St. John's University Athletics
Saturday, October 19
Providence, R.I. (Chapey Field at Anderson Stadium)
12 p.m.
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St. John’s to Open Second Half of BIG EAST Play at RV Providence
10/18/2024 10:20:00 AM | Men's Soccer
The Johnnies are looking for first road win at Friars since March 20, 2021
QUEENS, N.Y. (Oct. 18, 2024) – Fresh off a three-goal victory over DePaul, the St. John's men's soccer team will look to build off its recent success when it visits divisional rivals RV Providence to open the second half of BIG EAST play on Saturday.
Kick-off from Chapey Field is slated for 12 p.m. Saturday's match will be streamed on BIG EAST Digital Network, powered by FloFC, and live stats will be available on RedStormSports.com.
The Johnnies (5-5-3, 3-1-0 BIG EAST) produced a campaign-high 14 points and 25 shots as a team downed the Blue Demons, 4-1, on Oct. 12. The four-goal outing also marked the most in a BIG EAST contest since stifling Marquette, 4-0, on Oct. 23, 2021.
Tyler Morck and Julian Jakopovic secured BIG EAST weekly honors for producing a three-point showing for the Red Storm in the win. Morck earned BIG EAST Freshman of the Week honors after scoring the eventual game-winner in the 13th minute. The Bethpage, N.Y., native also dished the secondary assist to BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll selection Jakopovic, who scored his first goal with the Red Storm 1:16 earlier. The redshirt freshman is also tied for fifth in conference play with five points and is one of 11 BIG EAST players to tally two or more goals in league action this season.
St. John's is ranked second in the BIG EAST and top 30 in the nation with 15.2 shots (18th) and 6.2 attempts on frame (29th) per contest. The team's 21 assists also sit 48th in Division I
Through four league games, the Red Storm paces the conference with 19.5 shots, 7.0 points and 3.0 assists per contest. The Johnnies are also ranked second with eight total goals and 7.0 corners per game.
Saturday's matchup will mark the 39th all-time meeting between the two programs with the Johnnies leading the series with a 21-11-6 overall record. St. John's and Providence have battled to draws in their last two matchups, including a 1-1 draw in its most recent appearance at Chapey Field in 2022. Wesley Leggett provided the equalizer in the 72nd minute after a give-and-go feed between Nigel Griffith and Antek Sienkiel ended up at his feet before booting it into the back of the net. The Johnnies are also 9-5-5 on the road against the Friars.
The Red Storm will be in search of its first road win over the Friars since capturing a 2-0 clean sheet victory on March 20, 2021, behind strikes from Leggett and Tani Oluwaseyi. Furthermore, the Johnnies will try for their first fall victory at Providence since Oct. 20, 2004, seeing St. John's utilize a four-point (1G, 2A) effort from Matt Groenwald in a 3-1 triumph.
The Friars (7-4-2, 2-1-1 BIG EAST) picked up its first win of October with a 1-0 victory in a rain-shortened match at Marquette. Aidan Davock headed home the team's lone goal in the 47th minute.
Goalkeeper Lukas Burns registered his fourth clean sheet of the season in last week's triumph over the Golden Eagles. The graduate student ranks 30th in the nation with four blankings. Bruno Rosa paces the team and ranks sixth in the BIG EAST with 12 points, logging four goals and four assists through 13 games.
Providence, who is currently receiving two votes in the United Soccer Coaches Top 25 Poll, has averaged 5.8 corners per game, good for 34th in the nation.
St. John's will remain on the road to take on Seton Hall in another BIG EAST showdown. The conference matchup is slated for 7 p.m. at Owen T. Carroll Field.
Kick-off from Chapey Field is slated for 12 p.m. Saturday's match will be streamed on BIG EAST Digital Network, powered by FloFC, and live stats will be available on RedStormSports.com.
The Johnnies (5-5-3, 3-1-0 BIG EAST) produced a campaign-high 14 points and 25 shots as a team downed the Blue Demons, 4-1, on Oct. 12. The four-goal outing also marked the most in a BIG EAST contest since stifling Marquette, 4-0, on Oct. 23, 2021.
Tyler Morck and Julian Jakopovic secured BIG EAST weekly honors for producing a three-point showing for the Red Storm in the win. Morck earned BIG EAST Freshman of the Week honors after scoring the eventual game-winner in the 13th minute. The Bethpage, N.Y., native also dished the secondary assist to BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll selection Jakopovic, who scored his first goal with the Red Storm 1:16 earlier. The redshirt freshman is also tied for fifth in conference play with five points and is one of 11 BIG EAST players to tally two or more goals in league action this season.
St. John's is ranked second in the BIG EAST and top 30 in the nation with 15.2 shots (18th) and 6.2 attempts on frame (29th) per contest. The team's 21 assists also sit 48th in Division I
Through four league games, the Red Storm paces the conference with 19.5 shots, 7.0 points and 3.0 assists per contest. The Johnnies are also ranked second with eight total goals and 7.0 corners per game.
Saturday's matchup will mark the 39th all-time meeting between the two programs with the Johnnies leading the series with a 21-11-6 overall record. St. John's and Providence have battled to draws in their last two matchups, including a 1-1 draw in its most recent appearance at Chapey Field in 2022. Wesley Leggett provided the equalizer in the 72nd minute after a give-and-go feed between Nigel Griffith and Antek Sienkiel ended up at his feet before booting it into the back of the net. The Johnnies are also 9-5-5 on the road against the Friars.
The Red Storm will be in search of its first road win over the Friars since capturing a 2-0 clean sheet victory on March 20, 2021, behind strikes from Leggett and Tani Oluwaseyi. Furthermore, the Johnnies will try for their first fall victory at Providence since Oct. 20, 2004, seeing St. John's utilize a four-point (1G, 2A) effort from Matt Groenwald in a 3-1 triumph.
The Friars (7-4-2, 2-1-1 BIG EAST) picked up its first win of October with a 1-0 victory in a rain-shortened match at Marquette. Aidan Davock headed home the team's lone goal in the 47th minute.
Goalkeeper Lukas Burns registered his fourth clean sheet of the season in last week's triumph over the Golden Eagles. The graduate student ranks 30th in the nation with four blankings. Bruno Rosa paces the team and ranks sixth in the BIG EAST with 12 points, logging four goals and four assists through 13 games.
Providence, who is currently receiving two votes in the United Soccer Coaches Top 25 Poll, has averaged 5.8 corners per game, good for 34th in the nation.
St. John's will remain on the road to take on Seton Hall in another BIG EAST showdown. The conference matchup is slated for 7 p.m. at Owen T. Carroll Field.
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