Pirates welcome Butler to renovated Owen T. Carroll Field

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – The Seton Hall women's soccer team will return to action on Sunday, Sept. 29 for its first BIG EAST match of the 2019 season against the Butler Bulldogs. The match, the Pirates' first at the newly renovated Owen T. Carroll Field, is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m.

MEDIA
The BIG EAST Digital Network will broadcast Sunday's match. To watch, click here.

PROMOTION
The first 50 fans to attend the match will receive a Seton Hall soccer scarf, and the first 100 fans will receive a Seton Hall soccer stress ball to commemorate the return to Owen T. Carroll Field.

PIRATES SUFFER HEARTBREAKER AT DELAWARE
Last time out, Seton Hall dropped a tough 2-1 double overtime result at Delaware on Sept. 22. After both sides scored a goal in the first 3:20 of the match, the Pirates and the Blue Hens went scoreless for the next 109 minutes before Delaware scored the game-winning goal in the second overtime.

SCOUTING BUTLER
Butler enters the weekend with a record of 5-3-1. Their draw (0-0 at Utah, 9/20) and two of their three losses (2-1 at No. 15 Wisconsin, 9/1; 3-2 at Milwaukee, 9/8) came away from Indianapolis.

The Bulldogs lead the all-time series against the Pirates, 4-1-1. The last time Butler visited South Orange, the match ended in a 0-0 draw (9/28/17). The Hall's lone win in the series was a 3-1 victory on Sept. 29, 2013 at Owen T. Carroll Field.

QUICK KICKS

Despite Seton Hall's 1-4-1 record, all eight of its contests have been decided by one goal or less.
Four different Pirates have scored this season: Cassy Harrigan, Dani Brinckman, Alyssa Reszkowski and Laura Hooper.
Goalkeeper Harpa Johannsdottir ranks third in the conference with two shutouts on the season.
Junior Laura Hooper (Watford, England) ranks eighth in the BIG EAST Conference in shots per game (2.86).
Seton Hall owns a higher shots on goal percentage (.360-.347) than their opponents this season.
Head coach Ciara Crinion enters his first season at Seton Hall after a successful seven-year run as an assistant and associate head coach at Hartford. In those seven seasons, the Hawks accumulated a 77-36-20 record (.654), won four America East regular season championships.

WHAT'S AHEAD
Next week, the Pirates will travel to Queens for a 7 p.m. match at St. John's on Thursday, Oct. 3. The tilt will be broadcast on the BIG EAST Digital Network.