Pirates Play Host to Xavier on Saturday

South Orange, N.J. – The Seton Hall Pirates will host the Xavier Musketeers at Owen T. Carroll Field on Saturday night. Kickoff is set for 6:56 p.m. and will be broadcast on BEDN on FloSports.

Home matches are free and are open to the public. If entering a campus building, per the university's current indoor mask mandate, all individuals (vaccinated and unvaccinated) are required to wear a mask at all indoor, nonresidential, on-campus University settings, except when alone or dining.

LAST TIME OUT

The Pirates fell last time out at home against the No. 1-ranked Georgetown Hoyas, 4-2 on Wednesday. In the 18th minute, the Hoyas broke through when Zach Riviere ripped a point blank shot that Pirate keeper Andreas Nota was able to initially stop, however Riviere was able to coral the rebound and put home the match's opening tally. A little under four minute later, the Hoyas tallied again this time off the foot of Joe DaLuz with an assist going to Sean Zawadzki. The Hoyas were able to pick up two more goals before the half, one from Will Sands and the other from Daniel Wu to go into break with the lead.

Late in the second half, CJ Tibbling (Jarna, Sweden) took a pass from Andrea Borg (Sliema, Malta) into the Hoya box where Tibling rifled off a shot past the Hoya keeper and into the back of the net to get the Pirates on the board. Less than two minutes later, Tibbling tallied again. Borg sent a pass on the near side of the box to the foot of Raz Amir (Israel) who crossed a ball that found the head of Tibbling to cut the Hoya lead in half, where it would remain, 4-2.

SCOUTING – Xavier (7-4-0, 1-3-0)

The Musketeers are coming off their first BIG EAST win of the season with a 2-1 road victory at Marquette on Wednesday. Justus Kauppinen and Cameron Phillips tallied for Xavier in the win.
Karsen Henderlong leads the team offensively with 12 points on five goals and one assist.
Matthew Rosenberg has taken all the minutes in net for Xavier with 20 saves and a .82 GAA in 11 games.
The Musketeers lead the all-time series 6-1-0 winning each of the previous three matchups with the Pirates.

NEWS & NOTES

CJ Tibbling tallied twice for Seton Hall last time out against 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 and 30th in the nation with a team-leading 15 points, Johannes Pex converted his second and third penalty kicks of the season last time out 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).
13 different Pirates have now found the back of the net this season with 30 assists on 24 total goals. The Hall had tallies from 12 different players last season.
As of Oct. 7, The Hall currently ranks 14th in the nation and is second in the BIG EAST in total goals (24). The Pirates also sit at the top of the conference and fifth in the nation in total assists (30).
The Pirates were 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.
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.
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.