PHILADELPHIA – The #20 University of Pennsylvania men's soccer team returns to Rhodes Field on Saturday to open Ivy League play against Columbia at 7 p.m.
 
#20 PENN (5-1-1, 0-0 Ivy League) vs. COLUMBIA (0-6, 0-0 Ivy League)     
Saturday, Sept. 27 | 7 p.m.
Philadelphia, Pa. | Rhodes Field
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The Series with Columbia
*The Lions hold a slight advantage in the series, leading 32-30-8.
 
*The Quakers are on a two-match win streak, most recently topping Columbia 1-0 last season in the Big Apple.
 
*Penn holds a 17-15-3 home record in the all-time series.
 
Quaker Notemeal
*Penn sits at #20 in this week's NCAA DI men's soccer rankings heading into Ivy action.
 
*The Quakers played Philly Soccer Six foe Villanova earlier this week, ending the battle in a 2-2 tie, the first draw of the season for Penn.
 
*Senior Stas Korzeniowski and sophomore Owen Sullivan scored the pair of goals in the road bout against the Wildcats. Sullivan's goal marked the first of his collegiate career.
 
*For the fourth straight week, sophomore Phillip Falcon III was named Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week, announced by the conference on Monday. The keeper stopped six of eight shots faced last week and posted his fourth clean sheet of the season.
 
*Falcon is a force in the league, leading the conference in shutouts per game (4) and goals-against average (.714).
 
*Forward Korzeniowski leads the Ivies in shots on goal, averaging 2.57 per match. Korzeniowski also holds second in goals (5) and shots (32).
 
*Falcon and defender Leo Burney have had a strong presence in all six matches, playing the full 630 minutes.
 
*Penn landed the top spot in the 2024 Ivy League men's soccer preseason poll announced back in August. The Quakers earned the favored spot with 115 points and seven first-place votes after ending last season as the Ivy League regular season champions with a 4-1-2 league record.
 
Scouting the Lions
*Columbia is still looking for its first win of the season, bringing a six-match losing streak into Saturday's contest.
 
*Jack McDaid has scored the Lions' sole goal of the year, with his tally coming from the 3-1 loss to Fairfield back on September 18.
 
*The Red and Blue will probably face Alexander O' Brien in goal this weekend. The goalkeeper brings a .778 save percentage and 1.00 GAA to University City.