Dan, I just want to thank you and commend you for all the work you are doing. You are such a treasure to Seton Hall University and all of it’s fans. And you do all of it at the highest level of manners and decorum. We’re all so lucky to have you! Thanks again.

Newark, N.J. – The Seton Hall men's cross country team claimed first place at the NJIT Highlander XC Challenge on Saturday morning. John Loeffel (Queens, N.Y.) was the top Pirate finisher for his third consecutive race.

Loeffel finished the 8k course at Branch Brook Park in a time of 25:11.95 for a second place overall finish. Declan Harkness (Stewartsville, N.J.) also had a top-five finish for the Pirates, taking fourth place with a time of 25:37.96.

Two more Pirates also recorded top-10 times, as Nicholas Minikel (Milltown, N.J.) and Patrick Wagner (Jenkintown, Pa.) finished sixth and seventh, respectively. Minikel ran a time of 25:52.40, while Wagner completed the course in 25:54.57.

Logan Brunozzi (Churchville, Pa.) and Daniel Washburn (Syracuse, N.Y.) also competed for Seton Hall. Brunozzi took home 12th place overall with a time of 26:34.90, while Washburn came in 17th place and a time of 26:46.26.

Next up, the Pirates will compete in the IC4A/ECAC Championships on Friday at Van Cortlandt Park.

South Orange, N.J. – Seton Hall women's swimming and diving opened its season with a victory over Rider, 197-94, on Saturday afternoon at Arthur E. Imperatore Natatorium. The Pirates won 13 events in total on the day.

The relay team of Julia Stampe (Allerod-Birkerod, Denmark), Nicole Bastian (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.), Sierra Cripps (Seymour, Conn.) and Natalie Heim (Middletown, N.J.) won the 200 Medley Relay, an event the Pirates took the top three spots in. The winning quartet finished with a time of 1:46.97.

The four swimmers on that relay team combined to win seven individual events on the day. Stampe claimed first in each of the backstroke events, winning the 100 Back in 58.22 and the 200 Back in 2:07.22. Bastian took the top spot in the 100 Breast (1:07.61) and the 200 Breast (2:27.16), while Cripps nabbed a pair of wins in the 200 Fly (2:07.40) and the 100 Fly (58.51). Heim took first place in the 100 Free, finishing in a time of 52.42.

Mandy Zajdzinski (Mesa, Ariz.) led the Pirates with three individual victories on the day. Zajdzinski's first win came in the 1000 Free, touching the wall with a time of 10:27.15. She would follow that up immediately with another win in the very next event, winning the 200 Free in 1:54.61. Later, the junior won the 500 Free with a time of 5:08.68.

Also earning individual wins were Cornelia Jerresand (Taeby, Sweden) and Laura Stavila (Oakland, Calif.). Stavlia won the 3M dive with a score of 222.60, in the 1M dive while Jerresand claimed first in the 50 Free with a time of 24.41.

The Pirates return to action next weekend as they travel to take on Army. The meet is schedule to begin on Friday at 5 p.m.

South Orange, N.J. – Seton Hall men's soccer hits the road this weekend as they travel to Storrs to face UConn. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. on Saturday night, with live coverage on the BIG EAST Digital Network on FloFC.

LAST TIME OUT
The Pirates played DePaul to a scoreless draw at home on a rainy Wednesday night at Owen T. Carroll Field. The Hall had no shortage of chances, as it outshot the Blue Demons 20-6 on the night. Hannes Ronnholmen (Stockholm, Sweden) picked up his fourth shutout of the season, making a pair of saves.

SCOUTING UCONN (3-5-1, 1-2-1)

• The Huskies picked up their first BIG EAST win of the season on Wednesday, taking down Providence at home, 3-2.
• Frantz Pierrot leads the team with three goals on the season, while Mateo Leveque has a team-high nine points.
• UConn is allowing 2.22 goals per game, the most among BIG EAST teams this season.
• Chris Gbandi is in his first season as head coach for UConn and was a member of the Huskies' national title winning team in 2000.
• UConn leads the all-time series 15-14-4, and won last year, 1-0, in South Orange on a goal scored by Ben Awashie with 16 seconds remaining.
• Seton Hall has not won at UConn since a 3-2 overtime win in the semifinals of the 2000 BIG EAST Tournament.

NEWS & NOTES

• The Pirates are unbeaten through four BIG EAST games for the first time since 2003. The only time Seton Hall was unbeaten through five conference games was 1991.
• Seton Hall is riding a six-game unbeaten streak, marking the third consecutive season in which the program has accomplished that feat.
• Seton Hall is one of only two teams in the BIG EAST with one or fewer losses so far this season (Xavier).
• Wednesday's tie against DePaul was the Pirates' fifth of the season, tying the single-season program record which has been done twice before (2014, 1979).
• The Hall had an 11-2 edge in corner kicks on Wednesday against DePaul, their largest advantage in that category since owning a 10-0 margin in corners on Sep. 27, 2014, also against DePaul.
• Borg's goal against St. John's was the latest regulation game-winning goal for the Pirates since CJ Tibbling's 89th minute goal against Air Force in the opening round of the 2020 NCAA Tournament.
• Johannes Pex's penalty kick goal against Xavier was the latest game-tying goal scored by the Pirates since Spencer Burkhardt netted an equalizer at 89:58 in an eventual Pirate overtime win at Princeton on Sep. 7, 2017.
• The Pirates scored a goal in each of their first nine matches of this season, doing so for the first time since 1999 when they scored in their first 11 matches.
• Seton Hall has won its last six matches, and 15 of its last 16, when scoring the first goal.
• 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 since winning at No. 3 Virginia in the 2001 NCAA Tournament.
• The Pirates conceded just one goal through its first three matches of the season, the program's best defensive start to a season since 2005.

WATCH
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The link to watch all Seton Hall Men's Soccer games can be found here.

South Orange, N.J. – The Seton Hall men's swimming and diving team started its season on the right foot, taking down Rider, 167-128, on Saturday afternoon at Arthur E. Imperatore Natatorium. The Pirates won 10 out of a possible 14 events.

Things got started with the 200 Medley Relay, as the Pirates claimed each of the top two spots. The quartet of Ross Pantano (Bennington, Neb.), Ben Endersby (Caldwell, N.J.), Justin Oosterwyk (Pequannock, N.J.) and Tommy Minar (Oxford, Conn.) combined to touch the wall in 1:31.61 to take first place.

Clil Halevi (Kafar Hadranim, Israel) followed by winning the 1000 Free in his first collegiate swim, finishing with a time of 9:34.49. This would be one of two wins on the day for Halevi, as he also claimed the top spot in the 500 Free. Fellow freshman Kevin Cary (West Chester, Pa.) also won his first race, taking first in the 200 Free with a time of 1:41.54.

Pantano added two individual wins to his relay victory which started the day. The senior took home first place in both the 100 Back (50.63) and the 200 Back (1:52.19). Joining him with a pair of individual victories on the afternoon was Michael Klimaszewski (London, England), who nabbed the top spot in the 200 Fly (1:51.59) and the 100 Fly (49.77).

Endersby and Quinn Murtha (Cumming, Ga.) also earned individual wins on the day for the Pirates. Murtha took home first in 3M dive with a score of 285.00, while Endersby won the 100 Back in 56.25. Endersby was also part of the 200 Free Relay squad which swam the fastest time of the event, finishing with a time of 1:24.80.

The Pirates return to action next weekend as they travel to take on Army. The meet is schedule to begin on Friday at 5 p.m.

Newark, N.J. – The Seton Hall women's cross country team put on a strong showing at the NJIT Highlander XC Challenge on Saturday morning, taking the top spot out of 26 teams. Nancy Habib took home a first place overall finish for the fourth time this season.

Habib's winning time on the 5k course was 18:17.50, as she led a Pirates team that took each of the top four spots and had six of the top-10 times. Etta Moen finished in second place with a time of 18:26.15, with Caitlin Fahy coming in just behind her in third. Julia Smith took fourth place overall with a time of 18:33.82.

Rounding out the top-10 Pirate finishers were Madison Rempalski in eighth place and Arianna Braccio in 10th. Rempalski recorded a time of 18:46.88, while Braccio crossed the finish line in 19:00.00. Honey Strosnider and Abigail Hughes also completed the course for the Pirates, taking 12th place and 16th place, respectively.

Next up, the Pirates will compete in the IC4A/ECAC Championships on Friday at Van Cortlandt Park.

Former NFL star LeGarrette Blount in middle of wild brawl after youth football game​

By Jenna Lemoncelli

Former NFL running back LeGarrette Blount was involved in an altercation at a youth football game on Saturday that is being investigated by Gilbert, Ariz. police, according to TMZ.

After a 12-and-under game between the GCYFC Gators — a team that is coached by Blount — and the Chandler Elite Bears, the former Super Bowl champion was captured on a drone video throwing punches at a man in a white t-shirt. Police told TMZ that Blount, 35, is “an involved party” in the incident.

In the footage, people can be seen rushing the field and screaming while a number of fights appeared to break out. The altercation reportedly occurred after a postgame handshake between the two teams.


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Former NFL running back LeGarrette Blount in an altercation at a youth football game on Oct. 1, 2022 in Gilbert, Arizona.
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Police told TMZ they were called to the scene shortly after 7 PM “in relation to multiple reports of adults fighting during a youth football game.”

The fight reportedly ended by the time police arrived and no injuries were reported.

“As a leader, coach, father and a role model I understand my actions are unacceptable,” Blount said. “I hope and pray for your understanding and forgiveness and plan to continue to be a positive impact in the lives of our youth.”

Blount reportedly added that he believes there is more to the story than what is seen in the footage, though, “regardless of that, I take full responsibility for my part in it and for putting myself in this situation.”

Blount last played in the NFL in 2018 with the Lions. He spent nine seasons in the league and was a three-time Super Bowl champion — winning two titles with the Patriots. He then joined the Eagles and helped defeat his former Patriots team in Super Bowl LII.

Blount rushed for 56 touchdowns in 132 career games.

In a statement on Monday, Blount apologized to his players and their parents, as well as the opposing team and their parents.

Walsh goes off for 21 kills and 17 digs as Seton Hall wins in five sets again.​

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – Sophomore Jenna Walsh (Foothill Ranch, Calif.) had a match-high 21 kills to go with a career-high 17 digs and the Seton Hall women's volleyball team outlasted DePaul, 3-2 (25-20, 25-19, 21-25, 16-25, 15-13), on Friday.

The Pirates used the same recipe tonight as they did to defeat UConn in Walsh Gym two weeks ago. The Hall won the first two sets in convincing fashion, before dropping sets three and four. The Pirates turned it back on for a strong effort in set five for the victory. The Hall has now played five sets in four of its first five BIG EAST matches so far this year and has three victories to show for it.

Walsh topped 20 kills for a third straight match, finishing with 21 kills and a career-high 17 digs. Taylor Jakubowski (Lake in the Hills, Ill.) also had a double-double, finishing with 23 assists and 13 digs.

Perri Lucas (Chicago, Ill.), Bianca Bucciarelli (Carate Brianza, Italy) and Laila Wallace (Munster, Ind.) all also reached double-figures in kills.

SET 1:
The Hall raced out of the gate, scoring six of the first eight points in the first set and never looked back. The Pirates led wire-to-wire despite the set not being a blowout. Leading 16-14, The Hall scored four of the next five points, and a kill by Walsh gave it a 20-15 lead and forced a DePaul timeout. Leading 24-20, a block by Lucas and Asli Subasili (Tekirdag, Turkey) gave the set to the Pirates.

SET 2:
The Hall had a .366 attack percentage in the second set, compared to just .122 for DePaul as the Pirates continued their strong offensive attack. The Pirates had a match-high 19 kills in the second frame. Trailing 4-3, The Hall went on an 9-0 run to take a commanding 12-4 advantage. DePaul cut their deficit to 16-9, but the Pirates scored five straight, and a kill by Subasili put them on top, 21-9. The Blue Demons made a late charge, but The Hall held them off for a 25-19 victory.

SET 3:
DePaul scored the first five points of the third set to set the tone early. Although the Pirates rallied to tie the set at eight, the Blue Demons went on an 8-3 run to jump ahead 16-11. The Pirates rallied late and twice cut their deficit to just two points, but DePaul was able to hold them off late.

SET 4:
In set four it was the Blue Demons' turn to lead wire-to-wire. DePaul burst out with a 10-2 run to start the set and never looked back. DePaul had a team-high .361 attack percentage, while The Hall connected at a match-low .068. After DePaul's start, the Pirates never got closer than a five-point deficit for the remainder of the set in a 25-16 loss.

SET 5:
The Hall fell behind early in set five, 4-1, but this time, rallied. Down 8-5, The Hall went on a 6-1 run, and huge back-to-back blocks by Wallace and Maddie Klungel (Napa, Calif.) gave The Hall an 11-9 advantage. With the score tied at 13, a kill by Lucas put the Pirates in match point, and a block by Lucas and Subasili was the match-winner for The Hall, 15-13.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

• Walsh finished with a match-high 21 kills to go with a career-high 17 digs.
• Jakubowski tallied a double-double with 23 assists and 17 digs.
• Bucciarelli finished with 15 kills, only three attack errors and nine digs.
• Lucas had 14 kills and four blocks.
• Wallace finished with 11 kills, only three attack errors and three blocks.
• Subasili tallied seven kills, only one attack error and a match-high six blocks.
• Sophomore Anna Holland (Waukesha, Wis.) had a match-high 21 digs to go with seven assists.
• Klungel tallied a team-high 30 assists and three blocks.
• Senior Jennifer Giron (Benicia, Calif.) finished with 11 digs and a career-high three aces.
• Seton Hall recorded a .242 attack percentage for the match, while DePaul attacked at .253.
• The Pirates had 69 kills, while the Blue Demons recorded 65.
• The Hall tallied 77 digs, while DePaul had 75.
• Seton Hall had 9.0 team blocks, while DePaul recorded 5.0

NEWS & NOTES:

• Seton Hall improves to 13-4 overall and 4-1 in the BIG EAST, while DePaul drops to 6-11 overall and 2-3 in conference play.
• The Hall is now 20-5 all-time against DePaul and snaps a four-match losing streak in the series.
• Despite being a five-set match, the teams combined for only nine ties and four lead changes. In fact, the team that scored first in the first, third and fourth sets never trailed in the set.
• Seton Hall is now 3-2 in five-set matches this season. Four of its five BIG EAST matches have gone the distance.
• The Hall improves to 11-1 this season when winning the first set.
• This is the first time this season that the Pirates have won despite having a lower attack percentage for the match.
• Seton Hall improves to 5-1 this season on Fridays.
• Walsh has now reached double-figures in kills in 10 straight matches and has topped 20 kills in the last three.
• Jakubowski's double-double is her fifth straight, the eighth of the season and the 31st of her career, which leads all active Pirates.
• With 21 digs tonight, Holland surpassed the 700-digs mark for her career.
• With 21 kills tonight, Walsh surpassed the 300-kills mark for her career.
• With 30 assists tonight, Klungel surpassed the 800-assists mark for her career.
• With four blocks tonight, Lucas reached the 100-blocks mark for her career.
• With three blocks tonight, Wallace surpassed the 100-blocks mark for her career.
• Holland has now reached at least 20 digs six times this year and 11 times in her career.
• Freshman Mackenzie Yoakum (Birmingham, Ala.) made her collegiate debut.
• Seton Hall, picked No. 11 in the BIG EAST Preseason Poll has now defeated No. 3 DePaul, No. 4 UConn and No. 6 Villanova in its first five conference matches.

UP NEXT:
Seton Hall will return to action tomorrow when it hosts Marquette in Walsh Gymnasium at 4:00 p.m. The contest will be streamed live by the Pirate Sports Network and available to FloSports subscribers.

Game reported to be a sellout last night. If that was a sellout, they must be capping ticket sales at around 40,000 fans.

could see why athletic department will do whatever they need to make it appear they’re not pissing away tax payer $.

Former Hunter Biden business partner further details Biden family dealings with Communist China and Russia. He characterizes Joe Biden as acting much like the CEO of an organization giving absolute lie to the Biden claim he knew nothing about his son's dealings. FBI has been silent on the testimony that Bobulinski gave to the FBI two years ago. The FBI point man who was in charge of all the documentation and texts has retired. Another accusation of FBI cover-up ala the Hunter laptop. Bobulinski does not appear to be in it for anything but to get the truth out. He does not need the money or notoriety nor does he want to be a target of a weaponized FBI if indeed his story is true.

Seems to me that if the 2020 election were stolen it could have been due to the inaction of the FBI who sat on information that was detrimental to Biden's candidacy. It also seems to me that we will never get the truth until these accusations of FBI malfeasance are taken seriously by Congress. A Democrat Congress will NEVER let that happen. Just one more reason why the Republicans NEED to get majorities in the House and Senate next month.

Good stuff.

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In an awful move, OPEC+ cuts production of oil of 2,000,000 barrels a day. Saudi Arabia proving they are no friend to us or Europe. https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/05/energy/opec-production-cuts/index.html

I realize that payments to players and their families have gone on for years, but the NIL has lessoned my interest in college sports. It is turning amateur athletics into another form of professional sports. I have been rooting for our Pirates since 1987. A Pirate win means more to me than any regular season Yankee, Giant or Ranger win. I am hoping that my rooting passion for the Pirates continues but the NIL has definitely has put a serious damper on things for me. I really appreciate what various individuals are doing behind the scenes to keep us in the competitive mix of things but how are we going to fare against the huge booster / donor groups of the Power 5 schools?

Shaheen has got me excited about this year's Team but I am worried about recruiting in the future. I'd appreciate your thoughts on the issue.

Pirates post their sixth shutout of the season​

South Orange, N.J. - Sophomore Natalie Tavana (Middletown, Conn.) scored in the 80th minute and the Pirate defense posted its sixth shutout of the season as the Seton Hall women's soccer team put forth a complete team effort in a 1-0 win over Marquette on Thursday evening at Owen T. Carroll Field.

Tavana's third goal of the season and her fifth career score helped give the Pirates their first BIG EAST victory of the season. The Seton Hall back line made up of freshman Maddy DeCola (Mahopac, N.Y.), sophomore Chiara Pucci (Munich, Germany), junior Alex Fuggle (London, England) and sophomore Rachel Gerrie (Littleton, Colo.) kept the Golden Eagles in check defensively and senior Grace Gordon (Chester Springs, Pa.) made four stops between the pipes.

How It Happened

It was a fairly even first 45 minutes as the Golden Eagles had a slight edge in shots, 7-4. Two of the Pirates' four shots in the first half came from Tavana who put both attempts on goal but both were saved.

Marquette started to take control early in the first but the Pirates gained some momentum and started to possess and control the better in their attacking half. That created some chances just past the 70th minute where junior Brina Micheels (Plattsburgh, N.Y.) and sophomore Sophie Liston (Limerick, Ireland) both got shots off in the same sequence. In the 75th minute, senior Naomi Welch (Livingston, Scotland) found herself alone on a breakaway but put too much power behind her shot as it sailed past the near post.

Tavana was able to draw her team a corner in the 80th minute after her third shot of the night was deflected out of bounds by Marquette. Sophomore Caroline Lipton (Alexandria, Va.) took the corner and sent a good ball into the box as Fuggle flicked the ball backwards where it found Tavana. Tavana controlled, turned and struck the ball with her left foot, skipping it past the keeper at the far post for the score.

News & Notes

• The win marked the first BIG EAST victory for head coach Josh Osit.
• The win marked the Pirates' first win over Marquette since a 1-0 victory in 2015.
• Seton Hall's defense now has posted six shutouts this season, two shy of the single season program record of eight set back in 1997.
• Gordon now has five shutouts in goal this season, three shy of passing Stacey Nagle (7.5) single season record set back in 1997.
• Tavana's fifth goal in her Seton Hall career was her first against a BIG EAST team.
• Fuggle's assist was her first as a Pirate and Lipton's assist was her first of the season and the second of her career.
• Pucci, Gordon, DeCola, Fuggle, Gerrie, Tavana and freshman Grace Mitchell (Sydney, Australia) played the full 90 minutes.

Up Next

The Pirates will travel to Georgetown on Sunday as they will take on the Hoyas at 1 p.m.

Portland Box Score Jared gets some PT against
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Not a bad gig for a Thursday

Have at it cause what else are we gonna talk about?


And as far as what people care about...


67. Shaheen Holloway (Seton Hall) (Last year: 238)
Overall record: 64-54
No head coach had a more impactful March than Holloway last season. The former Seton Hall star and former assistant took over at Saint Peter’s back in 2018 to begin his head coaching career. He slowly built this Peacocks roster and his program did the unthinkable last season, advancing to the Elite Eight as a lowly 15-seed. With former Seton Hall coach Kevin Willard departing around that same time, Holloway returning home to the Pirates became a perfect marriage. We’ll just have to see how Holloway fares as a Big East head coach, replacing his former boss Willard.

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Playing with Americans who are in the midst dealing with the after affects of a natural disaster - Disgraceful

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This is disgraceful.

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Can only imagine when his name gets called out for a reservation at a restaurant…NIL goldmine

Ben Sasse stepping down from the US Senate. This is not good for the country. Sasse a conservative but a man of integrity. The country will miss him in the Senate. God knows who will replace him. https://www.yahoo.com/news/gop-sen-...-to-lead-university-of-florida-202352113.html

Sun places third; Xie seventh. The Hall notches their third straight top-2 finish to start the year.​

HAMPDEN, MASS. – Wanxi Sun (Danville, Calif.) and Wenliang Xie (Zhaoqing, China) each recorded top-10 finishes and lifted the Seton Hall men's golf team to a second-place finish at the UConn Invitational on Tuesday.

Sun turned in his top round of the tournament, unleashing four birdies and 11 pars for a 1-under-par, 71. It's Sun's fifth sub-par round in nine total rounds so far this season. The junior placed third among 78 individual golfers with a 1-over-par, 72-74-71-217. It's Sun's fifth career top-10 finish and third career top-5 effort.

Xie turned in his second-consecutive 1-under-par, 71, to close out the tournament. The senior had five birdies on Tuesday and raced up the individual leader board to finish seventh overall. For the tournament, Xie was 5-over-par with a 79-71-71-221. It's his ninth career top-10 finish. Additionally, Xie now has 24 career sub-par rounds to lead all active Pirates.

Rhode Island's Brandon Gillis ran away with the individual title at 8-under-par.

Collectively, the Pirates improved mightily for a second straight day. The Hall shaved eight strokes off its second-round score to finish with an even-par, 288, on Tuesday. The Pirates were able to pass host Connecticut and Rhode Island on the final day to finish in second place, just four strokes behind St. John's for the team crown. The Hall completed the tournament with a 25-over-par, 305-296-288-889.

It's Seton Hall's third-straight top-2 finish to begin the fall season.

George Fricker (Woodbridge, England) completed his third straight impressive tournament as a Pirate. The freshman had 13 pars on Tuesday to power a 3-over-par, 75. For the tournament, Fricker tied for 15th with an 8-over-par with a 76-73-75-224.

Sophomore Angus O'Brien (Barwon Heads, Australia) turned in by far his most-impressive round of the tournament on Tuesday. He had three birdies and 12 pars in route to an even-par, 72. For the three-day event, he tied for 27th with a 12-over-par, 78-78-72-228.

Freshman Jack Bosworth (Simsbury, Conn.) also had his best round, shaving off eight strokes from his round two score. He had two birdies and 13 pars on his way to a 2-over-par, 74, on Tuesday. For the event, was 20-over-par with an 80-82-74-236.

Tournament Details:
UCONN INVITATIONAL
Host: University of Connecticut
Location: Hampden, Mass.
Course: The GreatHorse
Course Vitals: Par-72, 7,093 yards
Dates: October 2-4, 2022


THE COURSE:
From the elevated tee boxes to the lush fairways, our thoroughly reimagined and redesigned world-class course traverses breathtaking terrain. Brian Silva's par-72 layout incorporates natural wetlands, mountainous views and over 207 bunkers. The real championship tees offer golfers over 7,600 yards of pristine golf action.

THE FIELD:
In addition to Seton Hall and host UConn, the field included 12 other schools: Bryant, Fairleigh Dickinson, Hartford, Iona, Lafayette, Long Island, Rider, Siena, Saint Joseph's and Rhode Island. St. John's and Xavier are also in the field making the BIG EAST's presence in this tournament four schools.

THE FORMAT:
Teams played five golfers and counted the four lowest scores per round.

UP NEXT:
Seton Hall will return to tournament action on Oct. 10-11 for three rounds of golf at the Georgetown Intercollegiate. The tournament has moved to nearby Liberty National Golf Club in Jersey City.

During the upcoming weeks I will post a series of pressing questions as pertains to the program.

Today we'll discuss the team's rotation.


With a new era at Seton Hall with the departure of Kevin Willard and the arrival of Shaheen Holloway many changes will result. One of the biggest being the difference, at least initially, in the depth of the team's rotation.

Last season, a recent outlier, Kevin Willard used a 9 man rotation. Ranging from 33.1 MPG for Jared Rhoden, to 18.1 MPG for Tray Jackson. But in prior seasons leading up to last year Willard's rotation consisted of a more manageable 7 players and at times 8 players.

Contrast that with what Holloway has done in his time at St Peter's.

Last year Holloway employed minutes ranging from 26.7 MPG to his last player off the bench playing 8.2 MPG. That's 12 scholarship players, 9 playing double digits, dividing 200 regulation MPG. And that was normal as in Holloway's 4 seasons at St Peter's the splits were consistent, with one time no player on the court more than 22.9 MPG. That being in 2019.

Now Holloway will tell you that the method to his (March) Madness is to keep all the players fresh and engaged. To have them play at 100% intensity, especially on the defensive side of the court for as long as possible before subbing in from the bench.

Sounds great in principal. And for the 2021-22 season it resulted in a fantasy type run to the Elite 8 for a team that was less than an afterthought competing against the giants of D1 college basketball.

But Holloway is no longer in the MAAC, trading that position for one in the Big East, a power 6 conference where the competition for the best players in the country is both intense and now expensive. With few 4-5 star players wanting to play minimal minutes, even if the result might be beneficial for the team.

Brand is more important than ever, whether that be a brand with NBA asperations, or one slightly lower with the goal to play for pay somewhere global.

That leads to the question is the past philosophy sustainable? Can Holloway now targeting high 4 star players, mixed in with a few 5 star players going to bring them to South Orange with the lure of decreased minutes?

I think not. The sales pitch to bring in the types of players that the Seton Hall coach is now targeting cannot be one similar to what he has done in the past. Minutes, as much as potential future money earned and team success is as important as anything else for recruits and transfers, short of them having few other available opportunities.

Yes, Holloway is a fabulous recruiter. A great salesman who connects on all levels with players, their families and the seemingly always prevalent entourages. He has a knack to connect through his passion for the game with all he speaks to. But will that be enough when he goes toe to toe with the likes of a Duke, a North Carolina, a Kansas, or maybe a slightly lower regarded but still high D1 college basketball program?

No I think not. Holloway is already in a difficult situation recruiting at a school that doesn't offer football with the inherent budgets available at those schools. And it's no secret that even in the Big East Seton Hall is considered one of the toughest, if not the toughest sell in the conference.

So few players needed to compete on this level will want to play for the Hall when more money combined with more minutes are available elsewhere. The fantasy run that occurred last year was probably a once in a lifetime happening. You cannot moving forward win at a high D1 level at a school with the assets available Seton Hall possesses not offering what premier players want. And that is time on the court.

Holloway knows that and I have no doubt will alter his philosophy in the future. Maybe not as much as many would like, but enough to stay relevant in the dog eat dog world of high stakes college basketball.

If he doesn't his quest to "not fail" as noted in his introductory press conference at Seton Hall will be just that, a failure. And those that know the feisty head coach know the word failure is not in his dictionary.

South Orange, N.J. – Seton Hall men's soccer continues BIG EAST play on Wednesday night, as they welcome DePaul to Owen T. Carroll Field. Kickoff is set for 6:56 p.m. on the BIG EAST Digital Network on FloFC.

LAST TIME OUT
The Pirates remained unbeaten in BIG EAST play, notching a 2-1 victory on Saturday night against St. John's. Andrea Borg scored the game-winning goal in the 85th minute to propel the Pirates to the victory. The Pirates were the beneficiaries of an own-goal that deflected off St. John's defender Sanoussi Sangary in the 59th minute to take a 1-0 lead, but the Red Storm were able to equalize in the 79th minute. Seton Hall was outshot 17-7 on the night, including 14-3 in the second half.

SCOUTING DEPAUL (3-3-3, 0-1-1)

• DePaul enters this contest coming off back-to-back losses to Penn and Providence, failing to score in either match.
• Started the season 2-0-2, but have gone just 1-3-1 since.
• The Blue Demons have been battle tested this season, playing three ranked opponents this season and finishing in a draw in all three.
• Goalkeeper Gandhi Cruz leads the BIG EAST with 36 saves and 4.5 saves per game on the season.
• DePaul leads the all-time series 5-4-2, however Seton Hall is 3-0-1 in the last four meetings. The last Blue Demon win over the Pirates came in 2016.

NEWS & NOTES

• Borg's goal was the latest regulation game-winning goal for the Pirates since CJ Tibbling's 89th minute goal against Air Force in the opening round of the 2020 NCAA Tournament.
• The Pirates are unbeaten through three BIG EAST matches for the first time since 2006.
• Quenzi Huerman (Vannes, France) leads the team with five goals, three assists and 13 points on the season. He currently ranks fifth in the BIG EAST in points and has registered a point in seven of his nine matches this season.
• The Pirates have scored six goals through three BIG EAST matches for the first time since 2012.
• Seton Hall is one of three teams in the BIG EAST to have two players with multiple goals scored in conference play so far (Butler, Villanova).
• Johannes Pex's penalty kick goal against Xavier was the latest game-tying goal scored by the Pirates since Spencer Burkhardt netted an equalizer at 89:58 in an eventual Pirate overtime win at Princeton on Sep. 7, 2017.
• The Pirates have scored a goal in each of their first nine matches of a season for the first time since 1999, when they scored in their first 11 matches.
• Seton Hall has won its last six matches, and 15 of its last 16, when scoring the first goal.
• 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 since winning at No. 3 Virginia in the 2001 NCAA Tournament.
• The Pirates conceded just one goal through its first three matches of the season, the program's best defensive start to a season since 2005.

WATCH
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