No. 4 St. John’s Falls to No. 7 Georgetown, 3-0

Wednesday, October 23

Queens, N.Y. (Belson Stadium)

7 p.m.

St. John's University

12-2-0, 5-1-0

No. 7 Georgetown

12-1-1, 5-0-1

Georgetown

St. John's

10/23/2019 10:12:00 PM | Men's Soccer

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Sell-out crowd of 2,305 watches game at Belson Stadium

By: Andrew O'Connell

QUEENS, N.Y. (Oct. 23, 2019) – Entering the game having allowed just five goals in 13 games on the season, No. 4 St. John's fell to No. 7 Georgetown, 3-0, in a battle of top 10 teams at Belson Stadium.

A sell-out crowd of 2,305 took in the game, the second largest crowd in Belson Stadium history. The only home match to draw more fans at Belson Stadium also featured St. John's and Georgetown, as 2,518 people filled the seats for a contest between the two teams on Sept. 18, 2009. Prior to Wednesday night, St. John's last drew more than 2,000 fans was on Sept. 16, 2011, for a scoreless draw with Indiana.

With the win, Georgetown (12-1-1, 5-0-1 BIG EAST) took possession of first place in the BIG EAST standings from the Red Storm (12-2-0, 5-1-0 BIG EAST). With three games left to play, the Hoyas lead the league standings with 16 points while St. John's sits one point behind at 15. Providence, Creighton and Marquette are part of a three-way tie for third place with nine points apiece. The Red Storm will close out the season at Providence on Nov. 6 and already owns head-to-head wins over the Bluejays and Golden Eagles.

The Red Storm and the Hoyas occupied the top two spots in the nation, respectively, in the RPI entering the contest.

The teams went back-and-forth early on, trading a pair of corners kicks in the opening minutes of action.

From there, the rest of the half was all Hoyas. Jacob Montes opened the scoring in the 23^rd minute, sending a free kick from just outside the 18-yard-box into the top-right corner of the cage beyond the outstretched hand of Jan Hoffelner. The goal snapped a scoreless streak of 472:15 for St. John's opponents dating back to Sept. 23 at Maryland.

Georgetown struck again less than a minute later, as Derek Dodson found Dylan Nealis with a crafty pass in the box before Nealis buried it to give the Hoyas a 2-0 lead near the midway mark of the opening half.

The Hoyas added their third and final goal just over six minutes into the second stanza. Luka Gavran stopped an Achara shot at close range, but the rebound found the foot of Dodson, who pushed it over the line to give Georgetown a three-goal lead.

The Red Storm will look to return to its winning ways on Saturday evening, traveling to the newly renovated Owen T. Carroll Field for a showdown with Seton Hall. Kick-off is scheduled for 6 p.m. on the BIG EAST Digital Network.