MEN'S SOCCER UNVEIL 2017 SCHEDULE

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SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – Head Coach Gerson Echeverry and the Seton Hall men's soccer team have announced the full schedule for the upcoming 2017 season. The slate includes 17 regular season matches following a pair of exhibitions, nine home fixtures at Owen T. Carroll Field, and six matchups with NCAA Tournament teams from a season ago. The Pirates take on each of its nine BIG EAST conference foes once in a nine-game league schedule.

The regular season opener for the Pirates on Aug. 25 against Saint Peter's also serves as its home opener. The Hall will play two home matches before hitting the road for three straight contests away from home.

The average RPI from a season ago of teams on this year's docket was 84.

BIG EAST play begins on Sept. 16 at home against tri-state rival St. John's. The regular season is set to close on Nov. 1 with a home contest with Villanova.

SEE BELOW FOR A BRIEF PRIMER ON EACH 2017 FIXTURE

Friday, Aug. 25 - home vs. Saint Peter's - 7 p.m.

• 2016 Record: 3-13-2, 2-8 MAAC
• All-Time Series: 27-11-4, Seton Hall
• First Meeting: 1959 (W, 1-0) || Last Meeting: 2016 (W, 3-1)
• Notables: The Hall has faced Saint Peter's the second-most times of any opponent, behind only Rutgers…Andres Arcila scored twice in a 3-1 win over the Peacocks to open the 2016 campign.
• RPI: 191

Monday, Aug. 28 - home vs. Rider - 7 p.m.

• 2016 Record: 13-4-3, 7-1-2 MAAC - NCAA Tournament First Round
• All-Time Series: 9-13-2, Rider
• First Meeting: 1939 (L, 1-0) || Last Meeting: 2016 (L, 1-0)
• Notables: One of six teams on the schedule who played in last year's NCAA Tournament…last meeting came in Lawrenceville last season, a 1-0 setback…prior to that fixture the Pirates had won four of six against the Broncs…SHU's last victory over Rider came in the 2014 season, a 3-2 affair helped by goals from Kai Greene and Danny Bartok.
• RPI: 41

Friday, Sept. 1 - away to Stony Brook - 7 p.m.

• 2016 Record: 9-6-3, 4-2-1 America East - America East First Round
• All-Time Series: 2-3-0, Stony Brook
• First Meeting: 1969 (L, 2-0) || 2016 (L, 2-0)
• Notables: After falling to SBU in 1969 and 1970, The Hall defeated the Seawolves in both the 2007 and 2009 seasons…Andrew Welker netted a hat trick in the last meeting during the 2009 season, a 3-2 victory.
• RPI: 58

Monday, Sept. 4 - home vs. Sacred Heart - 7 p.m.

• 2016 Record: 5-11-2, 3-4 NEC - Northeast Conference Semifinal
• All-Time Series: 0-0-0
• Notables: This is the first time these two will meet in program history.
• RPI: 179

Thursday, Sept. 7 - away to Princeton - 4 p.m.

• 2016 Record: 7-7-3, 1-3-3 Ivy League
• All-Time Series: 11-15-5, Princeton
• First Meeting: 1986 (W, 3-0) || Last Meeting: 2016 (L, 3-1)
• Notables: The Pirates and Tigers have met once a year since 1986…the Tigers have won the last nine contests between the two sides…SHU's last visit to Princeton was a 3-2 setback in 2015 with goals scored by Bartok and Samuel Geiler.
• RPI: 128

Sunday, Sept. 10 - away to Pennsylvania - 7:00 p.m.

• 2016 Record: 5-6-6, 3-3-1 Ivy League
• All-Time Series: 12-3-2, Seton Hall
• First Meeting: 1990 (W, 4-3) || Last Meeting: 2016 (T, 1-1)
• Notables: The Pirates are 5-1-2 in the last eight meetings with the Quakers…the last meeting in 2016 was played to a 1-1 draw with Jonathan Jimenez scoring for The Hall, which played a man down for the majority of the fixture.
• RPI: 118

Wednesday, Sept. 13 - home vs. Delaware - 7:00 p.m.

• 2016 Record: 12-8-1, 5-3 CAA - NCAA Tournament First Round
• All-Time Series: 3-6-1, Delaware
• First Meeting: 1938 (L, 4-2) || Last Meeting: 2016 (L, 3-1)
• Notables: The Hens are coached by Seton Hall alum Ian Hennessy ('90) who was an All-American with the Pirates and ranks among the program's top-five scorers…Jordan Kinoshi scored in last season's setback.
• RPI: 64

Saturday, Sept. 16 - home vs. St. John's - 1:00 p.m.

• 2016 Record: 6-7-4, 2-5-2 BIG EAST
• All-Time Series: 12-23-3, St. John's
• First Meeting: 1979 (T, 0-0) || Last Meeting: 2016 (L, 1-0)
• Notables: The Red Storm are the third-most played team in SHU's history behind only Rutgers and Saint Peter's…the last meeting in South Orange came in 2015, a 1-0 setback.
• RPI: 122

Tuesday, Sept. 19 - away to Lehigh - 7:00 p.m.

• 2016 Record: 7-10-1, 3-6-0 Patriot League
• All-Time Series: 2-1-0, Seton Hall
• First Meeting: 1996 (W, 3-1) || Last Meeting: 2016 (W, 4-3)
• Notables: This season will make the third-straight that The Hall has faced a team from the Patriot League…Pirates fired a season-high 25 shots in last year's meeting, a 4-3 overtime victory behind a five-point effort from Arcila.
• RPI: 146

Saturday, Sept. 23 - away to Marquette - 8:00 p.m.

• 2016 Record: 5-7-4, 2-5-2 BIG EAST
• All-Time Series: 4-5-3, Marquette
• First Meeting: 2005 (W, 3-1) || Last Meeting: 2016 (W, 2-0)
• Notables: The Pirates won their first three meetings against Marquette from 2005-07 and snapped an eight-match winless streak last season…in the 2016 meeting, Jimenez and Francisco Alderete netted goals, while Arcila picked up two assists in a 2-0 victory.
• RPI: 111

Saturday, Sept. 30 - home vs. Creighton - 1:00 p.m.

• 2016 Record: 13-7-3, 5-3-1 BIG EAST - NCAA Third Round
• All-Time Series: 1-3-0, Creighton
• First Meeting: 2013 (W, 3-2) || Last Meeting: 2016 (L, 4-1)
• Notables: One of two teams on the slate that advanced beyond the second round in the NCAA Tournament…the Pirates challenged then-No. 1 Creighton in an eventual 4-2 loss in the last meeting in South Orange in 2015.
• RPI: 17

Saturday, Oct. 7 - home vs. DePaul - 1:00 p.m.

• 2016 Record: 9-7-3, 4-5-0 BIG EAST - BIG EAST Championship First Round
• All-Time Series: 1-5-1, DePaul
• First Meeting: 2005 (T, 2-2) || Last Meeting: 2016 (L, 2-1)
• Notables: The Pirates last win against DePaul came in 2013…DePaul started 0-3 in conference play last season but rallied to make the BIG EAST Championship…the goal for the Pirates in last year's meeting came off the foot of Arcila.
• RPI: 70

Saturday, Oct. 14 - away to Providence - 7:00 p.m.

• 2016 Record: 15-7-0, 7-2-0 BIG EAST - NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals
• All-Time Series: 12-15-6, Providence
• First Meeting: 1982 (L, 8-0) || Last Meeting: 2016 (L, 1-0)
• Notables: The Pirates have lost four-straight meetings with the Friars…the last victory for The Hall over Providence came in 2012 when Christian Battistesa and George Velasquez scored in a 2-1 victory.
• RPI: 12

Saturday, Oct. 21 - away to Georgetown - 1:00 p.m.

• 2016 Record: 6-9-2, 3-4-2 BIG EAST
• All-Time Series: 17-17-3
• First Meeting: 1963 (W, 4-3) || Last Meeting (T, 0-0)
• Notables: After falling to GU six straight times from 2009-2013, the Pirates have split the last three meetings going 1-1-1…the last trip to D.C. for The Hall was in 2015, a 3-2 overtime setback against the then-No. 7 team in the nation.
• RPI: 55

Wednesday, Oct. 25 - home vs. Butler - 7:00 p.m.

• 2016 Record: 13-5-2, 6-3-0 BIG EAST - NCAA Tournament Second Round
• All-Time Series: 0-3-1, Butler
• First Meeting: 2013 (L, 2-0) || Last Meeting: 2016 (L, 1-0)
• Notables: The Hall is winless in four meetings with Butler since BU joined the BIG EAST prior to the 2013 season….this will be the third meeting in South Orange.
• RPI: 14

Saturday, Oct. 28 - away to Xavier - 7:00 p.m.

• 2016 Record: 8-8-3, 4-4-1 BIG EAST, BIG EAST Championship First Round
• All-Time Series: 1-3-0, Xavier
• First Meeting: 2013 (L, 3-0) || Last Meeting: (W, 2-1)
• Notables: The Hall defeated Xavier last year for the first time since the Musketeers joined the BIG EAST prior to the 2013 season…Spencer Burkhardt opened the scoring and Nate Tremonti netted the game winner with under two minutes to play in regulation.
• RPI: 59

Wednesday, Nov. 1 - home vs. Villanova - 7:00 p.m.

• 2016 Record: 10-8-3, 5-3-1 BIG EAST - NCAA Tournament First Round
• All-Time Series: 19-13-1, Seton Hall
• First Meeting: 1984 (L, 1-0) || Last Meeting: 2016 (L, 2-1)
• Notables: This will mark the third straight year the Pirates will close the regular season against the Wildcats…the Pirates are 3-6-1 over the last 10 meetings with Villanova.
• RPI: 45

Prior to the start of the regular season, The Hall will play a pair of preseason matches at home against LIU- Brooklyn (Aug. 17) and Bucknell (Aug. 20). The BIG EAST Championship will feature the top-six in the 10-team league table and will begin with first round action on Nov. 4 before Semifinal play on Nov. 8 and the Final to be played on Nov. 12. The higher seed hosts all BIG EAST Championship contests.

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[hallgrad80]

This will be year six of the Echeverry tenure and it should provide Lyons with more then enough information to make a decision on whether he's the right person to bring the program back to prominence or he isn't.

 

[hallsoccer03]

How much more does Lyons need? Also, that OOC schedule is a joke. No reason a big east team should not be over .500 in the OOC, and this team won't be. Schedule is bad which isn't surprising because big time programs get nothing from playing SHU. It's sad that Delaware throws is a bone and plays them because of the coach, and SHU has lost 9 straight times to Princeton????? You have got to be kidding me. The first game of my freshman year we played the second ranked team in the nation. It's depressing how far this program has fallen and it never should have happened.

 

[NYShoreGuy]

How much more does Lyons need? Also, that OOC schedule is a joke. No reason a big east team should not be over .500 in the OOC, and this team won't be. Schedule is bad which isn't surprising because big time programs get nothing from playing SHU. It's sad that Delaware throws is a bone and plays them because of the coach, and SHU has lost 9 straight times to Princeton????? You have got to be kidding me. The first game of my freshman year we played the second ranked team in the nation. It's depressing how far this program has fallen and it never should have happened.

In the range of 15 or so years ago shu would play a Penn State, get to go out west and face two good west coast programs this program has dipped

 

[hallgrad80]

Soccer 03
I asked myself the same question after last year's 4-10-2 record and 2-5-1 in Conference record but Lyons did bring him back for this year so we'll have to wait and see what happens.

 

[hallsoccer03]

In the range of 15 or so years ago shu would play a Penn State, get to go out west and face two good west coast programs this program has dipped

St. Peter's, Princeton are Main stays on the schedule, and both have had years where they have been good even very good. But really you just have Princeton and Delaware, the rest of that schedule is SOFT. Other than Delaware and Princeton they should not lose to another one of those teams, and really they should never lose to Princeton.

But the program has gone down so much that no decent high major program will play SHU because it serves no purpose for them. They get nothing out of playing SHU, the win won't look good for them because of how bad Seton Hall has been, and if by chance they lose or even tie it looks worse.

 

[hallgrad80]

I think what is especially telling is how little success this program has had in signing the better NJ players .

 

[hallsoccer03]

I think what is especially telling is how little success this program has had in signing the better NJ players .

In all honesty, even under Manny SHU wouldn't usually get many of the top players in NJ. They would usually go out of state or to Rutgers. The one that stands out to me is the Kid a few years back from West Orange who was the national player of the year who never lived up to expectations. But usually he'd get a few players from NJ, usually never the top players, But Manny has so many connections across the country, even the world that he would get players from all over. Most pure talent I saw was a player from Kearny I think his name was Fausto, so talented, a few years under Manny he could have been an All American. Summer after Freshman year he went to the Dominican Republic for training and ended up playing in some league which ended up being a pro league and he lost all eligibility. He was good