HANOVER, N.H. - The Cornell men's soccer team defeated the Dartmouth Big Green 6-2 on Saturday afternoon at Burnham Field. The Big Red improved to 7-1-0 on the year, while the Big Green dropped to 1-4-3.

Westin Carnevale, Giorgos Diakos (two), Blake Donahue, Andrew Johnson and Sergio Zapata registered Big Red goals in the contest. Carnevale, Diakos, Connor Miller, Colin Johnson, and Daniel Samways were credited with assists in the contest. Ryan Friedberg managed six saves en route to his seventh win of the season.

"It's not easy to win on the road in this league and to do so on the back of 6 very good goals was excellent. It was great to see a number of different guys show up on the scoresheet tonight.", John Smith, the Dr. Daniel P. Wood Head Coach of Men's Soccer mentioned.

Carnevale started the first three-goal spurt by the Big Red in the 17th minute. Diakos followed that up five minutes later to give Cornell a 2-0 lead. Donahue tacked on the third Big Red goal in the 31st minute. The Big Green finally got on the board when Sam Fenton cut the game to 3-1.

Before the first half concluded, Zapata netted his fourth goal in three games to put Cornell ahead 4-1 at half time. "Being up 4-1 at the half it was a matter of us maintaining our work ethic and discipline in the second half, and I thought we did a really good job with that in both areas.", Smith added.

Johnson registered a tally from the Big Red back-line, followed by Diakos' second of the contest to give Cornell a commanding 6-1 lead. Milo Peters put one in for the Big Green in the 78th minute, but a rally-attempt was halted as Cornell took a 6-2 victory at Burnham Field.

"We now look forward to a great game against Akron on Tuesday.", Smith concluded with.

MATCH NOTES
• Saturday marked the 76th all-time meeting between Cornell and Dartmouth, as the Big Red earned its sixth consecutive win over the Big Green to move closer in the series, 33-39-4.

• Cornell moves to 2-0 in Ivy League play, which holds them in the top spot with six league points on the season.

Next Up
The Cornell mens soccer team will return home on Tuesday to face the Akron Zips. Kickoff is slated for 7:00 p.m. at Berman Field. Game action will be broadcast on ESPN+.