No. 10 Pirates Draw Temple, 0-0, on Opening Day

Thursday, August 26

South Orange, N.J.

6:56 PM

Seton Hall University

0-0-1, 0-0-0

Temple

0-0-1, 0-0-0

Temple

Seton Hall

8/26/2021 10:58:00 PM | Men's Soccer

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South Orange, N.J. – The No.10-ranked Pirates drew the Temple Owls, 0-0, on Thursday night to open the 2021 season at Owen T. Carroll Field. The Pirates had two goals called off due to offsides in the scoreless bout. The Hall moves to 0-0-1 on the young season.

Turning Point
In the 97^th minute, the Pirates kept the pressure on the Owl defense before Jordan Jowers (Middlesbrough, England) was able to draw a penalty in the Temple box. The Saint Peter's transfer's attempt was saved by the Owl goalkeeper Eoin Gawronski to keep the game alive. The teams would trade opportunities in the remaining overtime period, highlighted by a JP Marin (Briarwood, N.Y.) rocket of a shot that dinged the crossbar with two seconds remaining.

Inside the Numbers

Seton Hall had the better of the opportunities with 17 shots to Temple's 11. The Pirates also held an advantage in corners, 7-2, and shots on net, 6-2.
Jowers and Andrea Borg (Sliema, Malta) led the Pirates with two shots on net, apiece.
Andreas Nota (Rome, Italy) picked up his 11^th career shutout while picking up two saves in the process.
Johannes Pex (Stephansposching, Germany), Denis Kelmendi (Falkenberg, Sweden), Maurice Williams (West Orange, N.J.) and Luca Dahn (Kahl, Germany) played the full 110 minutes for the Pirates.

News & Notes

With the draw the Pirates remain unbeaten at home in the prior 660 days.
The Hall now moves to 2-1-1 all-time against Temple.
The Pirates are now 2-0-2 in season openers under Head Coach Andreas Lindberg.

Up Next
No. 10 Seton Hall will remain at home when they take on Delaware on Monday. Kickoff for that game is slated for 6:56 pm and will be streamed on the PSN on FloSports.