No. 22 Pirates Come Back at St. John's for Thrilling Overtime Win, 3-2

Wednesday, March 17

Queens, N.Y. / Belson Stadium

6 P.M.

Seton Hall University

6-1-2, 4-1-1

St. John's

4-4-0, 2-4-0

Seton Hall

St. John's (NY)

No. 22 Pirates Come Back at St. John's for Thrilling Overtime Win, 3-2

3/17/2021 9:27:00 PM | Men's Soccer

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Queens, N.Y. - The Seton Hall men's soccer team picked up a dramatic victory at Belson Stadium, 3-2, in overtime on Wednesday. The win on the road at St. John's is the first for the Pirates since 2014.

The Pirates earned their third straight BIG EAST victory and remain tied atop the East Division standings with #3 Georgetown at 13 points apiece. The win also puts the Pirates two games ahead of Providence and St. John's in the win column.

After a scoreless first, the Red Storm struck quickly in the second half scoring twice in the first eight minutes of play. Wesley Leggett was able to score off of a rebound from the post before Jared Juleau found the back of the net a few minutes later to double the Red Storm lead at home.

Turning Point
With the Pirates down two goals to nil, JP Marin (Briarwood, N.Y.) sparked the Pirate offense, drawing a foul in the box and converting the subsequent penalty kick to half the Johnnies' lead. The goal for Marin was his second in as many games after the junior came away with the game-winning goal against then-number 13 Providence on Saturday.

With new life, The Hall upped their second half attack until they finally broke through in the 73^rd minute of play. After receiving an entry pass from Mattias Almeida Sundell (Sweden) into the box, CJ Tibbling (Jarna, Sweden) volleyed the ball to himself as he was able to bend the game-tying goal past the Red Storm keeper and into the upper corner of the net.

𝙒𝙃𝘼𝙏 𝘼𝙉 𝙀𝙌𝙐𝘼𝙇𝙄𝙕𝙀𝙍!

Tibbling with the control on the volley and a beautiful shot to beat the Red Storm keeper!#HALLin 🔵⚪️ pic.twitter.com/RHmRcaaszQ
— Seton Hall Men's Soccer (@SHUMSOC) March 17, 2021

The goal was Tibbling's team-leading fourth of the season. The Tibbling goal along with some timely goal keeping from Andreas Nota (Rome, Italy) down the stretch was enough to help The HALL erase the two goal second half deficit and send things into overtime.

Just three minutes into the overtime period, Marin passed to Denis Kelmendi (Falkenberg, Sweden) along the sidelines who found Raz Amir (Israel) in the center of the box. Amir fought off the Red Storm defender and scored the game-winning goal for the Pirates.

Another look at the 𝙂𝘼𝙈𝙀-𝙒𝙄𝙉𝙉𝙀𝙍 for the Pirates!

Raz Amir picks a great time for his first tally in a Pirate uniform!#HALLin 🔵⚪️ pic.twitter.com/65CH9CL0l5
— Seton Hall Men's Soccer (@SHUMSOC) March 18, 2021

Amir's shot on net was the lone shot taken in the extra period. The assist for Kelmendi was his first of the season and second of his career.

Goals
50' – Leggett (3) from Oluwaseyi
53' – Juleau (2) from Lye
56' – Marin PK (2)
73' – Tibbling (4) from Almeida Sundell
93' – Amir (1) from Kelmendi and Marin

Inside the Numbers.

The assist for Almeida Sundell was his first point as a Pirate.
The goal for Marin was the Pirates' first successfully converted PK of the season.
Marin's assist on Amir's goal was his third point of the game, fifth in two games and eight overall.
The Red Storm outshot The Hall 20-14, but the Pirates registered eight shots on net to the Red Storm's six.
Nota picked up four saves in his fifth victory of the season
Kelmendi, Johannes Pex, James Boote, Maurice Williams and Luca Dahn all played the full 93 minutes needed for the Pirates.
In total there were 39 fouls called.

News & Notes

Seton Hall moves to 6-1-2 on the season and 4-1-1 in the BIG EAST.
It is the first win at St. John's for the Pirates since 2014.
It is the first time The Pirates have scored at least three goals in a win at St. John's since 1988 when they took down the Red Storm 4-0.
The Pirates are currently riding a two-game win streak and three game unbeaten streak against St. John's, the longest of either such streak since Seton Hall won seven straight against St. John's from 1986-1991.
Seton Hall is off to its best start in BIG EAST play since they won five of their first six in 2006. The four wins in conference are also The Hall's highest total since 2006.

Up Next
The Pirates will return home to host #3 Georgetown in an enormous BIG EAST showdown on Saturday. The match will be streamed live by the Pirate Sports Network. Kickoff is set for 3 p.m.