Pirates Suffer First Loss of Season at No. 10 Indiana

Monday, September 4

Bloomington, IN

8 PM

Seton Hall University

3-1-0, 0-0-0

Indiana

2-1-1, 0-0-0

Seton Hall

Indiana

Pirates Suffer First Loss of Season at No. 10 Indiana

9/4/2023 10:16:00 PM | Men's Soccer

Box Score

Bloomington, Ind. – Seton Hall men's soccer suffered its first loss of the season on Monday night, falling to No. 10 Indiana by a score of 1-0.

How it Happened
The Pirates were able to fend off a fierce Hoosier attack through the early going, with goalkeeper Mats Roorda (Groningen, Netherlands) being called upon to make two saves to keep things scoreless. The Pirates' best chance came off the head of Konstantin Donalies (Bremen, Germany), who headed a cross on the far side of the box but to no avail.

Early in the second half, Indiana threatened with Tommy Mihalic finding free space towards goal. Mihalic fired the shot from point blank range, but Roorda was up to the challenge by deflecting the ball away off his legs. Eventually, the Hoosiers would break through with a goal from Samuel Sarver in the 63^rd minute.

Seton Hall looked for an equalizer late in the match, but its best threat came in the final seconds of the match. After a free kick was awarded in the attacking third, James Boote (Southampton, England) swung in a cross that reached the head of Agustin Resch (Arata, Argentina). However, his shot was stopped by Indiana goalkeeper JT Harms as time expired.

News & Notes

The goal conceded by the Pirates ends their streak of 333 minutes without allowing a goal to open the season.
The three-match shutout streak to open the season matched the program record set back in the 2005 season.
Boote and Liam Guske (St. John's, Fla.) each logged the full 90 minutes.

Up Next
The Pirates conclude their road swing on Saturday as they travel to Cambridge, Mass. to take on Harvard at 5 p.m.