O'Leary's Equalizer Earns The Hall a Huge Point vs. No. 4 St. John's

Saturday, October 26

South Orange, N.J.

6 p.m.

Seton Hall University

5-7-1, 2-4-1

St. John's

12-2-1, 5-1-1

St. John's (NY)

Seton Hall

O'Leary's Equalizer Earns The Hall a Huge Point vs. No. 4 St. John's

10/26/2019 9:32:00 PM | Men's Soccer

Box Score

South Orange, N.J. - Freshman Eden O'Leary (Tel Aviv, Israel) connected on a header in the 76th minute, an equalizer, to help the Seton Hall men's soccer team secure a 1-1 draw against No. 4 ranked St. John's and a critical point in the BIG EAST standings Saturday night at Owen T. Carroll Field.

Seton Hall now has seven BIG EAST points, good for a tie with Butler for seventh place, with two matches remaining.

Turning Point
With not much time left in the match, Seton Hall made the most of a corner kick opportunity. Senior Vittorio Argeri (Genoa, Italy) took the corner from the far side of the field and placed it perfectly in the box as O'Leary struck with his head sent it in the opposite direction of where the keeper was headed for the goal.

Goals
50' - Oluwaseyi (9) from Chandler and Duarte
76' - O'Leary (2) from Argeri

How about this for an EQUALIZER! Eden O'Leary's header in the 76th minute has us level & we're headed to extra time! #HALLin pic.twitter.com/gt5MSociwq
— SHU Men's Soccer (@SHUMSOC) October 27, 2019

Inside the Numbers

The two teams combined for 27 shots, but only five went on goal.
O'Leary's goal was his second of the season, tying him with four other Pirates for third-most on the team.
Argeri notched his first assist of the year.
Junior Andreas Nota (Rome, Italy) only needed to make one save on the evening, but it was a huge stop of a point-blank shot in the first overtime period.
The match was chippy throughout with 32 total fouls called and 11 yellow cards issued.
Six Pirates played all 110 minutes of the battle.

Andreas Nota comes up with a huge save for @SHUMSOC to keep it tied with @StJohnsMSoccer at 1 apiece in OT. #BEfutbol pic.twitter.com/KNj6UUFXvJ
— BIG EAST Champs (@BIGEASTchamps) October 27, 2019

News & Notes
Seton Hall drew a point on a nationally ranked team for the first time since a 2-0 win over No. 25 Creighton on Sept. 30, 2017.
The Pirates are now 2-4-1 in BIG EAST play. With seven points, the Pirates are only two points out of a spot in the BIG EAST Championship with two matches to play.

Up Next
The Pirates will take a short break from conference play to host Army West Point Tuesday night at Owen T. Carroll Field. First touch is scheduled for 5 p.m.

Then next Saturday Nov. 2 there will be three huge BIG EAST points at stake in Milwaukee when the Pirates play at Marquette.