Pex Tallies in OT, No. 19 Pirates Win at Army, 3-2

Tuesday, September 14

West Point, N.Y.

6 P.M.

Seton Hall University

4-0-2, 0-0-0

Army

3-2-1, 0-0-0

Seton Hall

Army West Point

9/14/2021 9:31:00 PM | Men's Soccer

Box Score BOX SCORE (PDF)

South Orange, N.J. – Johannes Pex (Stephansposching, Germany) scored the golden goal for the No.19-ranked Pirates as they picked up a road victory over Army in overtime, 3-2, on Tuesday. For the Pirates, it was their second overtime win in a row as they stayed unbeaten on the season and moved to 4-0-2. Raz Amir (Israel) and Paavo Riihijarvi (Oulu, Finland) also tallied for the Pirates in the victory.

How it Happened
After a relatively quiet start to the game, the Pirates finally broke through in the 23^rd minute. CJ Tibbling (Jarna, Sweden) laid a pass off for Pex on the far sideline where Pex crossed a ball to the top of the box. With a leap, Amir was able to get his right foot on the ball and redirected it past the Black Knight keeper and in for the opening salvo at Malek Stadium at Clinton Field.

23' | GOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAL!

Raz Amir finds the back of the net to put the Pirates on the board! Give Pex his fourth assist in the last two games!

Pirates 1, Black Knights 0#HALLin 🔵⚪ pic.twitter.com/MGIIExYDvL
— Seton Hall Men's Soccer (@SHUMSOC) September 14, 2021

In the 32^nd minute, Brandon Bryant ripped a long shot into the upper right corner of the net to level the game at one where it would remain going into the halftime break.

Nearly 30 minutes into the second period, the Pirates would strike again, this time off a James Boote (Southampton, England) corner kick. Boote would take the corner from the near sideline where the 6-foot-6-inch Riihijarvi would get his head on the ball and send it into the side of the net to put The Hall up 2-1.

74' | GOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAL!

PAAVOOOOOOOOOOOO! Riihijarvi puts the Pirates ahead off a James Boote corner! Pirates back on top!#HALLin 🔵⚪ pic.twitter.com/neA0clRMDS
— Seton Hall Men's Soccer (@SHUMSOC) September 14, 2021

With the Pirates leading late, Army would rally for a game-tying goal in the 86^th minute. On an in between cross that was headed away by Jack Eaton, John Poncy was able to bounce a shot over the head of Pirate keeper Andreas Nota (Rome, Italy) for the equalizer that would send the game into overtime.

Turning Point
Last time out, the Pirates picked up an overtime win over NJIT in the fifth minute of extra time. In similar fashion, the Pirates would find another game-winner, this time six minuted into the extra period. JP Marin (Briarwood, N.Y.) laid off a ball to Pex on the far sideline, near where he recorded the first assist of the game. This time however, Pex was able to get the ball on net where it hit the Army keeper and bounced in for the game-winning goal.

96' | GOOOOOOOAAAAAAL!

Pexy gets it done for the Pirates! Pirates earn the OT victory over Army, 3-2!#HALLin🔵⚪ pic.twitter.com/O4lJriMI0v
— Seton Hall Men's Soccer (@SHUMSOC) September 15, 2021

Goals
23' – Amir (2) – from Pex (5)
32' – Bryant (3)
74' – Riihijarvi (2) – from Boote (2)
86' – Poncy (2) – from Eaton and Doyle
96' – Pex (3) – from Marin (4)

Inside the Numbers

The Pirates outshot the Black Knights, 24-15 and took nine corners to Army's three.
Six different Pirates picked up a point in the victory with Pex scoring a team-leading three.
Andreas Nota made four saves enroute to the win.
Eden O'Leary (Tel Aviv, Israel) got his first start of the season with Mattias Almeida Sundell (Sweden) also seeing his first action of the season.

News & Notes

The 17 goals through the first six games of the season are the most for the Pirates since they scored 20 goals in six games to start the 2005 season.
11 different Pirates have now found the back of the net this season with 22 assists on 17 total goals.
With three points tonight, Johannes Pex has a team leading 11 points through six games. Pex has had three games with at least three points.
For the second game in a row, the Pirates started the scoring with a Raz Amir goal assisted by Johannes Pex.
This was the Pirates second-straight overtime victory of the season having defeated NJIT, 4-3 in overtime on Sept. 10, 2021.
With the win tonight, Andreas Nota moves into a tie for fourth place in program history with 24 wins in net.

Up Next
The Pirates will return home to take on Providence as they open up the BIG EAST regular season at Owen T. Carroll Field on Saturday night. Kickoff is set for 6:56 p.m., and will be streamed on FloSports. The Pirates will also honor the 30^th anniversary of the 1991 BIG EAST Championship team with a ceremony at 6:30 p.m.