Pirates Score Four in Victory Over Bucknell

Tuesday, September 19

South Orange, NJ

6:56 PM

Seton Hall University

4-2-1, 0-1-0

Bucknell

1-5-1, 0-1-0

Bucknell

Seton Hall

9/19/2023 9:48:00 PM | Men's Soccer

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South Orange, N.J. – The Pirates' offense exploded on Tuesday night at Owen T. Carroll Field, netting four goals en route to a 4-1 win over Bucknell. Axel Berglund (Turku, Finland) and Jared Smith (Longmeadow, Mass.) each scored their first goals in a Seton Hall kit as part of the victory.

How it Happened
The match opened quietly, with neither side generating any dangerous chances through the early portion of the night. That changed in the 28^th minute when Hugo Gerbore (Moelan Sur Mer, France) was tripped up in the penalty box. Andrea Borg (Sliema, Malta) stepped up on the ensuing penalty kick and buried his third goal of the season to give the Pirates the lead.

28' | GOOOOOAAAAALLLLL!!!!!

After Hugo Gerbore draws a penalty, Andrea Borg slams home the PK to give us the lead!#HALLin🔵⚪ pic.twitter.com/4GQ4iP6Yql
— Seton Hall Men's Soccer (@SHUMSOC) September 19, 2023

It looked as if that would be the lone tally of the opening half, but the Pirates added insurance heading into the locker room. Off a corner kick in the 45^th minute, a rebound fell to the foot of Berglund who blasted his first career goal into the roof of the net.

45' | GOOOOOAAAAALLLLL!!!!!

Axel Berglund buries one just before halftime for his first career goal!#HALLin🔵⚪ pic.twitter.com/q5douGTE8O
— Seton Hall Men's Soccer (@SHUMSOC) September 19, 2023

Bucknell was able to come out early in the second half and cut the deficit in half thanks to a goal by Waldemar Kattrup in the 50^th minte. However, Seton Hall was able to recapture momentum shortly thereafter. In the 64^th minute, Tomas Nunez (Longchamps, Argentina) found space moving upfield and dumped a pass off to Borg. The senior crossed one to the back post, finding Tim Ströbeck (Hasselholm, Sweden) who fired home his second goal of the season.

64' | GOOOOOAAAAALLLLL!!!!!

Tim Strobeck gives the Pirates an insurance goal off this feed from Borgy!#HALLin🔵⚪ pic.twitter.com/yDXarT8yM8
— Seton Hall Men's Soccer (@SHUMSOC) September 20, 2023

Later on in the 80^th minute, the Pirates would ice the victory with another tally. Hugo Keller (Sweden) received a pass out wide and sent in a beautiful cross to the back post. Smith made a strong back post run, heading it home to make it a 4-1 Pirate advantage.

80' | GOOOOOAAAAALLLLL!!!!!

ANOTHER ONE. Jared Smith heads it in off a beautiful cross from Hugo Keller!#HALLin🔵⚪ pic.twitter.com/Use8uBlZhF
— Seton Hall Men's Soccer (@SHUMSOC) September 20, 2023

News & Notes

This is the first time the Pirates have scored four goals in a match since Sept. 10, 2021 in a 4-3 win over NJIT.
Seton Hall has outscored its opponents 8-2 across four home matches so far this season.
Virgil Dall'Agnol (Grenoble, France) picked up his first two assists as a Pirate, getting helpers on the Berglund and Smith goals.
This is Seton Hall's first ever win over Bucknell in their third all-time meeting.

Up Next
The Pirates remain home this Saturday as they continue BIG EAST play with a matchup against UConn at 6 p.m.