Pirates Head to Providence to Face Friars on Saturday

South Orange, N.J. – Seton Hall men's soccer continues conference play on Saturday night against Providence at 7 p.m.

LAST TIME OUT
The Pirates used a late flurry to draw No. 24 Xavier, 2-2, in Cincinnati. With the Pirates down by two in the 84^th minute, Andrea Borg (Sliema, Malta) dribbled pas the Musketeer defense to score his second goal of the season. Later in the 90^th minute, Borg was taken down inside the penalty box, giving Seton Hall a prime opportunity to tie things up. Johannes Pex (Stephansposching, Germany) stepped up and buried the PK to level the match at 2-2.

SCOUTING PROVIDENCE (2-2-3, 0-0-1)

The Friars were the preseason pick to win the BIG EAST, garnering four first place votes.
Providence has a pair of wins so far this season, including a 1-0 victory over New Hampshire, who was ranked No. 9 in the United Soccer Coaches preseason rankings.
The Friars opened BIG EAST play last Saturday at Villanova in a match that ended in a 1-1 draw.
Providence leads the all-time series 18-13-6 and have won eight of the last nine. The Pirates are seeking their first win at Providence since 2001.

NEWS & NOTES

Seton Hall scored twice within the last 10 minutes of regulation for the first time since Oct. 1, 2005, when the Pirates scored in the 81^st and 86^th minutes in a 7-1 win over Pittsburgh.
Pex's penalty kick goal was the latest goal scored by the Pirates since Ian Albuquerque scored at 89:50 of a match against Marquette on Sep. 24, 2021.
The goal was also the latest game-tying goal scored by the Pirates since Spencer Burkhardt netted an equalizer at 89:58 in an eventual Pirate overtime win at Princeton on Sep. 7, 2017.
This is the first time since 2016 that the Pirates have played each of their first two BIG EAST contests away from home.
The Pirates have scored a goal in each of their first seven matches of a season for the first time since 2005. The last time the Pirates scored in eight straight to begin a season was in 1999, when they scored in their first 11 matches.
Seton Hall has won its last five matches, and 14 of its last 15, when scoring the first goal.
The Pirates' first three wins of the season have all been shutouts, the second time in three seasons that has occurred. Seton Hall has only had its first four wins of a season all be shutouts twice (2020 and 2014).
The win over Oregon State was the Pirates' first over a top-10 team in the United Soccer Coaches rankings since beating No. 2 Georgetown to win the BIG EAST title on Apr. 17, 2021. The win also marked the first time Seton Hall has defeated a top-10 non-conference foe since winning at No. 3 Virginia in the 2001 NCAA Tournament.
The Pirates conceded just one goal through its first three matches of the season, the program's best defensive start to a season since 2005.