All Three #BEfútbol Advance To NCAA Third Round
All three BIG EAST men’s soccer squads kept their postseason dreams alive as Georgetown, Seton Hall and Marquette each advanced to the NCAA Championship Third Round on Sunday. No. 8 seed Georgetown defeated High Point, 2-0. No. 6 seed Seton hall defeated Air Force, 2-1 and Marquette advanced...
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NEW YORK – All three BIG EAST men’s soccer squads kept their postseason dreams alive as Georgetown, Seton Hall and Marquette each advanced to the NCAA Championship Third Round on Sunday. No. 8 seed Georgetown defeated High Point, 2-0. No. 6 seed Seton hall defeated Air Force, 2-1 and Marquette advanced with a 3-1 advantage in PK’s after a 0-0 draw against No. 4 seed Loyola Marymount.
All three teams will play at the WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, N.C. on Thursday, May 6. The Hoyas will play at noon ET against Penn State, the Golden Eagles at 6 p.m. against No. 3 Indiana and the Pirates at 9 p.m. against Virginia Tech.
In 2019, the BIG EAST was also represented by three teams in the third round: Georgetown, Providence and St. John’s. The Hoyas are the defending National Champions.
Georgetown Blanks High Point in NCAA Second Round
The eighth-seeded Georgetown University men's soccer team shut out the High Point University Panthers 2-0 on Sunday afternoon in the second round of the NCAA Tournament at the Matthews Sportsplex in Matthews, North Carolina. Georgetown dominated the possession in the first half as senior Paul Rothrock had the first good look at the net. The Blue & Gray got on the board in the 21st minute as sophomore Will Sands crossed a ball to Rothrock on the right side. He passed to freshman Chris Hegardt who went to the back post and found the head of Zach Riviere. The junior headed it into the back of the net making it 1-0. It didn't take long for Georgetown to add another in the second period as the duo of Riviere and Hegardt was at it again. Riviere came down the field unmarked and sent a ball into the box to Hegardt. The freshman made a move battling through the defense and shot it through two Panthers on the line to make it 2-0 in the 49th minute. Georgetown outshot High Point 13-9 with seven on goal to the Panthers' two.
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Marquette Takes Down No. 4 LMU in Penalty Kicks
For the second time in program history the Marquette men's soccer team is headed to the Sweet 16. The No. 19/18 Golden Eagles took down the No. 9/4 Loyola Marymount Lions in penalty kicks, 3-1, after the game remained scoreless through regulation and two overtime periods. Beto Soto scored in the first round of penalty kicks while MU goalkeeper Chandler Hallwood saved WCC Offensive Player of the Year Noel Caliskan's shot. Lukas Sunesson buried his opportunity in the second round before LMU's Bastien Oberli saw his shot sail high of the net. Alan Salmeron put a shot in the top right corner to give the Golden Eagles a 3-0 edge. Dylan Shockley scored his PK to keep the Lions alive before Zyan Andrade's shot was saved. Down to their last hope, LMU's Ronaldo Brown missed the net to the right on his try, cementing the win for the Golden Eagles.
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Pirates Advance to NCAA Third Round, Defeat Air Force in Thriller, 2-1
Senior CJ Tibbling scored the go-ahead goal in the 89th minute to break a 1-1 tie and lift the No. 6 ranked Seton Hall men's soccer team to a 2-1 win over Air Force in the second round of the NCAA Championship Sunday night at the Sportsplex. The Pirates, also the No. 6 national seed in the tournament, advance to the third round for the first time since 2001 and will face Virginia Tech on Thursday, May 6. All the scoring took place in the final 25 minutes of the match as the Pirates struck first on sophomore James Boote's free kick in the 64th minute that sliced into box, where junior JP Marin headed the ball to cause a deflection past the keeper far post. Then Air Force answered with an equalizer in the 75th minute when Elijah Bussey pushed up field into the box and passed to an open Tristan Trager, who hit a shot that was deflected and finished just out of reach of senior Seton Hall goalkeeper Andreas Nota.
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Upcoming #BEfútbol Schedule
Thursday, May 6
No. 8 GEORGETOWN vs. Penn State, Noon ET
MARQUETTE vs. No. 3 Indiana, 6 p.m. ET
No. 6 SETON HALL vs. Virginia Tech, 9 p.m. ET
Results
Sunday, May 2
No. 8 GEORGETOWN 2, High Point 0
No. 6 SETON HALL 2, Air Force 1
MARQUETTE 0, No. 4 Loyola Marymount 0 (2OT), MU advanced on PK’s, 3-1
