Pirates Draw at St. John's (RV), 0-0

Saturday, October 16

Queens, NY

7 P.M.

Seton Hall University

5-5-3, 1-4-1

St. John's

8-3-2, 3-1-2

Seton Hall

St. John's (NY)

10/16/2021 9:54:00 PM | Men's Soccer

Box Score BOX SCORE (PDF)

Queens, N.Y. – The Seton Hall Pirates played to a scoreless draw with the Red Storm on a windy, rainy night at Belson Stadium on Saturday. The Pirates played the final 23 minutes down a man while Andreas Nota (Rome, Italy) picked up the shutout in net. The Pirates move to 5-5-3 on the season with the draw.

How it Happened
On a night where the Pirates were only able to manage two shots on goal, the Pirates got perhaps their best opportunity of the night halfway through the first period. In the 24^th minute, Eden O'Leary (Tel Aviv, Israel) got his head on a corner kick that a beat the Red Storm keeper but was knocked away by defender on the goal line.

24' | O'Leary with a header off the Pirate corner is knocked away by a Red Storm defender!

Still scoreless in the first at Belson.#HALLin 🔵⚪️ pic.twitter.com/6LfSLuPUVI
— Seton Hall Men's Soccer (@SHUMSOC) October 16, 2021

Late in the first period, Nota had his number called on a threatening opportunity from the Red Storm. Nota made a sliding stop to his left to keep the game scoreless heading to half.

40' | Andreas Nota with a diving stop late in the first to keep this one scoreless!#HALLin 🔵⚪️ pic.twitter.com/NGAHKFHlUk
— Seton Hall Men's Soccer (@SHUMSOC) October 16, 2021

In the second period of play, each team would only register one shot on net as the rainy conditions picked up as the game continued. In the 87^th minute, O'Leary was issued his second yellow card of the night forcing the Pirates to play the remaining match time with 10 men on the pitch.

The Red Storm got the better of opportunities in the two overtime periods but neither team found the back of the net to break the scoreless tie.

Inside the Numbers

The Red Storm outshot the Pirates 16-5, but the teams were even at two shots on frame, apiece.
In total, 47 fouls were called.
Nota made two saves enroute to his second consecutive shutout of the season.
With the draw, the Pirates move to 5-5-3 on the season and 1-4-1 in BIG EAST play.

News & Notes

With his 13^th career clean sheet, Andreas Nota moves into a tie for second most shutouts in program history with Steve Armenti. Boris Pardo leads The Hall all-time with 16 career shutouts.
The Hall extended their unbeaten streak against the Red Storm to four games, the longest such streak since the Pirates won seven in a row against St. John's from 1986 to 1991.
The Pirates move to 3-1-1 in road games on the season.

Up Next
The Pirates will return home for their final regular season home match when they take on UConn on Wednesday. Kickoff is set for 6:56 p.m. at Owen T. Carroll Field. The match will be streamed by the BEDN on FloSports.