Pirates Welcome No. 25 Creighton On Saturday

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – After two weeks away, the Seton Hall men's soccer team (3-6-1, 0-2-0 BIG EAST) returns home to Owen T. Carroll Field on Saturday afternoon for a BIG EAST match-up with No. 25 Creighton (6-3-0, 1-1-0). The contest will kick off at 1 p.m. and air on the Pirate Sports Network.

The Pirates are coming off a tough setback at Marquette last weekend, dropping a 4-2 decision despite goals from Andres Arcila (Cartagena, Colombia) and Nick Najera (Laguna Hills, Calif.). The Bluejays most recently picked up a 1-0 win at Nebraska Omaha in midweek action on Tuesday.

ABOUT THE MATCH-UP

The Pirates are 1-3-0 all-time against the Bluejays, with each meeting coming since 2013
The Hall won their first meeting against Creighton, a 3-2 victory in 2013
The Bluejays have been ranked in each of the four meetings
In Creighton's last visit to South Orange, the Pirates took a 2-1 lead on the No. 1 Bluejays late in the second half but eventually fell by a score of 4-2 in 2015
Last season, Arcila notched an early goal in a 4-1 setback to No. 14 Creighton in Omaha
The Pirates have scored at least one goal in all four meetings with CU, the only BIG EAST team to do so since the Bluejays joined the league

QUICK KICKS

Arcila leads The Hall and ranks among the BIG EAST leaders with five goals, three assists and 13 points on the season
Behind Arcila, Spencer Burkhardt (Palmyra, Pa.), Marco Neves (Tracy, Calif.) and Gabriel Viola (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) have all scored twice
Viola checks in at second on the club with a 2g-2a-6p scoring line in his first year as a Pirate
Despite an 0-2 record in BIG EAST play, the Pirates have out-shot league foes by a 28-24 margin

SCOUTING CREIGHTON

The Bluejays enter Saturday's contest riding a three-match winning streak, picking up victories over Tulas, Villanova and Nebraska-Omaha in that stretch
Creighton was slotted at No. 25 in the latest United Soccer Coaches national poll
Ricky Lopez-Espin leads CU with five goals and 12 points on the year
Luke Haakenson has added three tallies, while Joel Rydstrand and Lucas Stauffer both have three assists
In goal, Michael Kluver has started all nine matches and holds a 0.98 GAA and .763 save percentage along with four shutouts

WHAT'S AHEAD
Following Saturday's match, the Pirates continue BIG EAST play with an Oct. 7 home match against DePaul.