Pirates Fall Late to UConn

Wednesday, October 20

South Orange, N.J.

6:56 PM

Seton Hall University

5-6-3, 1-5-1

Connecticut

6-4-2, 2-3-2

UConn

Seton Hall

10/20/2021 9:52:00 PM | Men's Soccer

Box Score BOX SCORE (PDF)

South Orange, N.J. – The Pirates dropped a close,1-0 match to the UConn Huskies at home on Wednesday night. The Huskies were able to net a late goal in regulation to top The Hall.

How it Happened
In their final regular season home match of the year, the Pirates and Huskies engaged in a defensive battle in the first period with both teams able to fire off two shots and earn to corners to their credits. The Pirates held the advantage of placing a shot on net while the Huskies did not.

Much of the second half followed suit with teams even at four shots apiece but the Pirates were able to take three corners to UConn's one. Late in regulation the Pirates were able to draw two good chances at the foot of CJ Tibbling (Jarna, Sweden), the first of which came in the 84^th minute of play.

84' | Tibbling with a good chance late, but the Husky keeper comes up with the save.#HALLin 🔵⚪️ pic.twitter.com/bxPojPyXRq
— Seton Hall Men's Soccer (@SHUMSOC) October 21, 2021

Turning Point
After two big stops from the Husky keeper and time ticking down on the game clock, UConn was able to draw a foul just outside the Pirate penalty area. Mateo Leveque took the kick for the Huskies and found the head of Ben Awashie who put the cross into the back of the net for the game winner. For Awashie, it was his third goal of the season.

Goals
90' – Awashie (3) from Leveque

Inside the Numbers

Shots were even at six apiece, however The Hall held a 3-2 advantage in shots on net and a 5-3 advantage in corners.
Andreas Nota (Rome, Italy) made two saves in the setback.
With the setback, the Pirates move to 5-6-3 on the season and 1-5-1 in BIG EAST play.

News & Notes

For the fourth consecutive match, the Pirates were able to hold their opponents to one goal or less.
Before conceding late, the Pirates had gone 307 consecutive minutes without surrendering a goal.
The Pirates honored twelve seniors before the match: Mattia Cella, Cyrus Darvish, Jose Facusse, Nolan Fierro, Chase Hutson, Jordan Jowers, Camil Koreichi, JP Marin, Andreas Nota, Paavo Riihijarvi, CJ Tibbling and Maurice Williams

Up Next
The Pirates travel to Omaha for a road fixture with Creighton on Saturday. Kickoff is set for 8 p.m. EST. The match will be streamed by the BEDN on FloSports.