Seton Hall University
9-1-3, 5-1-2
Georgetown
8-1-2, 7-0-2
ONWARD AND UPWARD! Pirates are BIG EAST CHAMPIONS!
4/17/2021 5:10:00 PM | Men's Soccer
The Pirates, led by third-year head coach Andreas Lindberg, have earned an automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament and will learn its first-round opponent Monday during the NCAA selection show at noon on NCAA.com. This will be Seton Hall's first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2005.
Freshman Mattias Almeida Sundell (Sweden) was named the BIG EAST Championship Most Outstanding Offensive Player, and junior Maurice Williams (West Orange, N.J.) was named BIG EAST Championship Most Outstanding Defensive Player. Joining them on the All-Tournament team were Tibbling and senior goalkeeper Andreas Nota (Rome, Italy).
Turning Point
Seton Hall scored first despite Georgetown controlling most of the play of the first half, and the two teams were level going into halftime.
The match turned in Seton Hall's favor in the 63rd minute. A Georgetown throw-in towards the Hoyas offensive third was popped high in the sky by junior Luca Dahn (Kahl, Germany), headed by senior Camil Koreichi (Paris, France) at midfield and then settled onto the pitch Sundell, who dribbled forward and looked to feed Tibbling. The ball caromed off a Hoyas defender, and Tibbling capitalized, striking the ball with his right foot from about 15 yards out and beating Georgetown's keeper to his left near post. That gave the Pirates the 2-1 advantage.
Less than five minutes later, Seton Hall was called for a foul in the box, resulting in a penalty kick. Georgetown star Danta Polvara went to take it, and his attempt was saved point blank by Nota, who lunged to his left to make the stop. The rebound caromed away, and Georgetown had another crack at it, but the Pirates' back line came up with a block while Nota was scrambling to get back into position.
Though Georgetown threatened in the final 20, but the Pirates prevailed to secure the title victory.
𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐈𝐍 𝟑𝟎 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐒...
— Seton Hall Men's Soccer (@SHUMSOC) April 17, 2021
𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐒𝐞𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐏𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 #𝐁𝐄𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐛𝐨𝐥 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬!#HALLin 🔵⚪️ pic.twitter.com/iSbbI1Yjv9
Goals
16' - Koreichi (1) from Tibbling & Marin - Thru ball gives Koreichi a 1v1 opportunity with the keeper, slips it past far post
34' - Riviere (1) from Rothrock & Tabora Ponce
63' - Tibbling (6) from Sundell - Sundell settles ball at the midfield, dribbles towards box, hits Tibbling with a thru ball, Tibbling buries right-footed kick past keeper's left low near post
16' | 𝐏𝐈𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐊𝐄 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓!
— Seton Hall Men's Soccer (@SHUMSOC) April 17, 2021
Camil Koreichi gets the Pirates on the board early in the Championship Final!
Credit assists to Tibbling and Marin!#HALLin 🔵⚪️ | #BEfutbol pic.twitter.com/ARPdG9Hjfp
63' | 𝐂𝐉 𝐏𝐔𝐓𝐒 𝐔𝐒 𝐀𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐃!
— Seton Hall Men's Soccer (@SHUMSOC) April 17, 2021
Tibbling's sixth goal of the season puts the Pirates up 2-1 in the second half of the #BEfutbol Final! Make it another assist for Almeida Sundell!#HALLin 🔵⚪️ | #BEfutbol pic.twitter.com/VeLz62iSlv
68' | 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐀 𝐒𝐀𝐕𝐄!
— Seton Hall Men's Soccer (@SHUMSOC) April 17, 2021
Nota with a beautiful PK stop and the Pirates' defense holds the lead!#HALLin 🔵⚪ pic.twitter.com/klYmw6nwkY
Inside the Numbers
- Georgetown had the shots advantage, 17-9, and the shots on goal advantage, 4-3.
- Koreichi's goal was his first of the season and first Oct. 29, 2019 vs. Army West Point.
- Tibbling's goal was his sixth of the season and second of the BIG EAST Tournament. He leads the Pirates with six goals and 14 points this season.
- Nota made three saves, none bigger than the penalty kick stop in the 68th minute.
- The Pirates had six play all 90 minutes of the match.
News & Notes
- This is Seton Hall's first BIG EAST Tournament championship since November 1991 and the fifth in program history. The Pirates also won three in a row from 1986-88.
- Seton Hall's record on the season is now 9-1-3, and Georgetown, suffering its first loss of the season, falls to 8-1-2. This was the Hoyas' first loss to a BIG EAST opponent since Oct. 27, 2018.
- This was just the second win over the No. 2 team in the country in Seton Hall's program history, the last coming on Dec. 1, 2001 at Virginia, which came in the NCAA Tournament second round. Overall, this is Seton Hall's third win of the season over a nationally ranked foe.
- This was Seton Hall's first BIG EAST Tournament final since 2004 and 11th all-time appearance.
- This was Seton Hall's first win over Georgetown in any match since Oct. 18, 2014, first win on Georgetown's home field since Sept. 27, 2006 and first win over the Hoyas in a BIG EAST Tournament match since Nov. 11, 2004 in the semifinals.
𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊 𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐎𝐏🏆🏴☠️#HALLin 🔵⚪️ pic.twitter.com/W1SYTR8Lop
— Seton Hall Men's Soccer (@SHUMSOC) April 17, 2021
Up Next
BIG EAST champion Seton Hall will hear its name called on the NCAA Men's Soccer Tournament selection show, which airs Monday at noon on NCAA.com. The first round takes place on Thursday, April 29 with the entire tournament taking place in North Carolina.
2020 BIG EAST Men's Soccer Championship All-Tournament Team
Charles Auguste, Creighton
Callum Watson, Creighton
Beto Soto, Marquette
Alex Mirsberger, Marquette
Giannis Nikopolidis, Georgetown
Paul Rothrock, Georgetown
Sean Zawadzki, Georgetown
Maurice Williams, Seton Hall
CJ Tibbling, Seton Hall
Andreas Nota, Seton Hall
Mattias Sundell, Seton Hall
Most Outstanding Defensive Player: Maurice Williams, Seton Hall, Jr., D
Most Outstanding Offensive Player: Mattias Sundell, Seton Hall, Fr., M
Team Stats
Camil Koreichi (1)
Assisted By: CJ Tibbling , JP Marin
GOAL by SHU Koreichi, Camil Assist by Tibbling, CJ and Marin, JP.
15:54
Zach Riviere (1)
Assisted By: Paul Rothrock , Marlon Tabora Ponce
GOAL by GEO Riviere, Zach Assist by Rothrock, Paul and Tabora Ponce, Marlon.
33:20
CJ Tibbling (6)
Assisted By: Mattias Sundell
GOAL by SHU Tibbling, CJ Assist by Sundell, Mattias.
62:41
