Pirates' Strong Season Ends in NCAA Tournament First Round

Thursday, November 17

Durham, NH

6 PM

Seton Hall University

7-4-7, 4-1-5

New Hampshire

15-4-0, 6-1-0

Seton Hall

New Hampshire

Pirates' Strong Season Ends in NCAA Tournament First Round

11/17/2022 8:40:00 PM | Men's Soccer

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Durham, N.H. – The Pirates had their season come to an end in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday night, falling to New Hampshire by a score of 2-1.

How it Happened
There was no shortage of offense out of the gates of this one. UNH put up the first two goals of the match, as Eli Goldman scored in the fourth minute and Bilal Kamal added another in the ninth minute.

Finding themselves down two goals early, the Pirates would counter quickly. Off a corner swung in by Johannes Pex (Stephansposching, Germany), freshman Konstantin Donalies (Bremen, Germany) headed one home for his first career goal. The 12^th minute tally cut the Pirate deficit to 2-1.

Donalies scores off the service from Pex! We're back within a goal early in Durham.#HALLin🔵⚪ pic.twitter.com/7NNjcQqkZV
— Seton Hall Men's Soccer (@SHUMSOC) November 17, 2022

Another look at Konsti's first career goal.#HALLin🔵⚪️ pic.twitter.com/akfjRcJSNS
— Seton Hall Men's Soccer (@SHUMSOC) November 18, 2022

Goldman nearly added another goal to his line in the 15^th minute, as the ball fell to his foot inside the penalty area. His shot was turned away on a diving stop by Hannes Ronnholmen (Stockholm, Sweden).

UNH controlled possession for much of the second half, however the Pirates were able to put multiple looks together late as they looked for an equalizer. In the 86^th minute, as the Pirates were sending more numbers forward, James Boote (Southampton, England) sent in a shot from about 30 yards out that was stopped by Wildcat keeper Jassem Koleilat. Seton Hall was awarded a corner, which ended up with another look from Luca Dahn (Kahl, Germany) whose shot went high.

News & Notes

Seton Hall closes the 2022 season with a record of 7-4-7.
Donalies' goal was the first of his career, and he finishes his freshman season by starting all 17 of the matches he appeared in. Fellow freshman Liam Guske (St. John's, Fla.) also started all 17 of his matches.
Pex's assist was his fourth of the season, tying him with Quenzi Huerman (Vannes, France) for the team lead.
Dahn played all 90 minutes on the back line for the 47^th time out of his 50 career matches.
The two NCAA Tournament trips in three seasons is a first for the program since making five straight trips from 2001-2005.