Pirates Open BIG EAST Play at DePaul

South Orange, N.J. – The Seton Hall women's soccer team begins BIG EAST Conference play on Saturday with a 1 p.m. EST match at DePaul. The game will be streamed live on the BIG EAST Digital Network via FOX Sports GO.

Saturday marks the first conference game for both the Pirates (0-6-2) and the Blue Demons (4-5-0).

Quick Kicks

The Hall is looking to rebound from setbacks to UMass Lowell and Harvard last week
Four different players lead the Pirates with one goal apiece: senior Lauren Hall (Bridgewater, N.J.), sophomore Siobhan McGovern (Cranford, N.J.), and freshmen Cassy Harrigan (Beaverton, Ore.) and Atley Fortney (Charles Town, W.Va.)
Seton Hall is led by captains Katie Landes (Stony Point, N.Y.), Eva Gonzalez (Mesquite, Texas) and Andrea Palermo (Caledon, Ontario)
Sophomore Marissa Aniolowski (Enfield, Conn.) and junior Julia Stirpe (Berkeley Heights, N.J.) have each tallied an assist
A total of 26 different Pirates have seen the field this season, while Stirpe, Hall, Landes, Aniolowski, Palermo, and junior goalkeeper Anna MacLean (Thunder Bay, Ontario) have started all eight matches
Between the pipes, MacLean passed Elizabeth Bond (2008-'11) earlier this season to move into fifth on the program's all-time goalkeeper minutes played list
MacLean currently has 174 career saves, and with two more will pass Buffy Wojciehowski (2000-'03) for fifth on the SHU women's soccer all-time saves list
Saturday will be the seventh road match of the season for The Hall
Four of the last five meetings between the teams have been 1-0 victories for DePaul including each of the last three in Chicago (one in overtime)
The last time the Pirates picked up a win over the Blue Demons was on Oct. 9, 2011 (3-1 at home)

Scouting DePaul

The Blue Demons have won two of their last three including a 1-0 victory over Pepperdine, who is receiving votes in the latest United Soccer Coaches Poll, and a 4-0 win against William & Mary
DePaul has not played since Sunday, Sept. 17, when they were handed a 2-0 setback at Loyola (Ill.)
The Blue Demons have played two teams who were ranked in the Top-25 this season, No. 23 Northwestern (L, 1-0) and No. 12 Texas A&M (L, 2-0)
Franny Cerny has a team-high five goals and Alexa Ben has four
A total of six different Blue Demons have found the back of the net, while Madeline Frick leads the team with three assists

Up Next

The Hall hosts Butler, who is receiving Top-25 votes, in a 7 p.m. home match on Thursday, Sept. 28 at Owen T. Carroll Field. The match will be streamed live by the BEDN via FOX Sports GO.