The Hall Visits St. John's For Saturday Showdown

QUEENS, N.Y. – The Seton Hall men's soccer team (2-4-1, 0-1-0 BIG EAST) continues a four-game road swing on Saturday night when it visits St. John's (3-2-2, 0-0-1) for a BIG EAST tilt at Belson Stadium. Kick off between the local rivals is set for 7 p.m. on the BIG EAST Digital Network and FOX Sports GO app with Ralph Bednarczyk and John Fanta on the call.

The Pirates and Red Storm will renew a rivalry that dates back to 1979 and has seen the two sides meet 37 times in respective program histories. The series has become a defensive slugfest in recent years, with three of the past four meetings involving one total goal or less.

The Hall opened BIG EAST play on Saturday, falling to No. 14 Creighton despite Andres Arcila (Cartagena, Colombia) scoring his team-high fifth goal of the year. Arcila's strike, a direct free kick from 30 yards out, was later named the TopDrawerSoccer.com National Goal of the Week. St. John's also opened conference action on Saturday, playing Marquette to a scoreless draw.

Quick Kicks

Arcila leads The Hall across the board offensively and ranks top-five in the BIG EAST in goals (5), points (12) and total shots (25)
Jordan Kinoshi (Welwyn Garden City, England) is second on the team with two goals, scored in back-to-back matches against Lehigh (Sept. 10) and at Delaware (Sept. 14)
In his freshman season Jonathan Jimenez (Cape Coral, Fla.) is tied for second on the squad with four points, coming off a goal and two assists
The Pirates are 12-22-3 all-time against the Red Storm, with the two sides trading 1-0 victories in each of the last two seasons
Julian Spindler (Weiersbach, Germany) has seen the bulk of work in goal and holds a 2-3-1 record with a 1.88 GAA and .692 save percentage

Scouting St. John's

The Red Storm enter the weekend with a 3-2-2 record, most recently dropping a midweek match to Quinnipiac, 1-0, on Tuesday
Harry Cooksley leads SJU with seven points by way of a 2g-3a-7p scoring line, while Allistair Johnston has scored three goals to lead the squad
St. John's has held opponents to only five goals through seven matches while scoring nine
Andrew Withers has played in seven contests in the cage and holds a 0.38 GAA
Overall for the year the Red Storm are out-shooting opponents 16.6-10.6 per game

What's Ahead
Following Saturday's match, the Pirates will venture out of conference on Tuesday, Sept. 27 for a local derby at Rider.