Drexel blanks the Pirates in Philadelphia, 1-0

Thursday, September 19

Philadelphia, Pa.

6 p.m.

Seton Hall University

1-4-1

Drexel

4-2-2

Seton Hall

Drexel

9/19/2019 8:47:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score BOX SCORE (PDF)

PHILADELPHIA - The Seton Hall women's soccer team suffered 1-0 loss to Drexel Thursday night at Vidas Field. The Dragons scored the difference maker in the match's 31st minute.

Turning Point
Drexel was awarded a corner kick on the near side in the match's 31st minute, and the kick sailed in the box on the far side where it got loose. Annalena O'Reilly got a hold of it and finished on the far post for her first career goal.

Goals
31' - DREXEL - O'Reilly (1)

Inside the Numbers

Drexel out-shot the Pirates, 16-4.
The Pirates had six corner kicks to Drexel's five.
Neither team was assessed a card.
Junior Laura Hooper (Watford, England) had two of Seton Hall's four shots.
Freshman goalkeeper Harpa Johannsdottir (Akureyri, Iceland) made two saves in the first half. Fellow rookie keeper Blair Currie (Christchurch, New Zealand) played the second half and stopped the only shot she faced in her first collegiate action.

News & Notes

Despite the two programs' relative proximity to each other, this was the first-ever regular season meeting between Seton Hall and Drexel. The two had faced each other in an exhibition in 2013, won by the Pirates.

Up Next
Seton Hall will once again tour the Mid-Atlantic region this Sunday when the Pirates play at Delaware. The match is scheduled for 1 p.m., in Newark, Del.