Pirates Open BIG EAST Play With St. John's

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – The Seton Hall men's soccer team (3-3-1, 0-0-0 BIG EAST) will kick off conference play this weekend when it hosts St. John's (3-2-1, 0-0-0) for a BIG EAST rivialry tilt at Owen T. Carroll Field. Kick-off is set for 1 p.m. at Owen T. Carroll Field in a contest set to air on the BIG EAST Digital Network and FOX Sports GO.

The Pirates have won three of four heading into conference play, while the Red Storm have won two-straight and are unbeaten over their last three matches. Each of the last three meetings between The Hall and St. John's have been 1-0 finishes, with four of the last five meetings seeing the two sides combine for one goal or less. The Pirates are 12-23-3 all-time against the Red Storm in a series daring back to 1979.

QUICK KICKS

Senior Andres Arcila (Cartagena, Colombia) is the reigning United Soccer Coaches National Player of the Week and leads The Hall in goals (4), assists (3) and points (11) this season
The Pirates are tops in the BIG EAST with 17 total goals on the year
Behind Arcila, both Spencer Burkhardt (Palmyra, Pa.) and Marco Neves (Tracy, Calif.) have recorded 2g-1a-5p scoring lines on the year
In goal, Elliot Munford (Auckland, New Zealand) is the reigning BIG EAST Freshman of the Week and holds a 3-1-0 record with a 1.20 GAA and a .722 save percentage
The Hall fell to Delaware in its last contest, 2-0, despite a match-high five shots on goal from sophomore Jonathan Jimenez (Cape Coral, Fla.)
Prior to the match-up with the Blue Hens, The Hall had won three-straight against Sacred Heart, Princeton and Penn

RED STORM REPORT

St. John's is coming off wins over Temple and UC Santa Barbara in its last two contests
Alistair Johnston has scored three times in the last two matches and has team-highs of four goals and 14 shots on the season
Matt Forster has tallied twice for St. John's and Harry Cooksley holds a 1-2-4 scoring line
Goalkeeper Andrew Withers has been one of the best in the nation this season, currently holding a 0.48 GAA and an .875 save percentage with three shutouts
Red Storm gaffer Dr. Dave Masur is in his 28^th season at the helm of the program

WHAT'S NEXT
Following Saturday's conference opener, The Hall makes its final jaunt out of BIG EAST play when it heads to Lehigh on Tuesday, Sept. 19.