Pirates Set For Thursday Clash With Columbia

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Pirates Set For Thursday Clash With Columbia - Seton Hall University Athletics

South Orange, N.J. - Coming off of a gritty 1-0 road win at Iona on Sunday, the Seton Hall women's soccer team returns home for their lone contest of the w...

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South Orange, N.J. - Coming off of a gritty 1-0 road win at Iona on Sunday, the Seton Hall women's soccer team returns home for their lone contest of the week against Columbia at Owen T. Carroll Field on Thursday at 6 p.m.

STREAM INFORMATION

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GAME PROMOTION

Tomorrow's game is the Hispanic Heritage Month Kickoff. Hispanic Heritage Month runs from Sept. 15 through Oct. 15. Four Latinx student organizations will be tabled alongside the athletics marketing table and engaging in conversation with fans and students regarding their respective organizations.

NEWS & NOTES

• Since falling in their season opener, Seton Hall has gone 3-1-2 with wins over Saint Joseph's, Central Connecticut State and Iona.
• First-year Seton hall head coach Josh Osit was previously an assistant coach at Columbia for eight seasons and helped build Columbia into one of the Ivy League's most consistent programs.
• The Lions produced 35 All-Ivy League selections, six United Soccer Coaches All-Region honorees and the 2017 Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year with Osit on staff.
• In seven seasons of competition with Osit on staff, Columbia had a winning record in six campaigns, including a 9-3-4 mark in 2019, which constituted the program's highest winning percentage since 2008. Between 2015 and 2017, the Lions were the only women's soccer program to finish top three in the Ivy league all three seasons. Columbia became a top-50 RPI team for the first time in program history in 2019 and reached as high as No. 28 in the RPI in 2021, the highest ranking in program history.
• Senior goalkeeper Grace Gordon (Chester Springs, Pa.) took home BIG EAST Goalkeeper of the Week honors for the second time in her career after posting five saves and a clean sheet in the win at Iona on Sunday.
• Gordon currently ranks 17th in the nation, and first in the BIG EAST, for save percentage (.900) and 18th nationally for goals against average (.360).
• Senior Abbie Roberts (Bedfordshire, England) was named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll after scoring the game-winning goal against the Gaels and assisting in the shutout effort from her defensive midfield position.
• Roberts' goal was the second of the season and her career. Both have served as game-winners.
• Seton Hall is 8-5-2 against non-conference opponents over the last two seasons.
• Roberts, Gordon and the Seton Hall backline made up of sophomore Chiara Pucci (Munich, Germany), junior Alex Fuggle (London, England) and sophomore Rachel Gerrie (Littleton, Colo.) have held opponents scoreless in four of Seton Hall's seven matches this season.
• Pucci was named BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week on August 29, the first Pirate to be named defensive player of the week since 2012.

 

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Nice 3 - 0 win for the Pirates.

 

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Pirates Tame Lions, 3-0 - Seton Hall University Athletics

The Seton Hall women's soccer team registered a statement win at Owen T. Carroll Field on Thursday evening as the Pirates rode a stellar effort in goal by se...

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

South Orange, N.J. - The Seton Hall women's soccer team registered a statement win at Owen T. Carroll Field on Thursday evening as the Pirates rode a stellar effort in goal by senior Grace Gordon (Chester Springs, Pa.) and an offensive outburst in a 3-0 victory over Columbia.

Gordon posted 10 saves between the pipes for The Hall (4-2-2) and has registered four consecutive clean sheets. The goal scorers for the Pirates were freshman Emma Sheehan (Argyle, Texas), sophomore Phoebe Hampson (Cheshire, England) and sophomore Natalie Tavana (Middletown, Conn.). Tavana also assisted on Hampson's goal.

How It Happened

Both sides were easing their way into the game early when Pirates created an opportunity just before the 15 minute mark. Junior Maille McDermott (Nashua, N.H.) created space with the ball down the near sideline and drove a pass into the box that found the head of Sheehan, who finished it cleanly despite being draped by a defender.

With the Pirates leading 1-0, the Lions picked up the pace and put two shots on goal but both were stopped by Gordon. In the 34th minute, sophomore Chiara Pucci (Munich, Germany), was an eraser all evening at centerback, took the ball away, made a clean pass just past midfield to Tavana, who took one dribble before finding Hampson in the six-yard box. She calmly took the pass and chipped the ball past the keeper off her line to give Seton Hall a 2-0 lead.

The Lions' intensity rose after halftime and put multiple quality shots on goal. However, nothing on this night was getting by Gordon, who made multiple clutch saves down the stretch in the second half. The icing on the cake was applied by Tavana, who took a long range shot in the 84th minute and struck the back of the net for her second goal of the season.

News & Notes

• The Pirates wrap up non-conference play with a 4-2-2 record and are now 9-5-2 against non-league opponents over the last two seasons.
• Head coach Josh Osit earns a victory over Columbia, a team where he had spent the last eight seasons as an assistant coach.
• McDermott's assist was the first assist and point of her career.
• Hampson tallied her first career goal and Pucci added her first career assist on the goal.
• Tavana now has four career goals and five career assists.
• The backline of Pucci, junior Alex Fuggle (Longdon, England) and sophomore Rachel Gerrie (Littleton, Colo.) played the full 90 minutes.
• Sheehan finished with a team best three shots and two shots on goal in a game where she netted her second career goal.

Up Next

The Pirates have the weekend off and will return to Owen T. Caroll Field on Thursday, Sept. 22 as they open BIG EAST play against Providence at 6 p.m. The first 250 fans in attendance will recieve a Seton Hall soccer scarf.