Pirates Visit St. John's in BIG EAST Championship Quarterfinal Clash - Seton Hall University Athletics
Seton Hall men's soccer looks to avenge their regular season defeat when they travel to Queens, New York, to face St John's at Benson Stadium on Saturday in ...
South Orange, N.J. - Seton Hall men's soccer looks to avenge their regular season defeat when they travel to Queens, New York, to face St John's at Benson Stadium on Saturday in the BIG EAST Championship quarterfinals. Game time is scheduled for 5:00 p.m.
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.
The winner will move onto the BIG EAST Championship semifinals at the Maryland Soccerplex in Boyds, Maryland.
SERIES HISTORY
- Seton Hall and St. John's last met on October 18, 2023, in the Pirates' penultimate road match of the season. The Pirates and Red Storm spent the majority of the opening stages in the midfield feeling each other out with few offensive chances. got out of the gates quickly, scoring in the seventh minute to take an early 1-0 advantage. In the 25th minute, St. John's drew a penalty kick after The Hall's Virgil Dall'Agnoll was given a yellow card for a handball in the box off a corner kick. St. John's Martin Kozak converted the kick to put the Red Storm up 1-0, despite keeper Soren Jensen nearly saving the ball. In the second half, the Pirates turned up the offensive pressure in search of an equalizer. Both Til Kauschke and Nico Rubio had good offensive opportunities in the first 20 minutes, but their shots either went wide or were saved, thus resulting in the 1-0 loss.
- St. John's was able to extend its lead in the second half, as a goal from Nicolas Feuriau Chateau in the 59th minute made it a 3-0 game. The best chance of the night for the Pirates came in the 69th minute, when a pass towards the edge of the box found Sam Bjork, but the shot went too high.
- This is the 47th matchup between the two programs, the first of which came in 1979.
- Seton Hall is now 15-26-5 all-time against St John's, with a 3-2-1 record in their last six matchups.
SCOUTING ST. JOHN'S
- St John's is 8-5-5 on the season with a 5-1-2 record in the BIG EAST.
- Two of the Red Storm's four draws came against ranked opponents.
- A 1-1 draw at No. 6 Marshall on September 14.
- A 2-2 draw at the hands of No. 12 North Carolina on September 6.
- They also defeated No. 18-ranked Georgetown on the final day of BIG EAST play.
- There is a four-way tie atop the St John's goal leaderboard this season, with forward Miguel Diaz, midfielder Tyler Morck, midfielder Martin Kozak and forward Brady Geho all registering four goals this season. lead the Red Storm's offense with four goals each. Midfielder Julian Jakopovic leads St John's in assists as well with four on the season, followed by six players sitting on three total.
- St John's goalkeeper Alec McLachlan has started 17 games for the Red Storm this season. So far, he has allowed 1.06 goals per game, logged 40 saves and registered three clean sheets this season.
- The Red Storm have outshot their opponents 248-133 on the season.
PIRATES TOPPLE VILLANOVA IN ON SENIOR DAY 1-0
- In the 15th minute, three graduating players combined for the Pirates' game-winning goal on Senior Day. Mans Saebbo pushed the ball into the box launching a cross across the endline. After bouncing off of Hugo Gerbore mid-cross, Sam Bjork launched the ball into the back off the net from the far post.
- The Hall nearly scored a second goal in the 40th minute when Til Kauschke and Tim Strobeck both launched shots on goals in the span of 15 seconds, forcing two saves out of the Wildcats' keeper.
- Despite being outshot 5-2 in the second half, Matias Molina and the Pirates defense held strong, securing the 1-0 victory for the Pirates.
- Sam Bjork scored his second goal of the season.
- Mans Saebbo registered his first assist of the season.
- Hugo Gerbore registered his second assist of the season.
- It was the 41st all-time matchup between the two programs, the first of which came in 1984.
- Seton Hall is now 32-16-2 all-time against Princeton with a 3-1-1 record in their last five matches.
- Seton Hall's offense has come from a variety of sources this season.
- 12 different players have scored a goal.
- Six players have two or more goals.
- 12 different players have assisted on a goal.
- Nine different players have registered at least two goals and/or assists.
- 19 different players have put a shot on goal.
- 12 different players have scored a goal.
