No. 22 Pirates Host Columbia in Friday Night Futbol

South Orange, N.J. - The No. 22 ranked Seton Hall men's soccer team is looking to start 4-0-0 for the first time since 2008 when it hosts Columbia Friday night at Owen T. Carroll Feld at 6:56 p.m. The game is free for all to attend, and it will be broadcast on the Pirate Sports Network via FloSports, which requires a subscription. A discounted subscription is available through this link.

Seton Hall leads the all-time series with Columbia, 14-4-3, but this is the first meeting between the two teams since 2014.

MOVING UP IN THE RANKINGS

Seton Hall moved up three spots in the United Soccer Coaches top-25 released on Tuesday afternoon.
In head coach Andreas Lindberg's tenure, Seton Hall appeared in the United Soccer Coaches top-25 seven times during the 2020 season, reaching as high as No. 6. Then Seton Hall spent four weeks in the national rankings during 2021.
The Pirates are one of two BIG EAST teams in the current top-25, joining No. 14 Georgetown.

WIN OVER MANHATTAN

This past Sunday, the Pirates blanked Manhattan behind stout defense and a second-half goal from freshman Til Kauschke.
Seton Hall outshot the Jaspers, 8-6, but only one Manhattan shot was on goal the entire match.

KAUSCHKE & VIGNIR PETURSSON HONORED

After his 68th minute goal to help Seton Hall beat Manhattan, Til Kauschke (Hamburg, Germany) was named BIG EAST Freshman of the Week. It was Kauschke's first career goal.
Sophomore Jon Vignir Petursson (Selfoss, Iceland) was named to the BIG EAST weekly honor roll after scoring a penalty kick that was the game-winner in the 2-1 triumph over UAlbany.

SCOUTING COLUMBIA

The Lions are 0-1-0 to start the season, dropping their opener at Quinnipiac, 2-0, on Aug. 30.
Columbia was 2-8-4 last season and 0-5-2 in Ivy League play. The Ivy coaches picked Columbia to finish eighth in their preseason poll.
Columbia last reached the NCAA Tournament in 2017 with an at-large bid and last won the Ivy League as a co-champion in 2016.

OPENING SUCCESS

With its win at FIU, Seton Hall has now won its season opener under head coach Andreas Lindberg for the fifth time in seven tries, and the Pirates are unbeaten in all seven (5-0-2).
With their win over UAlbany, the Pirates are also now 5-0-2 in their home openers under Lindberg and have not lost a home opener since 2016.