Pirates Travel To St. John's (RV) on Saturday

South Orange, N.J. – Following a road victory at DePaul, the Pirates will stay on the road to take on St. John's on Saturday. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. at Belson Stadium in Queens, N.Y. The match will be streamed on the BIG EAST Digital Network on FloSports.

LAST TIME OUT
In their first BIG EAST road match of the season, the Pirates got the better of chances in the first half, holding advantages in shots, 9-3, and shots on target, 2-0. Still, the Pirates entered the break in a scoreless draw with the host-Blue Demons.Following an hour-long delay due to lighting in the area about halfway through the second half, the Pirates came out hot despite the soggy weather.

In the 81st minute, CJ Tibbling (Jarna, Sweden) made an aggressive run for the Blue Demon box where he was met with a tackle from a DePaul defender. The ball shot up into the air as Jordan Jowers (Middlesbrough, England) used his body to better position himself once the ball landed while shielding the final Blue Demon defender. Once he corralled the bounce, Jowers was able to successfully beat the keeper with a low strike into the left corner of the net for what would eventually become the game-winner.

Another look at the Jowers's goal that gives the Pirates a late, 1-0 lead!#HALLin 🔵⚪️ pic.twitter.com/e15Uo6zDqE
— Seton Hall Men's Soccer (@SHUMSOC) October 13, 2021

The Pirates held the Blue Demons without a shot on net for the full 90 minutes. Andreas Nota (Rome, Italy) picked up the shutout for The Hall, his second of the season and 12th of his career. The 12 career clean sheets move Nota into third place on the program history leaderboard.

SCOUTING – St. John's (8-3-1, 3-1-1)

The Red Storm are coming off an overtime, road victory over Villanova last Saturday. Lucas Bartlett scored the lone goal in the 1-0 victory on a penalty kick just over one minute into the extra period.
Bartlett is tied for the team lead in points with Brandon Knapp at 11 apiece. Bartlett has four goals and three helpers to his name while Knapp has three tallies and five assists to his credit.
In net, Luka Gavran has played every minute for St. John's this season compiling an 8-3-1 record in the process with seven shutouts. Gavran has a .57 GAA and 39 saves on the season.
The Red Storm lead the all-time series 24-14-4 with the Pirates taking the previous two matchups between the two squads during the 2020 season.

NEWS & NOTES

Seton Hall is looking to continue its recent success against St. John's as the Pirates are currently riding a two-game win streak and three game unbeaten streak against the Red Storm, the longest of either such streak since Seton Hall won seven straight against St. John's from 1986-1991. The Pirates' 3-2 overtime victory at Belson last season was the first since 2014 and also served as the first time the Pirates scored at least three goals in a win at St. John's since 1988 when they took down the Red Storm 4-0.
In the 1-0 road victory over the Blue Demons on Wednesday, the Pirates held DePaul without a single shot on net. The win marks Seton Hall's first road victory at DePaul in program history as well as the first time the Pirates have blanked the Blue Demons in 11 matchups between the two squads. The clean sheet in a BIG EAST road victory is the first for the Pirates since they blanked St. John's, 1-0, on Nov. 6, 2014.
CJ Tibbling tallied twice for Seton Hall against No. 1 Georgetown. For Tibbling, it was his 16th and 17th tallies as a Pirate. The multi-goal game was Tibbling's third of his career and first since the 2018 season.
Leading the BIG EAST with a team-high 15 points, Johannes Pex converted his second and third penalty kicks of the season at Fordham earning him a spot on the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll. The tallies for Pex were just 62 seconds apart and served as his second career multi-goal game with his first coming in last season's season-opener at NJIT. Pex also tallied twice and picked up an assist across wins against Delaware and NC State earning BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week honor (9/6). The junior was also named to College Soccer News' National Team of the Week. Pex was also selected to the conference's weekly honor roll following his three assists against NJIT (9/10).
Thirteen different Pirates have now found the back of the net this season with 30 assists on 25 total goals. The Hall had tallies from 12 different players last season.
The Pirates are 5-1-0 in games where they were the first team to score. Dating back to the start of last season The Hall is a combined 13-2-1 when striking first.
The Seton Hall men's soccer team was picked second in the BIG EAST Conference Preseason Coaches Poll as the reigning BIG EAST champions were awarded 93 points including three first place votes. Georgetown took the top spot in the poll edging the Pirates by just five points while Creighton, the third team picked, was awarded 74 points.
Senior CJ Tibbling was selected as the conference's Preseason Co-Offensive Player of the Year and was a unanimous selection for the Preseason All-BIG EAST squad. Tibbling is coming off a 2020 Second Team All-America selection as well as First Team All-BIG EAST honors. On the offensive end, Tibbling led the Pirates with seven goals and 17 points on the season to go along with three assists. With his seven tallies, Tibbling ranked second in the BIG EAST and 20th in the country in goals scored.
Senior Luca Dahn was honored as the BIG EAST's Preseason Defensive Player of the Year and earned a spot Preseason All-BIG EAST team. Dahn was awarded a 2020 Second Team All-America selection as well as First Team All-BIG EAST honors. In his first year in a Seton Hall uniform, Dahn logged over 1500 minutes for The Hall and was on the pitch for all but nine minutes throughout the campaign. Despite lining up as a center back, Dahn also scored twice for The Hall while registering 12 shots on net, second best on the team.