#14 Pittsburgh Defeats Men's Soccer, 4-3

PITTSBURGH, PA (September 24, 2000) - Fourteenth-ranked Pittsburgh scored two goals within a span of 12 seconds in the second half to earn a 4-3 victory over Seton Hall. The Pirates drop to 4-4 and 2-4 in the BIG EAST while Pittsburgh improves to 7-1 and 3-1 in the league.

Chris Churchill gave the Panthers an early 1-0 lead off a corner kick at 8:20, and then Pittsburgh increased the lead at 18:14 when Ben Garry headed in a ball past Pirate keeper Alex McDonald.

Seton Hall answered with two goals in a span of 35 seconds. Greg Strohmann got a second chance goal off a Pittsburgh defender's deflection at 29:12, while Phil Swenda followed with a goal at 29:47. Seton Hall took the lead at 39:44 when Brian Cuddy scored on a direct kick, giving the Pirates a 3-2 edge at halftime.

Pittsburgh scored consecutive goals in a 12-second span. At 60:04, Miles Dowiak tied the game, then stole the ensuing kickoff and fed the ball to Chad Porter, who scored the eventual gamewinner at 60:16.

Seton Hall travels to the Stanford Invitational next weekend to face Stanford and California.

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