No. 8 Seton Hall Takes on Providence in BIG EAST Opener Friday Night - Seton Hall University Athletics
The No. 8 ranked Seton Hall men's soccer team is seeking its first 7-0-0 start to a season since 1986 Friday night when it visits Providence on Chapey Field ...
South Orange, N.J. - The No. 8 ranked Seton Hall men's soccer team is seeking its first 7-0-0 start to a season since 1986 Friday night when it visits Providence on Chapey Field at Anderson Stadium at 7 p.m. in its first game of BIG EAST play.
The game will be broadcast on the BIG EAST Digital Network via FloSports, which requires a subscription. A discounted subscription is available through this link.
This is the 40th all-time meeting between the two teams, the most recent of which saw The Hall claim a 1-0 victory last year on Owen T. Carroll Field.
MOVING UP IN THE RANKINGS
- Seton Hall is ranked No. 8 in the nation in the Sept. 17 United Soccer Coaches top-25, up five spots from their ranking a week prior. Their ranking is the highest they have held during a non-abbreviated season since the 2002 season when they received the No. 6 spot in the September 2, 2002 poll.
- In head coach Andreas Lindberg's tenure, Seton Hall appeared in the United Soccer Coaches top-25 seven times during the 2020 season, reaching as high as No. 6. Then Seton Hall spent four weeks in the national rankings during 2021.
- The Pirates are one of two BIG EAST teams in the current top-25, joining No. 25 UConn.
- On Saturday, the Pirates hosted Harvard and claimed a 3-2 victory on Owen T. Carroll Field.
- While they didn't find the back of the net in the first half, the Pirates presented an overwhelming scoring wave in the second half. Jon Vignir Pétursson converted a penalty kick in the 51st minute to even the score. The 61st minute saw Til Kauschke score his second goal of the season as well, this time off an assist by Jack Kossoudji.
- In the 79th minute, Jack Kossoudji secured the win with his first goal of the season, with the assist on the goal going to Konstantin Donalies.
- This was only the second all-time meeting between Seton Hall and Harvard. The Hall is now 1-0-1 in the series.
- Seton Hall is 40-26-11 (.591) all-time against members of the Ivy League.
- Seton Hall has shown outstanding depth so far through six matches:
- Nine different players have scored a goal
- Nine different players have assisted on a goal
- 14 different players have put a shot on goal
- Both goalkeepers who have played have recorded a clean sheet
- Six different players have earned a BIG EAST weekly honor
- Jack Kossoudji, a graduate transfer from Capital University, was named BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week. Kossoudji began the week by assisting on what proved to be the game-winning goal, in Seton Hall's 3-1 road win at Rutgers. Against Harvard, Kossoudji logged an assist and scored the game-winning goal in The Hall's 3-2 victory over the Crimson.
- Til Kauschke, freshman midfielder from Hamburg, Germany, was named BIG EAST Freshman of the Week for the second time this season. Early in the week, Kauschke provided an assist in The Hall's 3-1 victory over Rutgers. He followed that up with second goal of the season in the team's 3-2 win over Harvard.
- Seton Hall and Providence last competed on Oct. 28, 2023, to end close out BIG EAST play. The Pirates and Friars played a scoreless affair until the 70th minute where a James Boote goal put Seton Hall up 1-0. Pirates' Goalie Mats Roorda maintained his clean sheet for the rest of the game, securing three saves in the final 20 minutes and a win for Seton Hall.
- This is the 40th matchup between the two programs, the first of which came in 1982.
- Seton Hall is 14-18-7 (.449) all-time against Providence College, with a 2-2-1 record across their last five matches.
