Pirates Draw Saint Peter's In Season Opener

Friday, August 25

South Orange, N.J.

7 p.m.

Seton Hall University

0-0-1

Saint Peter's

0-0-1

OT 3

OT 4

Saint Peter's

Seton Hall

8/25/2017 11:10:00 PM | Men's Soccer

Box Score BOX SCORE (PDF)

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – The Seton Hall men's soccer team battled Saint Peter's to a 1-1 draw in double overtime on Friday night in front of 1,211 fans at Owen T. Carroll Field. The contest served as the regular season opener for both the Pirates and the Peacocks.

Andres Arcila (Cartagena, Colombia) scored for the Pirates and Steven Catudal (Sacramento, Calif.) made seven saves in goal during his Seton Hall debut. In an extremely physical contest the two sides combined for 38 fouls and eight cautions, including a pair of red cards. Both sides played a man down for the final 84:37 of regulation and extra time.

Saint Peter's nearly struck in the game's opening minutes when a foul in the box during a corner kick attempt led to penalty kick, but Catudal guessed right to make a diving stop on the attempt in the second minute. The Pirates had a man advantage beginning with an SPU red card in the 13^th minute and nearly capitalized immediately on a Gabriel Viola (Sao Paulo, Brazil) free kick that went just wide.

After a red card on The Hall in the 36^th minute, the Peacocks struck first with a 39^th minute tally. The Pirates equalized seconds before the break, with Arcila bending home a free kick in the 45^th minute to level the score. Both sides had several opportunities playing with 10 men in the second half and overtime, but Catudal and SPU keeper Robbie Anderson kept the contest deadlocked.

Goals
SPU – 39^th – Jordan Jowers (1) made move into box and finished bottom left corner
SHU – 45^th – Arcila (1) curled in free kick from 21 yards out

Here's Andres Arcila's goal with just five seconds remaining in the 1st half to go level with Saint Peter's! #HALLin pic.twitter.com/G5ht0hK1hw
— SHU Men's Soccer (@SHUMSOC) August 26, 2017

Inside The Numbers

The Pirates held a commanding 24-11 edge in total shots and a 7-1 advantage in corner kicks
Saint Peter's made the most of their attempts with an 8-5 upper hand in shots on goal
Viola led the Pirates with five shots in his SHU debut, while Arcila and Marco Neves (Tracy, Calif.) each recorded four
Eight total Pirates recorded at least one shot and seven had multiple attempts
Catudal's seven saves are tied for the most by a Pirate keeper in a match since 2014

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