Pirates Take Down Penn For Third-Straight Win

Sunday, September 10

Philadelphia, Pa.

7 p.m.

Seton Hall University

3-2-1

Penn

0-3-0

Seton Hall

Penn

9/10/2017 9:59:00 PM | Men's Soccer

Box Score Box Score (PDF)

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – The Seton Hall men's soccer team (3-2-1) picked up its third-straight victory on Sunday night, downing Penn (0-3-0) on the road by a score of 2-1. For the second-straight match, The Hall rallied from the deficit away and got a game-winner from senior Andres Arcila (Cartagena, Colombia).

Unlike Friday's dramatic double overtime win at Princeton, the Pirates were able to close out the win in regulation and faced only a one-goal deficit. After the Quakers took a 1-0 lead in the 26^th minute, The Hall quickly found an equalizer with a Marco Neves (Tracy, Calif.) header barely a minute later. The contest went to the half level at 1-1 after Neves' second goal in as many matches.

Turning Points
Early in the second half, Neves was taken down about a yard outside of the penalty area to set up a free kick. Arcila stepped up for the chance and was able to catch the Penn defense off guard, quickly resetting and rifling a shot into the left side of the cage. The goal in the 59^th minute gave the Pirates a 2-1 advantage.

Late in regulation Penn had a pair of quality looks at an equalizer that were thwarted by keeper Elliot Munford (Auckland, New Zealand). In the 85^th minute, Penn's goal scorer Joe Swenson broke in with a clean look on goal and fired a bouncing shot that Munford was able to smother. In the 87^th the Quakers generated a late corner kick that saw the freshman netminder come off his line to snare in the air and keep the Pirates ahead.

Goals
26^th – Penn – Swenson (1) finished in box off feed from Aramis Kouzine
27^th – SHU – Off corner, Penn partially cleared to Spencer Burkhardt (1) outside box, lobbed back in for Neves (2) header
59^th – SHU – Arcila (4) direct free kick from 19 yards out

Inside The Numbers

The Hall finished with a 10-5 edge in total shots and a 5-3 advantage in shots on goal
Neves led all players with five shots, while Arcila and Gaspar Jean-Baptiste (Valley Stream, N.Y.) each had a pair
The Pirates held a slight 5-4 margin in corner kicks generated
Munford made two saves, while Penn keeper Etan Mabourakh finished with three stops

News and Notes

The Pirates improved to 14-3-3 all-time against Penn
The Hall's last three-game winning streak came in the 2011 season (Sept. 5 at Army, Sept. 9 at Boston University, Sept. 12 vs. Saint Peter's)
Arcila and Neves have both scored in back-to-back contests, with Arcila recording his second game-winner in as many matches
During The Hall's three-game winning streak it has scored eight goals
Munford improved to 3-1-0 after his first four collegiate starts
The assist for Burkhardt was the first of his career
The Pirate backline of Nick Najera (Laguna Hills, Calif.), Lukas Pangonis (Kaunas, Lithuania) and John Philbin (Emmaus, Pa.) each played the full 90 minutes and held Penn to five total shots, the lowest total the Pirates have allowed since holding St. John's to six on Sept. 24, 2016

What's Next
The Pirates return home on Wednesday (Sept. 13) night to host Delaware at 7 p.m. The contest will be the penultimate non-league match-up and the last before the start of BIG EAST play.