St. John's University Athletics
Wednesday, March 17
Queens, N.Y. (Belson Stadium)
6 p.m.
St. John's University
vs
No. 22 Seton Hall
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Red Storm will play its third straight ranked foe on at 6 p.m. on ESPN3
After splitting a two-game road swing against a pair of ranked foes, the St. John's men's soccer team will return to Belson Stadium for another ranked game on Wednesday night when it hosts No. 22 Seton Hall. Kick-off is set for 6 p.m. on ESPN3 with John Fanta on the call.
This past week, the Red Storm went 1-1 in a two-game stretch of road contests against opponents ranked in the top 13 of the United Soccer Coaches poll. The Johnnies downed No. 13 Providence, 2-0, on Wednesday afternoon in Rhode Island before falling to No. 3 Georgetown, 1-0, on Saturday in the nation's capital.
In that Wednesday win over the Friars, the Johnnies scored twice in the final 30 minutes, as Tani Oluwaseyi netted the game-winner in the 63rd minute off an assist from Drew Rosen before assisting on a Wesley Leggett insurance goal in the 90th minute. Oluwaseyi, who missed the Villanova loss with a lower body injury, came off the bench in the 58th minute of Wednesday's victory. For his efforts, the reigning BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Year was rewarded with a spot on the conference's weekly honor roll for the third time in four opportunities this spring. The junior forward from Mississauga, Ont., ranks second in the league with five goals, four of which have been game-winners, and leads the BIG EAST with a 2.00 point-per-game average.
The Red Storm enters its midweek contest against Seton Hall with an overall record of 4-3-0, including a 2-3-0 mark in BIG EAST play. All three of the Johnnies' conference falters have been by the score of 1-0, including an Feb. 27 loss in South Orange in the first meeting between these two teams. Seton Hall is currently tied with Georgetown (3-0-1, 10 pts) for the top spot in the conference's East Division. Providence (2-2-1, 7 pts) is in third, one point clear of St. John's in (2-3-0, 6 pts) in fourth. Only the top two teams from each division will qualify for the BIG EAST Men's Soccer Championship, which is set to begin on April 14 at campus sites.
Three of the Red Storm's four wins this year have come via the shutout. Luka Gavran and Jan Hoffelner have split time in net every game so far this season. In each of the team's first five games, Hoffelner started things off before Gavran took over at halftime. Last week, the Johnnies flipped the script, giving Gavran the start and bringing in Hoffelner, the reigning BIG EAST Co-Goalkeeper of the Year, at the intermission. As a team, the Johnnies rank fourth in the BIG EAST and 39th nationally with a 0.71 goals against average, one spot behind Seton Hall in both the conference and national rankings at 0.70.
Seton Hall, ranked 22nd according to United Soccer Coaches and 18th in the latest TopDrawerSoccer and College Soccer News polls, comes to Queens with just one loss on its record this season, a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Georgetown in D.C. The Pirates are the only team to score a goal against the Hoyas this season.
In their most recent outing, the Pirates handed then-No. 13 Providence its second consecutive loss, rallying from an early one-goal deficit to remain unbeaten in their last three.
Four Pirates have found the back of the net multiple times this year, led by junior forward CJ Tibbling with three goals and an assist. Luca Dahn, who scored the equalizer against Providence, has two goals and an assist, as does Johannes Pex. Paavo Riihjarvi, who scored the lone goal in the last meeting between these two teams, also has a pair of tallies on the season.
Goalkeeper Andreas Nota has started six of his seven appearances on the year, including each of the team's five BIG EAST matches. The senior from Rome, Italy, has four solos shutouts and combined for another.
St. John's has faced off against Seton Hall more times than any other opponent in program history, as the Johnnies are 25-13-4 against the Pirates dating back to the first season of varsity soccer at St. John's in 1979.
Before falling to the Pirates, 1-0, on Feb. 27, the Red Storm had been unbeaten in its last five, including four wins, against Seton Hall. Dating back to 2007, St. John's is 7-2-3 against its longtime BIG EAST rival.
The Johnnies' current two-game winless streak against Seton Hall is its first since 1991, when the Pirates defeated St. John's once in the regular season and once in the BIG EAST Tournament during Dr. Dave Masur's first year at the helm of the program. The following season, the Red Storm would go on to win the first of its nine BIG EAST Tournament titles under Masur's guidance.
This past week, the Red Storm went 1-1 in a two-game stretch of road contests against opponents ranked in the top 13 of the United Soccer Coaches poll. The Johnnies downed No. 13 Providence, 2-0, on Wednesday afternoon in Rhode Island before falling to No. 3 Georgetown, 1-0, on Saturday in the nation's capital.
In that Wednesday win over the Friars, the Johnnies scored twice in the final 30 minutes, as Tani Oluwaseyi netted the game-winner in the 63rd minute off an assist from Drew Rosen before assisting on a Wesley Leggett insurance goal in the 90th minute. Oluwaseyi, who missed the Villanova loss with a lower body injury, came off the bench in the 58th minute of Wednesday's victory. For his efforts, the reigning BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Year was rewarded with a spot on the conference's weekly honor roll for the third time in four opportunities this spring. The junior forward from Mississauga, Ont., ranks second in the league with five goals, four of which have been game-winners, and leads the BIG EAST with a 2.00 point-per-game average.
The Red Storm enters its midweek contest against Seton Hall with an overall record of 4-3-0, including a 2-3-0 mark in BIG EAST play. All three of the Johnnies' conference falters have been by the score of 1-0, including an Feb. 27 loss in South Orange in the first meeting between these two teams. Seton Hall is currently tied with Georgetown (3-0-1, 10 pts) for the top spot in the conference's East Division. Providence (2-2-1, 7 pts) is in third, one point clear of St. John's in (2-3-0, 6 pts) in fourth. Only the top two teams from each division will qualify for the BIG EAST Men's Soccer Championship, which is set to begin on April 14 at campus sites.
Three of the Red Storm's four wins this year have come via the shutout. Luka Gavran and Jan Hoffelner have split time in net every game so far this season. In each of the team's first five games, Hoffelner started things off before Gavran took over at halftime. Last week, the Johnnies flipped the script, giving Gavran the start and bringing in Hoffelner, the reigning BIG EAST Co-Goalkeeper of the Year, at the intermission. As a team, the Johnnies rank fourth in the BIG EAST and 39th nationally with a 0.71 goals against average, one spot behind Seton Hall in both the conference and national rankings at 0.70.
Seton Hall, ranked 22nd according to United Soccer Coaches and 18th in the latest TopDrawerSoccer and College Soccer News polls, comes to Queens with just one loss on its record this season, a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Georgetown in D.C. The Pirates are the only team to score a goal against the Hoyas this season.
In their most recent outing, the Pirates handed then-No. 13 Providence its second consecutive loss, rallying from an early one-goal deficit to remain unbeaten in their last three.
Four Pirates have found the back of the net multiple times this year, led by junior forward CJ Tibbling with three goals and an assist. Luca Dahn, who scored the equalizer against Providence, has two goals and an assist, as does Johannes Pex. Paavo Riihjarvi, who scored the lone goal in the last meeting between these two teams, also has a pair of tallies on the season.
Goalkeeper Andreas Nota has started six of his seven appearances on the year, including each of the team's five BIG EAST matches. The senior from Rome, Italy, has four solos shutouts and combined for another.
St. John's has faced off against Seton Hall more times than any other opponent in program history, as the Johnnies are 25-13-4 against the Pirates dating back to the first season of varsity soccer at St. John's in 1979.
Before falling to the Pirates, 1-0, on Feb. 27, the Red Storm had been unbeaten in its last five, including four wins, against Seton Hall. Dating back to 2007, St. John's is 7-2-3 against its longtime BIG EAST rival.
The Johnnies' current two-game winless streak against Seton Hall is its first since 1991, when the Pirates defeated St. John's once in the regular season and once in the BIG EAST Tournament during Dr. Dave Masur's first year at the helm of the program. The following season, the Red Storm would go on to win the first of its nine BIG EAST Tournament titles under Masur's guidance.
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