NEW YORK – Seton Hall's Luca Dahn (Kahl, Germany) was named BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week, the conference announced on Monday afternoon. Hannes Ronnholmen (Stockholm, Sweden) was also named to the conference's weekly honor roll.

Dahn was a key part of Seton Hall's 1-0 shutout victory over No. 10 Oregon State on Friday night. The graduate student played all 90 minutes, marking the 36th time in his 38 career matches that he has played wire-to-wire. The Pirates faced 15 shots from Oregon State, however Dahn and the defense held the Beavers to just four shots on target. Dahn was also called into action to defend numerous set pieces throughout the night, as Oregon State tallied 12 corner kicks but were unable to cash in.

Dahn earns his second BIG EAST weekly honor of the season, as he was named to the honor roll last week.

Ronnholmen was strong in goal for the Pirates, making three saves in the victory on Friday night. In the final moments of the match with the Beavers amping up the pressure, the senior made a big save on a blistering shot from the Oregon State's Nicklas Lund to help preserve the win. Seton Hall has allowed just one goal through the first three matches of the season, the program's best defensive start to a season since 2005.

The Pirates wrap up their west coast trip on Monday night as they visit Portland at 8:30 p.m.

By Jeremy Layton


The College Football Playoff will be changing in a big way.

The Post confirmed that after a meeting Friday, the CFP Board of Directors made the decision to increase the number of teams in the postseason tournament from four – not to eight, as some were expecting, but 12.

ESPN’s Pete Thamel was first to report the expansion. Sports Illustrated reported that the decision was unanimous, and that the implementation date will be left up to the conference commissioners to decide, though, according to The Post’s Zach Braziller, the goal is for it to start as soon as 2024.

The expectation is that the field will be the six highest-ranked conference champions and six at-larges.

The motivation for the expansion — money, according to Thamel — renewed once USC and UCLA joined the Big Ten, per Braziller.

The CFP board is expected to announce the decision later today.

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South Orange, N.J. – Seton Hall men's soccer finishes off its west coast trip against Portland on Monday night at 8:30 p.m.

LAST TIME OUT
Seton Hall upset No. 10 Oregon State, 1-0, on Friday night at Paul Lorenz Field in Corvallis, Ore. Andrea Borg (Sliema, Malta) scored the lone tally in the 59th minute to secure the Pirates' first road win over a top-10 non-conference foe in 21 years. Hannes Ronnholmen (Stockholm, Sweden) made a trio of saves, as the Seton Hall defense was able to stand tall against numerous Oregon State opportunities.


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BE THE BEST, BEAT THE BEST
The Pirates face a tough slate of six non-conference matches to begin the 2022 season, four of which will be away from home. Of those six non-league foes, five of them finished last season with a winning record. This year, the Pirates will take on five teams who finished inside the top-25 in RPI last season (Oregon State: 2, Georgetown: 4, Providence: 14, Creighton: 17, Villanova: 23). The Pirates will also face seven teams that reached the NCAA Tournament in 2021, all of which won at least one match.

The Hall will be facing some of the top teams in the country this season. Along with preseason No. 5 Oregon State, the Pirates also have preseason No. 2 Georgetown on their conference slate. This marks the first time since 2010 that Seton Hall will face two preseason top-five teams in the United Soccer Coaches rankings in the same season.

SCOUTING PORTLAND (1-0-2 THIS SEASON; 11-7-1 / 4-2-1 IN 2021)

• Portland enters this one fresh off defeating Cal Poly, 5-0, on Friday night. The Pilots also earned draws against Central Arkansas and No. 21 Indiana so far this season.
• The Pilots' offense is off to a blistering start, scoring 10 goals through three games.
• Former Pirate CJ Tibbling scored his first goal for Portland in Friday's win.
• Portland reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament in 2021 before falling to eventual National Runners-Up, No. 2 Washington.
• Portland is receiving votes in the latest United Soccer Coaches poll.
• This will be the first meeting all-time between Seton Hall and Portland.

NEWS & NOTES

• The win over Oregon State was the Pirates' first over a top-10 team in the United Soccer Coaches rankings since beating No. 2 Georgetown to win the BIG EAST title on Apr. 17, 2021.
• The win also marked the first time Seton Hall has defeated a top-10 non-conference foe on the road since winning at No. 3 Virginia in the 2001 NCAA Tournament.
• The Pirates have conceded just one goal through three matches to start the year, their best defensive start to a season since 2005 when they had three clean sheets to begin the season. Seton Hall has never gone the first four matches of a season allowing just one goal.
• Head Coach Andreas Lindberg sits just two wins away from 200 for his career.
• The Pirates are aiming to stay unbeaten through the first four matches of the year for the third consecutive season.
• This is the Pirates' first trip to the west coast since the 2000 season, when they played Stanford and Cal at the Stanford Invitational.
• Luca Dahn has played wire-to-wire in each of his last nine matches dating back to last season, and has also done so in 36 of his 38 career matches.
• Three Pirates return to the pitch in 2022 as graduate students, as All-BIG EAST Third Team honoree Luca Dahn (Kahl, Germany) joins JP Marin (Briarwood, N.Y.) and Paavo Riihijarvi (Oulu, Finland). The trio combined for seven goals and 18 points during the 2021 season.
• Fellow All-BIG EAST Third Teamer Johannes Pex (Stephansposching, Germany) enters his senior season, fresh off a campaign where he led the Pirates offensively with five goals, five assists and 15 points.
• Fourteen different Pirates found the back of the next last season. Of that group, nine of them return for the 2022 season.
• This season's roster boasts 12 freshmen, the most since the 2018 team which featured the same number.
• The Pirates also welcome in a pair of transfers: junior Quenzi Huerman (Vannes, France) from Palm Beach Atlantic, and sophomore Tyler Hutchinson (Cliffside Park, N.J.) from Clemson

WATCH
The match will be available to watch live on PortlandPilots.com. A link to the live stream can be found here.

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Maybe people getting sick of opinion news and Trump fixation? CNN giving up with the road littered with casualties.

Does anyone know if the Skywalk from Penn Station to the Rock thru the Gateway buildings is operational again or if it will be during Hoops season. Last year it was blocked off due to construction.

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3. Creighton
14. Villanova
20. Xavier
24. UConn
30. Seton Hall
41. St John's
44. Providence

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Started a thread a while back, asking if anyone knew how many season ticket holders we had in 2021/22. Being a season ticket holder, I pay/donate $460 per ticket to Pirate Blue - I assume that all season ticket holders make a contribution. The reason for my question was to figure out how much Pirate Blue makes from season ticket donations. Let's say the Hall has 2,500 season ticket holders, at an average of $400 per ticket Pirate Blue is collecting $1,000,000 from ticket sales. I would guess the actual number is somewhat higher.

Going forward, Pirate Blue should focus all of their work on NIL for our athletes. Rules, however, prevent a SHU affiliated organization from supporting NIL. Perhaps season ticket holders should be directed to donate to a non-affiliated organization specifically to support NIL for SHU athletes.

I've spoken with Eric and he mentioned that $1,000,000 a year would put SHU in a very favorable position with recruits. The powers that be need to figure out how to make this work. The money is there and doesn't require soliciting donations from fans or alumni, the season ticket holders can fill the pot with nothing more than they currently contribute. No need to reinvent the wheel, NIL has to be the number one priority and a different iteration of Pirate Blue would be a logical answer.

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South Orange, N.J. — The Seton Hall women's soccer team flipped the script from the first half to the second as the Pirates tallied six of their eight shots after halftime in a 0-0 draw against Delaware at Owen T. Carroll Field on Sunday afternoon.

Junior Maille McDermott (Nashua, N.H.) had an active 60 minutes off the bench, leading the Pirates with two shots and a shot on goal. Senior Grace Gordon (Chester Springs, Pa.) saved three shots by the Blue Hens and faced 11 shots. The Pirates (2-1-2) haven't allowed a goal in their last three matches.

How It Happened

Delaware, looking to avenge a loss to The Hall on their home turf last season, controlled the pace in the first half. They racked up 10 shots in the first 45 minutes compared to just two for Seton Hall. However, of those 10 shots, only one was on target.

After halftime, the Pirates produced six shots to Delaware's one and registered three corner kick opportunities. Their final corner attempt with just over three minutes to play nearly resulted in goal as junior Brina Micheels (Plattsburgh, N.Y.) drove the ball to the far post and it fell between senior Abbie Roberts (Bedfordshire, England) and sophomore Phoebe Hampson (Cheshire, England). Despite the Pirates catching the keeper being off her line, Delaware was able to clear one of the Pirates' best scoring chances of the contest.

The other strong chance came three minutes into the second half when a ball delivered from freshman Emma Sheehan (Argyle, Texas) just past midfield found McDermott outside the six-yard box. McDermott put a good strike on the ball but the keeper was able to deflect it away.

New & Notes

• The Pirates took two draws and a 2-0 win over Saint Joseph's in their last games at home.
• On a hot day that featured a water break in both halves, 20 players saw the pitch for the Pirates.
• Roberts, sophomore Natalie Tavana (Middletown, Conn.) and sophomore Chiara Pucci (Munich, Germany) played the full 90 minutes.
• Hampson posted her first career shot on goal in the 22nd minute in the first half.

Up Next

The Pirates will be on the road for their next two matches, starting with a 7 p.m. contest at Lafayette on Thursday, Sept. 8, and followed by a 1 p.m. fixture at Iona on Sunday, Sept. 11.

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April 18, 2023

Reagan Hopp has a season-high 11 kills and Taylor Jakubowski nets a double-double in the Pirates' win.​

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – Senior Reagan Hopp (Carmel, Ind.) had a season-high 11 kills and Taylor Jakubowski (Lake in the Hills, Ill.) tallied a double-double as the Seton Hall women's volleyball team swept Iona to claim the Seton Hall Invitational title on Saturday.

The Hall claims the tournament title as the only team that went a perfect 3-0 this weekend. It's the Pirates' second straight tournament championship after opening the season with the Temple Invitational title last weekend.

Hopp narrowly missed a double-double with a match-high 11 kills to go with nine digs and a .391 attack percentage. Sophomore Anna Holland (Waukesha, Wis.), who was named to the All-Tournament Team, also barely missed a double-double, finishing with a team-high 14 digs and nine assists.

Jakubowski did record a double-double, the first of the season for any Pirate, finishing with 13 digs and 12 assists.

SET 1:
Although the first set went down to the wire, Iona never led. With the score tied at five, The Hall went on a 7-1 run, and a kill by Hopp gave it a 12-6 advantage. A kill by Jakubowski put the Pirates in set point, 24-19, but Iona responded by staving off four straight set points to pull to within 24-23. Fortunately for the Pirates, an Iona service error gave them the final point they needed in a 25-23 victory. Neither team had an attack percentage over .100 in the opening frame.

SET 2:
The second set was the closest of the match and featured four lead changes and 13 ties. A kill by Perri Lucas (Chicago, Ill.) put The Hall up, 21-19, but the Gaels responded with three of the next four points to tie the set at 22. With the score tied at 23, back-to-back kills by Jenna Walsh (Foothill Ranch, Calif.) won the set for the Pirates. Lucas had a monster second effort, tallying six kills and only one attack error in the second set alone.

SET 3:
The Hall led for most of the third set and grabbed a 10-6 lead on a kill by Laila Wallace (Munster, Ind.). Leading 12-10, the Pirates scored four of the next five points, and an ace by Jakubowski extended The Hall's lead to 16-11. Iona cut Seton Hall's lead to only two points, 21-19, but the Pirates scored three straight points to enter match point, 24-19. Iona staved off two match points, but a service error handed the match to The Hall.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

• Hopp had a match-high 11 kills, only two attack errors, a .391 attack percentage and nine digs.
• Jakubowski had a double-double with 13 digs and 12 assists.
• Holland had a team-high 14 digs to go with nine assists.
• Lucas finished with nine kills and only three attack errors.
• Freshman Asli Subasili (Tekirdag, Turkey) had team-highs of four aces and four blocks.
• Seton Hall recorded a .168 attack percentage for the match, while Iona attacked at .157.
• The Pirates had 40 kills, while Iona recorded 34.
• Both teams recorded 55 digs.
• The Pirates had 5.0 total blocks, while Iona had 9.0.

NEWS & NOTES:

• Seton Hall improves to 5-1 on the young season, while Iona suffers its first loss and drops to 5-1.
• The Pirates are 5-1 to start the year for the first time since 2014. That year, The Hall earned their only NCAA Tournament bid.
• The Hall improves to 13-0 all-time against Iona and improves its all-time set record against the Gaels to 39-1.
• The Hall improves to 3-0 in three-set matches.
• The Pirates are a perfect 5-0 when having a higher attack percentage than their opponent.
• Jakubowski's double-double is the first of the season for any Pirate. Additionally, it's the 24th of her career, which leads all active Pirates.
• With 14 digs tonight, Holland surpassed the 500-dig mark for her career.
• Members of the Seton Hall Invitational All-Tournament Team include: Holland from Seton Hall, Akron's Teagan Ochaya, Iona's Jen Soto and George Mason's Yanira Lopez-Barahona.

UP NEXT:
Seton Hall will play three matches at the Sacred Heart Invitational next weekend. The Pirates will face host Sacred heart on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. On Sunday, they'll face Stony Brook at 11:00 a.m. and Princeton at 2:00 p.m.

Corvallis, Ore. – The Pirates began their west coast non-conference swing on the right foot on Friday night, taking down No. 10 Oregon State, 1-0. Andrea Borg's (Sliema, Malta) found the back of the net in the 59th minute to give Seton Hall an advantage that it would not relinquish.

How it Happened
Oregon State controlled the majority of possession in the early going, and went into the locker room at halftime with a 6-1 edge in shots. The Beavers put a pair of shots on frame, as Hannes Ronnholmen (Stockholm, Sweden) punched away a shot from Ellis Spikner in the 15th minute. On the ensuing corner kick, Liam Guske (St. John's, Fla.) stood strong on the goal line in keeping another shot out.



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Seton Hall translated its momentum on the defensive side of the ball to its attacking third in the early stages of the second half. After a free kick pinballed around in the penalty area, Mattias Almeida Sundell (Sweden) nicely settled and fired the ball on frame, where Oregon State keeper Luis Castillo was forced to make the stop.

The moment for the Pirates came in the 59th minute, as Axel Berglund (Turku, Finland) played a ball forward for Borg. The pass led Borg into the penalty area, and on his second touch, blasted one past the outstretched arms of Castillo to give Seton Hall the 1-0 lead.



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The Pirates faced pressure from the Beavers late, as seven of Oregon State's nine second half shots came after the Borg goal. The most threatening shot came in the 90th minute, as off a corner kick Nicklas Lund fired a shot towards goal, but Ronnholmen reacted in time to keep the Pirate lead intact.

Inside the Numbers

• While the Pirates were outshot 15-6, the margin in shots on goal was much thinner with the Beavers holding just a 4-3 edge in that department.
• Borg is now the fifth different Pirate to find the back of the net so far this season
• Berglund's assist was the first point of his collegiate career

News & Notes

• This is Seton Hall's first win over a top-10 team in the United Soccer Coaches Poll since defeating No. 2 Georgetown to win the BIG EAST title on Apr. 17, 2021.
• The win also marks the first time the Pirates have defeated a top-10 non-conference foe on the road since winning at No. 3 Virginia in the 2001 NCAA Tournament.
• The Pirates have conceded just one goal through three matches, their best start since 2005 when they allowed zero goals through the first three matches of the year.
• Seton Hall has opened with a 2-0-1 record for the third straight season.
• Andreas Lindberg is now two wins away from reaching the 200 career win mark.

Up Next
Seton Hall will spend Labor Day weekend in Oregon, as they will take on Portland on Monday night at 8:30 p.m.

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Men's golf

By Colin Rajala

Trove: As the roster looks poised to play some hard-nosed defense and get the fans juiced up over forcing turnovers and shot clock violations, the team has another solid non-conference schedule highlighted with a game visiting the defending National Champions Kansas. Other solid opponents include Iowa, Memphis as part of a holiday tournament and of course the annual Garden State Hardwood Classic versus Rutgers. While that matchup is always intriguing, I think it’s even a bit more intriguing this coming season because of the status of the rosters and need for newer players to fill substantial roles.

Gomes: To me, that is always one of the highlights of the year as New Jersey sees the two premiere programs get after it. I think it is great for New Jersey basketball as a whole and especially for the fans. I think it will be another great game with both teams being pretty different compared to last year and new guys having to assume new roles. That is what college basketball is all about, you don’t get guys for long periods of time, except for the occasional guy that sticks around for five years. Because you don’t get them for a long time, new teams must figure out ways to gel and come together. It’ll probably go right down to the wire like so many of their past games have.



Trove: It is always tough to win on the road, particularly at the RAC, so the Pirates will have their work cut out for me them. I feel like you tee’d that up for me to segue to the changing landscape of college basketball and name image and likeness, conference expansion and the no sit-out transfer rule. NIL has been in the works for a while and New Jersey hasn’t made it any easier for its schools to compete on the national level in that regard, especially when you hear that is every player’s first question on the recruiting trail. How do you view NIL in the context of recruiting and how do you see it moving forward?

Gomes: College basketball and the recruiting world is in such a state of flux and change and it's very hard to see exactly where it's headed and where it’s going. The kids, and obviously their families, are looking for the best situation they can get. Instead of going to college for free, they’re trying to make lots of money out of it and they have every right to try and do that, but it’s much easier said than done.

I think the NCAA at this point has not got a handle on what is permissible and what is not. No one has enforced anything yet as to what schools are doing, so it’s a crazy show right now. Where it goes, it’s going to lead a bit into the next topic of conference expansion. The big boys, your SEC’s, your Big 10’s, they have more resources and bigger fan bases with more millions of dollars to funnel to help their teams be successful than smaller schools and smaller fanbases do. It’s the facts of life.

Where this all heads, I don’t know, but I hope that at some point, when you look at what they’re trying to do with football, I hope the big guys don’t try and take the small guys and the non-football guys out of the NCAA tournament. I love it the way it is and so many other people love it the way it is. I love the Big East Conference; I love that its basketball-only and only cares about basketball. They’ve proved, Villanova has proved, that national championships come from that league, but I don’t know if the big guys aren't going to say why do I want to be splitting money with those guys? Let’s keep it for ourselves. Who know what is going to happen over the next 10 years because it’s changing pretty fast and it’s not going to look the same when and if it does.



Trove: I definitely have similar sentiments to you on the whole scenario. It should be concerning to the college basketball purists and supporters of the smaller schools throughout the country. When push comes to shove when the football schools are trying to do away with the basketball-only and smaller schools, I hope viewers push back and make their voices and preferences heard because without the basketball-only and smaller school aspects of the tournament, it loses its luster. It certainly won’t have the same cultural impact because not too many people are going to want to see two below .500 football school’s basketball teams competing for a chance to win a national championship.

Gomes: I’m with you 100%. I think one of the reasons the NCAA Tournament has been so successful is because of the little guys, the Cinderella’s and I would hate to see that go away. I’m hoping it won’t go away, but I’m not so sure about that. Money rules. I really think at some point, I don’t know how many years down the road, the big five football conferences are going to want their own tournament and national champion with another tournament for the other guys. It’s more TV programming and content for the networks, so who knows that they will want.

Don’t think I saw this yet on here but the mens team beat 10th ranked Oregon state last night… good win to start the season…. Hopefully last season was just a crazy fluke

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – Junior Bianca Bucciarelli (Carate Brianza, Italy) recorded a season-high 12 kills to lift the Seton Hall women's volleyball team to a 3-0 (25-13, 25-23, 25-23) victory over George Mason as part of the Seton Hall Invitational on Friday.

Bucciarelli was the offensive star for the Pirates, who improved to 3-1 on the young season. The junior had a match-high 12 kills, only three attack errors and an impressive .409 attack percentage. She also tallied four digs and two blocks.

Junior Taylor Jakubowski (Lake in the Hills, Ill.) had a team-high 14 assists to go with five digs, while libero Anna Holland (Waukesha, Wis.) led the team with eight digs.

SET 1:
Seton Hall thoroughly dominated the opening set, recording a .400 attack percentage and holding George Mason to -.250. Leading 10-8, the Pirates went on a 11-3 run, and a kill by Bucciarelli gave them a commanding 21-11 advantage. The Patriots cut their deficit to 22-13, but the Pirates closed out the first set with three straight points, including the last two on aces from Asli Subasili (Tekirdag, Turkey).

SET 2:
The second set was significantly closer, and it took an impressive rally by the Pirates to pull it out. Trailing 17-11, The Hall methodically cut into the Patriot lead. A 6-1 run, capped by a block from Subasili and Bucciarelli cut The Hall's deficit to just one, 18-17. Down 21-18, the Pirates charged ahead with five straight points. A kill by Laila Wallace (Munster, Ind.) put The Hall on top, 23-21. With the set tied at 23, a kill by Perri Lucas (Chicago, Ill.) put the Pirates in set point, and another kill by Wallace claimed the set.

SET 3:
The final set produced four lead changes and 12 ties. Down 15-12, the Pirates scored five of the next six points, and a block by Subasili and Jenna Walsh (Foothill Ranch, Calif.) gave them a 17-16 lead. From there the set was tied six more times, including 23-23. A Patriot attack error put The Hall in match point, and a kill by Walsh won the match for the Pirates.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

• Bucciarelli had a match-high 12 kills, only three attack errors, four digs, two blocks and a .409 attack percentage.
• Jakubowski had a team-high 14 assists to go with five digs.
• Holland had a team-high eight digs.
• Subasili tallied five blocks, three service aces and two kills.
• Wallace notched six kills and only two attack errors.
• Seton Hall recorded a ..224 attack percentage for the match, while George Mason attacked at .023.
• The Pirates had 36 kills, while George Mason recorded 27.
• The Hall tallied 31 digs, while the Patriots recorded 26.
• The Pirates had 8.0 total blocks, while George Mason had 5.0.

NEWS & NOTES:

• Seton Hall improves to 3-1 on the young season, while George Mason drops to 1-3.
• The Pirates are now 3-1 all-time against George Mason.
• The Hall improves to 2-0 in three-set matches.
• The Pirates are a perfect 3-0 with having a higher attack percentage than their opponent.
• In the opening match of the Seton Hall Invitational, Iona rallied to defeat Akron in five sets (25-20, 21-25, 22-25, 25-18, 15-11).

UP NEXT:
The 2022 Seton Hall Invitational continues tomorrow. The Pirates will face Akron at 12:30 p.m. and Iona at 7:00 p.m. All both contests will be streamed live by the Pirate Sports Network and shown on FloSports.

HAMILTON, N.Y. - The Seton Hall men's golf team will open the 2022 fall season with three rounds of golf at the Alex Lagowitz Memorial at Seven Oaks Golf Club, September 4-5.

The annual event, now in its fifth year, is played in memory of Seton Hall associate head coach Ian Lagowitz's son, Alex, who passed away in 2016. Alex was a former member of the Colgate men's golf team, which hosts this tournament.

Tournament Details:
ALEX LAGOWITZ MEMORIAL
Host: Colgate University
Location: Hamilton, N.Y.
Course: Seven Oaks Golf Club
Course Vitals: Par-72, 6,834 yards
Dates: September 3-4, 2022

THE COURSE:
Named for the ancestral home of the Colgate family, Seven Oaks Golf Club is nestled on the Colgate University Campus at the upper end of the Chenango Valley, in Hamilton, New York. In 1934, a young architect by the name of Robert Trent Jones was brought to Hamilton to begin work on designing the course as one of his first projects. Unfortunately, due to the great depression and WWII, the course and his plans were continuously postponed.

Jones was called back many times throughout the following years to redesign the course before a final version was accepted and it was not until 1956 that ground was broken on the first nine holes, officially opening on July 4th, 1958. Construction for the remainder of the course soon began and on September 4th, 1965 the last nine holes were opened for play.

Seven Oaks is characteristic of all Jones' courses, which include strategic deployment of water, along with extensive tee areas and large, expansive greens.

THE FIELD:
In addition to Seton Hall and host Colgate, the field includes 12 other schools: Binghamton, Bucknell, Canisius, Cornell, Lafayette, Lehigh, Rhode Island, Robert Morris, St. Bonaventure, and Yale. Fellow BIG EAST opponent, Villanova, is also in the field.

Pennsylvania, with former Seton Hall head coach Clay White at the helm, is also in the field of 14.

THE FORMAT:
Teams will play six golfers and count the four lowest scores per round.

THE LINEUP:
Here's the season-opening lineup for the Pirates…

1. Angus O'Brien, Sophomore
2. Wenliang Xie, Senior
3. Wanxi Sun, Junior
4. Brody Hanley, Junior
5. Jack Bosworth, Freshman
6. George Fricker, Freshman

Individual: Joshua Lee, Sophomore
Individual: David Lally, Freshman

LAST TIME AT THE LAGOWITZ MEMORIAL:
Former Pirate Gregor Tait fired a 2-over-par, 74, in the final round for a top-10 finish and the Pirates finished second at the Alex Lagowitz Memorial last fall.

Tait claimed his sixth career top-10 finish after using two birdies and an eagle on the par-5, No. 7 hole to fuel his third round. For the tournament, he shot a 1-over-par, 70-73-74-217, to tie for ninth place among 90 individual golfers. Tait finished just three strokes behind the individual champion, Colgate's Dugan McCabe.

As a team, the Pirates climbed two spots in the final standings to second place after a 2-over-par, 290, in Sunday's final round. The Hall finished with a 13-over-par, 296-291-290-877, and placed 15 strokes behind the team champion, Yale.

THE SCHEDULE:
The teams will play 36 continuous holes on Saturday, and one final round on Sunday. Both days will begin with a shotgun start at 9:00 a.m.

THE RESULTS:
Live scoring will be available throughout the tournament via Golfstat.com. Complete results of each day's events will also be available following competition at SHUpirates.com.

Who is going and can someone send signup link