Pirates Top Marquette to Remain Unbeaten in BIG EAST Play

Wednesday, October 12

Milwaukee, Wis.

8:05 PM

Seton Hall University

6-1-5, 3-0-3

Marquette

4-7-2, 0-3-2

Seton Hall

Marquette

Pirates Top Marquette to Remain Unbeaten in BIG EAST Play

10/12/2022 10:51:00 PM | Men's Soccer

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Milwaukee, Wis. – Seton Hall won its second straight match on Wednesday night, earning a 3-2 victory against Marquette to remain tied atop the BIG EAST standings. Quenzi Huerman (Vannes, France) scored from beyond midfield in the 74^th minute to put the Pirates ahead for good.

How it Happened
Marquette opened the scoring early, as Edrey Caceres fired one home from the top of the box in the eighth minute to give the Golden Eagles a 1-0 lead.

Later in the opening half, the Pirates would equalize. JP Marin (Briarwood, N.Y.) found Johannes Pex (Stephansposching, Germany) down the far touch line. Pex fed a cross into the box, which found the head of Mattias Almeida Sundell (Sweden), who headed one past Marquette goalkeeper Ludvig Malberg into the back of the net.

JP ➡️ Pexy ➡️ Mattias

Third goal of the year for No. 13 levels us at 1-1 in Milwaukee!#HALLin🔵⚪️ pic.twitter.com/sfitzXX5Yg
— Seton Hall Men's Soccer (@SHUMSOC) October 13, 2022

The Golden Eagles nearly took the lead back in the early stages of the second half, but a pair of strong plays in net prevented a goal. The first came from Luca Dahn (Kahl, Germany) who was in the right place at the right time as he used his head to deflect a shot from Caceres away from danger. Just over a minute later, Hannes Ronnholmen (Stockholm, Sweden) made a strong save on a point blank opportunity from Lukas Sunesson.

48' | LUCA!

The captain is in the right place at the right time as he heads this shot out of danger to keep us tied.#HALLin🔵⚪ pic.twitter.com/riVXoUr54y
— Seton Hall Men's Soccer (@SHUMSOC) October 13, 2022

49' | HANNES SAYS NO.

The reigning #BEfutbol Goalkeeper of the Week makes a sprawling save off a rocket of a shot from Lukas Sunesson.#HALLin🔵⚪ pic.twitter.com/AOx6bMjNxI
— Seton Hall Men's Soccer (@SHUMSOC) October 13, 2022

The Pirates' second goal would come soon after those two defensive plays. Pex played a cross into the box off a corner kick, and Paavo Riihijarvi (Oulu, Finland) got his head to it to score his first goal of the season.

𝙋𝘼𝘼𝙑𝙊 ‼️

The graduate student scores his first goal of the season off Pexy's second helper of the night to give the Pirates a 2-1 lead!#HALLin🔵⚪️ pic.twitter.com/TXCAwydBqy
— Seton Hall Men's Soccer (@SHUMSOC) October 13, 2022

Marquette would equalize in the 64^th minute, as Beto Soto fired one past Ronnholmen after a scramble near the top of the penalty area. Ten minutes later, magic would strike for the Pirates.

After forcing a turnover in his defensive half, Huerman looked up and saw Malberg off his line at the other end of the pitch. The junior struck one with his left foot from behind the midfield stripe, bouncing it on one hop into the back of the net for the game-winning goal in the 74^th minute.

𝙌𝙐𝙀𝙉𝙕𝙄 𝙁𝙍𝙊𝙈 𝙒𝘼𝙔𝙔𝙔𝙔 𝙊𝙐𝙏

WOW!

No. 10 takes advantage of Malberg being off his line and scores from beyond midfield to give us the lead!#HALLin🔵⚪ pic.twitter.com/HBZCoehM1x
— Seton Hall Men's Soccer (@SHUMSOC) October 13, 2022

News & Notes

The Pirates are unbeaten through their first six BIG EAST matches for the first time in program history.
Seton Hall extends its unbeaten streak to eight straight matches overall, with its lone loss of the season coming against Portland back on Sep. 5, a team which has since risen to No. 6 in the United Soccer Coaches poll.
Pex is the first Pirate to record multiple assists in a match since Denis Kelmendi did so on Oct. 27, 2021 at Butler.
With the win, the Pirates now lead the all-time series against Marquette, 8-7-3.
Sundell's goal was his third of the season and his second in as many games.

Up Next
The Pirates return home on Saturday to host Creighton at 3 p.m. as part of Seton Hall Weekend. The first 300 fans in attendance will receive a free Seton Hall soccer scarf.