Huerman's 90th Minute Penalty Kick Earns Pirates 1-1 Draw Against Creighton

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Huerman's 90th Minute Penalty Kick Earns Pirates 1-1 Draw Against Creighton - Seton Hall University Athletics

The Pirates remained tied atop the BIG EAST standings on Saturday afternoon as they played Creighton to a 1-1 draw at Owen T. Carroll Field.

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1 Creighton (4-3-5, 1-2-3) 1 Seton Hall (6-1-6, 3-0-4) Score By Periods Team 1 2 F Creighton 0 1 1 Seton Hall 0 1 1

South Orange, N.J. – The Pirates remained tied atop the BIG EAST standings on Saturday afternoon as they played Creighton to a 1-1 draw at Owen T. Carroll Field. Quenzi Huerman (Vannes, France) scored the equalizing penalty kick goal in the 90th minute to earn The Hall a point.

How it Happened
The match played out evenly in more areas than just the final score, as neither side was able to tilt the pitch in its favor for long. The first real threat of the match came in the 11th minute, as Mattias Almeida Sundell (Sweden) struck one towards goal that was saved by Creighton goalkeeper Paul Kruse.

Physicality was paramount throughout the full 90 minutes as well, as the teams combined for 30 fouls and eight yellow cards.

Later in the opening half, Luca Dahn (Kahl, Germany) had a great look at goal off a corner kick swung in by Johannes Pex (Stephansposching, Germany). Dahn's header was aimed towards the near post, but went just wide of the mark.





In the 74th minute, Creighton was able to break through with the game's first goal. Diego Dutilh sent a cross in from just before the end line, where it was deflected in by Alfie Pope to give the Bluejays a 1-0 lead.

From there, the Pirates went into attack mode to find an equalizer. In what was likely their last gasp, the Pirates were awarded a corner kick in the 90th minute. As Pex played the ball into the penalty area, Creighton's Miguel Ventura wrestled Konstantin Donalies (Bremen, Germany) to the turf, prompting a penalty to be called. Huerman was tasked with taking the penalty kick, and he calmly stepped up and buried the equalizing goal.






News & Notes

• This is the Pirates' sixth draw of the season, setting a new program single-season record.
• The Pirates have scored five game-tying/go-ahead goals in the 70th minute or later this season.
• Huerman's goal marks the second time this season that the Pirates have scored a game-tying penalty kick goal in the 90th minute.
• Huerman has scored in back-to-back matches for the second time this season, and now has recorded points in nine of his 13 appearances this year.
• With the point, the Pirates are in a three-way tie atop the BIG EAST standings with Georgetown and Xavier.

Up Next
The Pirates head to Washington, D.C. for a first-place showdown against Georgetown at 2 p.m.

 

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SCHOOL CONF PTS. OVERALL PCT. HOME AWAY NEUTRAL STREAK Georgetown 4-1-1 13 6-4-3 .577 4-1-2 2-3-1 0-0 W2 Xavier 3-0-4 13 9-0-5 .821 4-0-3 5-0-2 0-0 T1 Seton Hall 3-0-4 13 6-1-6 .692 2-0-3 4-1-3 0-0 T1 Butler 3-2-1 10 8-4-1 .654 5-2-1 3-2 0-0 L1 Providence 2-2-3 9 4-4-5 .500 3-2-3 1-2-2 0-0 W1 St. John's 2-2-2 8 4-6-3 .423 4-2-2 0-4-1 0-0 W1 Villanova 2-4-1 7 5-6-2 .462 4-2-1 1-4-1 0-0 L3 Creighton 1-2-3 6 4-3-5 .542 3-1-4 1-2-1 0-0 T1 DePaul 0-2-4 4 3-4-6 .462 1-2-3 2-2-3 0-0 T1 UConn 1-3-1 4 4-6-1 .409 4-4 0-2-1 0-0 W1 Marquette 0-3-2 2 4-7-2 .385 4-4 0-3-2 0-0 L1

 

[Seton75]

Very nice. Not sure which season was the outlier. Looking like it was last year thankfully.

 

[lloyde dobler]

As strange as it sounds, I think last year’s team was too old.

 

[catholicman]

This team refuses to lose and somehow always finds a way to at least finish with a tie.

Butler was defeated by Providence yesterday. So that robbed the Bulldogs of a chance to share first place.

Our defense is greatly improved over last year, but our offense is a bit anemic.

Georgetown will be a tough opponent this Wednesday. They are a young team that started poorly but have since gone on a tear. Beating them in DC would be monumental (unintended pun). But even a tie would do wonders.