Pirates Return Home for Showdown with St. John's on Saturday Night - Seton Hall University Athletics
South Orange, N.J. – Seton Hall men's soccer returns to Owen T. Carroll Field on Saturday night as they host St. John's. Kickoff is slated for 6:56 p.m.
South Orange, N.J. – Seton Hall men's soccer returns to Owen T. Carroll Field on Saturday night as they host St. John's. Kickoff is slated for 6:56 p.m.
LAST TIME OUT
For the second consecutive game, the Pirates finished in a 2-2 draw on the road, this time against Providence on Saturday night. Quenzi Huerman (Vannes, France) netted a pair of goals in the match to take the team lead in that category with five on the campaign. The Pirates generated the bulk of the chances, outshooting the Friars 11-8, including an 8-5 edge in shots on target.
SCOUTING ST. JOHN'S (3-5-1, 1-1-0)
- St. John's was selected third in the BIG EAST Preseason Coaches' Poll, one season removed from reaching the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
- Brandon Knapp was named to the All-BIG EAST team before the season, and was ranked No. 55 in the TopDrawerSoccer Preseason Top 100.
- Fell to Villanova, 4-0, on Saturday for the program's first multi-goal loss since 2019.
- Opened BIG EAST play with a 3-1 win over Georgetown, which at the time handed the Hoyas just their second multi-goal defeat since 2017.
- The Red Storm lead the all-time series 25-14-5, however Seton Hall is 2-0-2 over their last four meetings.
- Each of the last nine meetings between the two teams have been decided by one goal or less, dating back to 2014.
- Head Coach Dr. Dave Masur is in his 32nd year leading St. John's and has the third most wins among active coaches with 441.
- Huerman has five goals and 12 points through his team's first eight matches, the first Pirate since Andres Arclia to do so. Arcila accomplished the feat in the first seven game of the 2016 season.
- The Pirates' last three matches have each finished in a tie. The last time the Pirates were tied after 90 minutes in four straight matches was 1990.
- 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 eight matches of a season for the first time since 1999, when they scored in their first 11 matches.
- Seton Hall has won its last five matches, and 14 of its last 15, when scoring the first goal.
- The Pirates' first three wins of the season have all been shutouts, the second time in three seasons that has occurred. Seton Hall has only had its first four wins of a season all be shutouts twice (2020 and 2014).
- 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.
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