No. 22 Pirates Travel to Queens, N.Y. for Rematch with Red Storm

South Orange, N.J. – The Seton Hall men's soccer team will travel to Queen's, N.Y. for a rematch with BIG EAST foe St. John's on Wednesday. The Pirates will look to build upon an unbeaten week at home with wins over Villanova and then-number 13 Providence on Saturday.

LAST TIME OUT
The Pirates picked up their first win against a ranked opponent since 2017 with a 2-1 victory over Providence. The Hall surrendered the first goal of the match for the first time all season but quickly rebounded with an equalizer from Luca Dahn (Kahl, Germany) a minute later. For his efforts, Dahn was awarded BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week honors and earned a spot on College Soccer News' National Team of the Week.

JP Marin (Briarwood, N.Y.) picked up the game-winning goal for the Pirates, his first goal of the season, and The Hall improved to 5-1-2 on the season and a perfect 5-0-0 at home. The Pirates also moved into a tie with Georgetown atop the East division with 10 points.

SCOUTING – St. John's (4-3-0, 2-3-0)

The Red Storm is coming off a 1-1 week against two ranked opponents. First, the Johnnies took down then-number 13 Providence, 2-1 before falling at #3 Georgetown, 1-0.
Last season's BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Year, Tani Oluwaseyi, picked up a goal and an assist in the win over Providence to add to his conference-leading 2.00 point per game average.
The Pirates picked up the victory the first time against St. John's this season, 1-0 at home. This moved the Pirates' unbeaten streak against St. John's to two, the longest since 1991.

NEWS & NOTES

The Pirates finds themselves at the #22 spot in the United Soccer Coaches Poll and #18 and #19 in polls from College Soccer News and Top Drawer Soccer, respectively. This is the first time the Pirates have been ranked nationally since 2006.
The 5-0 open at home is the best start at Owen T. Carroll Field for the Pirates since 1999 when they started 7-0.
The Hall leads the BIG EAST in shutouts with five clean sheets on the campaign.
Senior goalkeeper Andreas Nota (Rome, Italy) has been fantastic for the Pirates between the pipes this season. Nota has had a hand in all five Pirate shutouts this season with three of them coming in BIG EAST play, good enough for tops in the` conference. Nota's Goals Allowed Average sits at 0.44 with only three goals allowed in over 600 minutes played this season. With 17 saves to his credit, Nota has been a two-time selection of the conference's Honor Roll this season.
Seton Hall is currently outscoring its opponents 9-2 in the first half this season. Only once has The Hall not been the first team to score (3/13 vs. Providence). In total on the year, Seton Hall has only trailed a collective 12:25 of game time.

WATCH
The game will be broadcast live on ESPN3 with John Fanta on the mic. Live stats can be found here.

WHAT'S AHEAD
The Pirates will return home for a critical BIG EAST matchup with #3 Georgetown at Owen T. Carroll Field. Kickoff is set for 3 p.m.