and Jack Hunt<\/a> are captains of the 2025 squad. Hunt, a midfielder from Coronado, Calif., was a 2024 All-Ivy Honorable Mention. Both captains hail from California, with Whitchurch coming from San Diego.\u00a0

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\nAbout the Newcomers

\nPrinceton welcomes seven talented newcomers in the class of 2029 this season in Tyler Vilet<\/a>, Ben Manfroy, Frederik Sadjak<\/a>, Jackson Martin<\/a>, Tyler Austin<\/a>, Ryker Joutz<\/a> and Giacomo Gabrielli<\/a>.

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\nMartin has three goals on the season already, while Sadjak has four starts.

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\nAbout Coach Barlow

\nHead coach Jim Barlow<\/a> is in his 29th season as the men’s soccer head coach and has accumulated 236 career wins with the Tigers, the most for any soccer coach in Princeton history, men’s or women’s. Barlow was named the 2025 Ivy League Coach of the Year, his third time winning the award after claiming it in 2018 and 2021.\u00a0

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\nScouting Cornell

\nCornell is 13-2-2 on the season after finishing 5-1-1 in the Ivy League. The Big Red earned their spot in the championship with a 1-0 semifinal win over Penn on Thursday.\u00a0

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\nWestin Carnevale leads the Big Red with six goals on the season. Sergio Zapata ties him in points with 14 from five goals and four assists.\u00a0

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\nGiorgos Diakos leads Cornell in assists with five.

\nRyan Friedberg has been in goal for all 17 of the Big Red’s contests, posting a GAA of 0.53 while making 34 saves for a save percentage of 0.791.\u00a0

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\nThe last meeting between the two sides was a 2-0 Princeton win in Ithaca in October this season, with Kristian Kelley<\/a> and Ittycheria scoring in the match and Samuels earning the shutout.

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\nThe last meeting in Roberts was a 1-0 Cornell win during the regular season last year.\u00a0

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\nThe Tigers and the Big Red will be meeting in the Ivy League Tournament for the second time, as Princeton came back from a 2-0 deficit to win 3-2 in double overtime in the semifinals last year en-route to the title.\u00a0

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\nPrinceton leads the series all-time, 57-40-14, with the first meeting in 1908.

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