Pirates Host DePaul On Saturday

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – Fresh off its first triumph of BIG EAST play, the Seton Hall men's soccer team (4-6-1, 1-2-0 BIG EAST) is back in action on Saturday afternoon for a crucial conference tilt with DePaul (4-5-1, 1-1-1 BIG EAST). The 1 p.m. kick-off at Owen T. Carroll Field will air on the Pirate Sports Network.

The Hall is currently in a tie for sixth in the league table and one point back of DePaul, who sits alone in the fifth. The top six teams in the league qualify for the BIG EAST Tournament. The Pirates are coming off a 2-0 victory over No. 25 Creighton last weekend, while the Blue Demons picked up a 1-0 win against Villanova.

ABOUT THE MATCH-UP

The Pirates are 1-5-1 all-time against DePaul, with the lone victory in the series coming in 2013
The last two meetings and five of seven overall have been decided by one goal or less, including a 3-2 double overtime setback in DPU's last trip to South Orange in 2015
Last season in Chicago, Andres Arcila (Cartagena, Colombia) scored via a penalty kick in an eventual 2-1 defeat
In the 2015 meeting, Spencer Burkhardt (Palmyra, Pa.) scored his first career goal late in the first half before DePaul found an equalizer in the 84^th minute

QUICK KICKS

The Pirates' most recent outing saw them pick up their first win over a ranked opponent since Oct. 18, 2014
Arcila and Francisco Alderte (Salta, Argentina) both scored for The Hall against the Bluejays, while a staunch defensive effort helped The Hall to its second shutout of the season
Lukas Pangonis (Kaunas, Lithuania) was named BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week for his efforts against Creighton, anchoring a back line that held CU to only three shots on goal
On the year, Arcila leads The Hall and ranks among the BIG EAST leaders with six goals, three assists and 15 points
Behind Arcila, Gabriel Viola (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) holds a 2g-3a-7p scoring line while Burkhardt and Marco Neves (Tracy, Calif.) have also both tallied twice
Pangonis leads all Pirates with 1,000 minutes logged, starting all 11 contests in the defense

BLUE DEMON BULLETS

DePaul visits South Orange with a 4-5-1 overall record and a 1-1-1 mark in BIG EAST play
Philipp Konigstein leads DPU with five goals, while Stijn van der Slot has tallied four times
Istvan Willhelms is second on the Blue Demons in scoring with a 3g-4a-10p line
Quentin Low has played nearly every minute in net and holds a 1.26 GAA and .711 save percentage

WHAT'S AHEAD
Following the DePaul contest, the Pirates are back on the road for two-straight beginning with a trip to Providence on Oct. 14.