Pirates Prepare for Battle of SHUpremacy

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. - The Seton Hall men's soccer (1-1-2) open its final week before BIG EAST play by pLaying host to the Sacred Heart Pioneers (1-2-1) at Owen T. Carroll Field in the Battle for SHUpremacy. Match time is scheduled for 6:56 p.m. EST and will be broadcast on ESPN+.

LAST TIME OUT

The Pirates played host to a No. 21 ranked Penn Quakers squad last Friday in the Pirates' most important non-conference match of the season so far.
Despite both teams having explosive chances, both goalies and defenses stood on their heads for the vast majority of the game. The Pirates' were handed a penalty kick in the dying minutes that could have given them the lead, but a save from Penn's goalie quashed that chance and ended the match in a 0-0 draw.

SCOUTING SACRED HEART

Sacred Heart is 1-2-1 on the season after drawing FDU 1-1 last time out
- This season, the Pioneers were picked to finish sixth in the MAAC with 109 points and one first place vote.
Sacred Heart enters the match with two highly regarded attacking threats. Graduate student midfielder David Garcia Gallego, who was named MAAC Preseason Co-Player of the Year, already has two goals and one assist this season. Alongside him, senior forward Sam McCann was named to the Preseason All-MAAC Team.
Between the posts, Luca Marinelli has started three of the Pioneers four games. So far this season, Marinelli has a 1-1-1 record with a 1.33 GAA and seven saves.

SERIES HISTORY

This will be the 3^rd matchup all-time against the Sacred Heart, with the first match coming in 2017.
The Pirates hold a 2-0-0 record all-time against Penn, with the last matchup between the two teams occurring in 2018.
- That match ended in a 2-1 Pirates victory in Fairfield, Connecticut.

RESCH NAMED BIG EAST PRESEASON DPOY, ALL-BIG EAST IN BIG EAST PRESEASON POLL

After collecting All-BIG EAST Second Team honors last season in his first full season as a starter, senior Agustin Resch (Arata, Argentina) was named BIG EAST Preseason Defensive Player of the Year and was unanimously selected to the Preseason All-BIG EAST Team.
Last year, in 1450 minutes played, Resch served as a central part of a Pirates' defense that ranked top 30 nationally in both goals allowed average (1.000) and shutout percentage (.444), earning the then-junior an All-BIG EAST Second Team selection at season's end.
This was the first Preseason All-BIG EAST selection for the Pirates since CJ Tibbling and Luca Dahn in 2021, as well as the first Preseason Defensive Player of the Year since Dahn that same season.

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