The Hall heads To UMass Lowell On Friday Night

LOWELL, Mass. – After an opening weekend split the Seton Hall men's soccer team (1-1-0) returns to action to visit UMass Lowell (2-0-0) on Friday night. Kick-off from UML's Cushing Field is set for 7 p.m.

The Pirates won the lone meeting with the River Hawks in the history of each program, a 2-0 victory in South Orange in 2014. The Hall scored twice in the second half to support a five-save shutout from Julian Spindler (Weiserbach, Germany) on Aug. 31, 2014.

The Hall opened its 78^th campaign last weekend with a 3-1 victory at Saint Peter's (Aug. 26) before a 2-0 setback to Stony Brook (Aug. 28) in the home opener. Andres Arcila (Cartagena, Colombia) tallied twice at SPU and Danny Bartok (Union, N.J.) netted a first-half winner.

Quick Kicks

The Pirates are looking to win their first two road contests of the season, a feat that has not been accomplished since 2001
Arcila leads The Hall with two goals and four points, ranking among the early BIG EAST leaders
Early in the season 18 Pirates have seen the pitch, including five who have made SHU debuts
Over two matches the Pirates are out-shooting their opponents by an average of 13.0-10.0
The Hall has put exactly half (13-26, .500) of its shots on target, up from a .372 mark a year ago

Scouting the River Hawks

UMass Lowell will welcome The Hall for its home opener, sporting a 2-0 record on the year
The River Hawks opened the season with a 2-1 win at Northeastern before downing Monmouth by a score of 3-0 in West Long Branch
Ivan Abramovic leads UMass Lowell across the board offensively with a 2-2-6 scoring line
Wulito Fernandez has also scored twice and Ben Waithe has a goal on the year
In net, Austin Kroll has played every minute and holds a 0.50 GAA with an .857 save percentage

What's Ahead
Following the trip to Massachusetts, the Pirates return home for a quick two-game home stretch. First up is a showdown with Pennsylvania on Monday, Sept. 5 at 7 p.m.