Pirates Suffer First Home Loss of Season at the Hands of St. John's 1-0

Wednesday, October 23

South Orange, NJ

6:56 PM

Seton Hall University

9-4-1, 2-3-1

St. John's

6-5-4, 4-1-1

St. John's (NY)

Seton Hall

Pirates Suffer First Home Loss of Season at the Hands of St. John's 1-0

10/23/2024 11:48:00 PM | Men's Soccer

Box Score

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – Despite strong offensive opportunities, Seton Hall's men soccer team fell 1-0 at Owen T. Carroll Field against St. John's in a BIG EAST matchup with BIG EAST championship implications.

The Pirates opened the first half exchanging physicals blows with St. John's as the teams levied fouls on each other. The Red Storm struck first with a 25^th minute goal off of a penalty kick, but the Pirates fought to respond. The Pirates outshot their opposition 4-1 in the second half, but did not find the back of the net, ending the match in a 1-0 defeat. This was the Pirates' first home loss of the season.

With the loss, The Hall moves to 9-4-1 on the season and 2-3-1 in-conference play.

HOW IT HAPPENED
The beginning stages of this match were befitting of a BIG EAST rivalry as both teams combined for seven fouls in the first 23 minutes. In the 24^th minute, the Pirates got their first opportunity when Tim Ströbeck went streaking down the field toward the Red Storm's keeper. The Hassleholm, Sweden, native launched a shot which the keeper ultimately saved, but it began the Pirates' run of pressure.

In the 25^th minute, St. John's drew a penalty kick after The Hall's Virgil Dall'Agnoll was given a yellow card for a handball in the box off a corner kick. St. John's Martin Kozak converted the kick to put the Red Storm up 1-0, despite keeper Soren Jensen nearly saving the ball.

In an effort to even the score, the Pirates moved toward a more offensive stance heading into the second half and found early success. Both Til Kauschke and Nico Rubio had good offensive opportunities in the first 20 minutes, but their shots either went wide or were saved. The Pirates attempted to finally find the back of the net in the last ten minutes, but the Red Storm shut down the Pirates to end the match with an 1-0 defeat.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

Matias Molina registered two saves, pushing his season total to 18.
The Pirates had five corners to St. John's four.
Seton Hall had two offsides compared to six for St. John's.
Each team logged two saves.

NEWS & NOTES

Seton Hall moves to 9-4-1, while St. John's moves to 6-5-4.
The Hall now moves to 2-3-1 on BIG EAST play.
This was the Pirates' first home loss of the season.
This was the 46th matchup between the two programs, the first of which came in 1979.
Seton Hall is now 15-26-5 all-time against St John's, with a 3-2-1 record in their last six matchups.

UP NEXT
Seton Hall will return to action on Saturday when the Pirates travel to Cincinnati, Ohio, to take on Xavier. Game time is scheduled for 7 p.m.