Tavana's Late Score Gives Hall 1-0 Win Over Marquette - Seton Hall University Athletics
South Orange, N.J. - Sophomore Natalie Tavana (Middletown, Conn.) scored in the 80th minute and the Pirate defense posted its sixth shutout of the seas...
0 Marquette (6-6-1, 2-3-0) 
1 Seton Hall (5-6-2, 1-4-0) Score By Periods
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Pirates post their sixth shutout of the season
South Orange, N.J. - Sophomore Natalie Tavana (Middletown, Conn.) scored in the 80th minute and the Pirate defense posted its sixth shutout of the season as the Seton Hall women's soccer team put forth a complete team effort in a 1-0 win over Marquette on Thursday evening at Owen T. Carroll Field.
Tavana's third goal of the season and her fifth career score helped give the Pirates their first BIG EAST victory of the season. The Seton Hall back line made up of freshman Maddy DeCola (Mahopac, N.Y.), sophomore Chiara Pucci (Munich, Germany), junior Alex Fuggle (London, England) and sophomore Rachel Gerrie (Littleton, Colo.) kept the Golden Eagles in check defensively and senior Grace Gordon (Chester Springs, Pa.) made four stops between the pipes.
How It Happened
It was a fairly even first 45 minutes as the Golden Eagles had a slight edge in shots, 7-4. Two of the Pirates' four shots in the first half came from Tavana who put both attempts on goal but both were saved.
Marquette started to take control early in the first but the Pirates gained some momentum and started to possess and control the better in their attacking half. That created some chances just past the 70th minute where junior Brina Micheels (Plattsburgh, N.Y.) and sophomore Sophie Liston (Limerick, Ireland) both got shots off in the same sequence. In the 75th minute, senior Naomi Welch (Livingston, Scotland) found herself alone on a breakaway but put too much power behind her shot as it sailed past the near post.
Tavana was able to draw her team a corner in the 80th minute after her third shot of the night was deflected out of bounds by Marquette. Sophomore Caroline Lipton (Alexandria, Va.) took the corner and sent a good ball into the box as Fuggle flicked the ball backwards where it found Tavana. Tavana controlled, turned and struck the ball with her left foot, skipping it past the keeper at the far post for the score.
News & Notes
- The win marked the first BIG EAST victory for head coach Josh Osit.
- The win marked the Pirates' first win over Marquette since a 1-0 victory in 2015.
- Seton Hall's defense now has posted six shutouts this season, two shy of the single season program record of eight set back in 1997.
- Gordon now has five shutouts in goal this season, three shy of passing Stacey Nagle (7.5) single season record set back in 1997.
- Tavana's fifth goal in her Seton Hall career was her first against a BIG EAST team.
- Fuggle's assist was her first as a Pirate and Lipton's assist was her first of the season and the second of her career.
- Pucci, Gordon, DeCola, Fuggle, Gerrie, Tavana and freshman Grace Mitchell (Sydney, Australia) played the full 90 minutes.
Up Next
The Pirates will travel to Georgetown on Sunday as they will take on the Hoyas at 1 p.m.
