Dartmouth's Mkosana Ivy's Top Rookie

Third honor this season for Big Green freshman

October 28, 2008

Dartmouth men's soccer freshman Lucky Mkosana was named the Ivy League Rookie of the Week for the third time this season.

Mkosana snapped a three-game scoreless streak when he tallied two goals, including his fourth game-winner of the season, to lead the Green past Columbia, 3-1. It was yet another impressive performance by Mkosana in a critical game for the Big Green to move to 2-1-1 in Ivy play, remaining in the Ivy title hunt and NCAA tournament picture.

With Dartmouth holding to a 1-0 lead entering the second half, Mkosana struck twice in the first 11 minutes of the second half to put the game out of reach for Columbia. His first goal, a rocket from 20 yards out in the 47th minute, proved the game-winner as Columbia would score late in the game. The brace came in the 56th minute after receiving a feed from Craig Henderson during a breakaway down the left side.

Mkosana leads Dartmouth in goals and scoring this season with seven and 15, respectively.