2020 Men's Soccer Roster
Roster
Riihijarvi, Paavo

Jersey Number 20
Paavo Riihijarvi
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 210
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Oulu, Finland
- High School:
- Darlington School (Ga.)
Bio
**2021, 2022 BIG EAST ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM**
2021: Played in 11 matches starting four of them... Picked up four points (two goals) while logging 429 minutes on the pitch... Logged a season-high 68 minutes for The Hall in the win over Delaware (8/30)... Scored the insurance goal for the Pirates in their win at NC State (9/3)... Headed home a corner kick for the Pirates in their win over Army (9/14)... Had a hand in the Pirates' back-to-back shutouts of DePaul (10/13) and St. John's (10/16).
2020-21: Started all 16 matches in his first season as a Pirate... Logged 1165 minutes on the pitches picking up four points (2 goals) with six of his nine shots coming on net... Scored the lone goal just two minutes into the Pirates victory over St. John's (2/27)... Named the BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week (3/01) following his role in a pair of shutout victories over Fairleigh Dickinson and St. John's... Had the only tally in a 1-0 win over Villanova (3/10)... Helped patrol the Pirate midfield enroute to six shutouts as a team... Part of the 2020 BIG EAST Championship team.
2019 (at Coastal Carolina): Played in 19 matches, making 11 starts... Logged nearly 1,200 minutes on the field... Had one assist in a win over Georgia Southern on Nov. 9... Finished the season with 12 shots, three on goal... Had two shots at the College of Charleston on Nov. 23 and against Georgia State in the Sun Belt Championship on Nov. 17.
2018: (at Coast Carolina): Played in six matches, making four starts... Logged over 450 minutes on the field... had shots against USC Upstate on Oct. 6 and at Georgia State on Oct. 28.
High School / Personal: Originally from Finland... Played soccer at the Darlington Soccer Academy in Georgia... Member of the U18-19 Darlington Club Team.
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