St. John's University Athletics
St. John's Hosts Rutgers In BIG EAST Quarterfinals
11/5/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
Nov. 5, 2009
QUEENS, N.Y. - After a first round bye, the St. John's men's soccer team (7-2-8) will host Rutgers (9-9-0) in the BIG EAST Tournament Quarterfinals. The Red Storm and Scarlet Knights will take to the field at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 7. Live stats will be available through GameTracker, while live video will be provided courtesy of StormTracker All-Access. The winner will move to the semifinals on Nov. 13 in Morgantown, W. Va.
Stat Of The Week
16-0-4: St. John's home unbeaten streak dating back to a 2-2 tie against Seton Hall on Nov. 7, 2007. The Red Storm has not been defeated at home since dropping a 2-0 decision to DePaul on Oct. 27, 2007.
Inside The Series With Rutgers
- This will be 22nd meeting in a series that began in 1994.
- St. John's leads a tightly-contested all-time series 9-5-7, including a 3-2-5 mark at home.
- St. John's defeated Rutgers, 2-0, earlier this year in a game at Belson Stadium on Oct. 7.
- The Red Storm is 5-1-4 in the past 10 games in the series dating back to 2001.
- St. John's is 1-2-2 against Rutgers in BIG EAST Tournament games. The win came in the 1998 semifinals en route to the Red Storm's fifth tournament championship.
Scouting The Scarlet Knights
- Rutgers is 9-9-0 on the season and finished the regular season with a 5-6-0 BIG EAST record.
- The Scarlet Knights are 4-2-0 in the past six games and are coming off a 2-0 win at West Virginia in the BIG EAST Tournament first round.
- Ibrahim Kamara leads the offense with seven goals, four game-winners, and two assists.
- Yannick Salmon has six goals and one assist, while Nate Bourdeau adds two goals and two assists.
- Alex Morgans is 3-5-0 with a 1.53 goals against average and two shutouts. Morgans is one of three keepers that has seen time in net this year.
All-Time In The BIG EAST Tournament
- This is St. John's 19th-straight appearances in the BIG EAST Tournament and 22nd overall. The Red Storm is 28-13-3 all-time in tournament play.
- St. John's has won seven BIG EAST Tournament titles (1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2001 and 2006) and has reached the title game 11 times.
Carrillo, Lade Earn BIG EAST Weekly Honors
- Derby Carrillo and Connor Lade each earned BIG EAST weekly honors for the final week of the regular season.
- Carrillo was named the Goalkeeper of the Week, while Lade earned Defensive Player of the Week accolades.
- Carrillo made four saves in posting consecutive shutouts against DePaul and Syracuse, his seventh and eighth shutouts of the year.
- Lade, meanwhile, scored his first-career goal in a 2-0 win against Syracuse and also helped a defensive unit that allowed just a total of four shots on goal on the weekend.
Gustafsson Named To Academic All-District Second Team
- Senior Joel Gustafsson has been named to the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District second team as presented by ESPN The Magazine.
- This is the second-straight year that Gustafsson has earned second team academic all-district honors.
- A philosophy major with a 3.40 grade point average, Gustafsson has appeared in all 17 games and has made 16 starts.
- The senior has one assist, setting up the game-winner against Rutgers, and has helped a defensive unit that has posted eight shutouts on the year.
Hines Tallies First-Career Game-Winner
- Sophomore forward Walter Hines tallied his first-career game-winning goal to lead St. John's to a 2-0 win against DePaul.
- With the goal, also his first of the season, Hines became the sixth-different player to tally a game-winner for St. John's this year.
NCAA Releases Second RPI Rankings
- The NCAA released its second Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) for the 2009 season and St. John's comes in at No. 27.
- Six BIG EAST squads appear in the top-50, including Connecticut (No. 30), USF (No. 34), and Notre Dame (No. 36).
- A key element in NCAA Tournament selection, RPI is a statistical measure used by the NCAA that combines winning percentage, strength of schedule and road victories to assess the overall quality of a team's performance.
