The Hall Suffers 4-2 Setback At Marquette

Saturday, September 23

Milwaukee, Wisc.

8 p.m.

Seton Hall University

3-6-1, 0-2-0BE

Marquette

1-5-1, 1-1-0BE

Seton Hall

Marquette

9/23/2017 10:15:00 PM | Men's Soccer

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MILWAUKEE, Wis. – The Seton Hall men's soccer team (3-6-1, 0-2-0) dropped a 4-2 decision at Marquette (1-5-1, 1-1-0 BIG EAST) on Saturday night in a conference match at Valley Fields. The Hall got goals from both Andres Arcila (Cartagena, Colombia) and Nick Najera (Laguna Hills, Calif.) in the setback.

Marquette jumped out to a big early lead, scoring three times in the first half hour of action to take a 3-0 lead to the halftime break. The Hall controlled large swatches of the second half and got on the board via Najera in the 53^rd minute, but pressing forward led to another MU goal in the 80^th. Arcila's goal came four minutes later, but the Pirates would get no closer than two goals in the final moments.

Goals
14^th – MU – Grant Owens (3) header from top of box off Connor Alba cross
20^th – MU – Daniel Szczepanek (1) from 10 yards out off Brody Kraussel rebound
30^th – MU – Diego Nunez (1) from top of the box right corner
53^rd – SHU – Najera (1) header off Patrick Burd (Hillsborough, N.J.) cross following corner kick
80^th – MU – Szczepanek (2) long counter after corner kick, beat keeper 1v1
84^th – SHU – Arcila (5) kept ball alive on end line, put bad-angle shot past keeper far post

Inside The Numbers

The Pirates finished with a slight 18-16 edge in total shots, while shots on goal were level at 7-7
The Hall held a 14-6 advantage in shots during the second half
Both sides generated six corners, while SHU was called offside six times versus two for MU
Arcila led the way with four shots, including three on goal, while three other Pirates had three

News and Notes

The tally for Arcila was his team-high fifth of the year, giving him 12 over the last two seasons
The Pirates drop to 4-6-3 all-time against the Golden Eagles, a year after a 2-0 win over MU in South Orange
Najera's goal was his first since his SHU debut on Aug. 28, 2015 at the College of Charleston
The assist for Burd was the first of the senior's career and his first points since a goal in 2014 at Creighton
Elliot Munford (Auckland, New Zealand) made his first start in goal since Sept. 10 at Penn and recorded three saves

What's Next
The Pirates return home in a week, hosting Creighton on Saturday, Sept. 30. Kick-off is set for 1 p.m. on the Pirate Sports Network.