Kayla Bower Impresses in St. John’s Scoreless Draw at Seton Hall, 0-0

Saturday, September 27

South Orange, N.J. (Owen T. Carroll Field)

1 p.m.

St. John's University

2-4-4, 0-1-2

Seton Hall

3-3-5, 0-2-1

St. John's (NY)

Seton Hall

Kayla Bower Impresses in St. John’s Scoreless Draw at Seton Hall, 0-0

9/27/2025 3:41:00 PM | Women's Soccer

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Bower records career-high seven saves at Seton Hall on Saturday

SOUTH ORANGE N.J.– Fueled by a clean sheet and career-best save mark from Kayla Bower, the St. John's Women's Soccer team (2-4-4, 0-1-2 BIG EAST) recorded a scoreless draw at Seton Hall (3-3-5, 0-2-1 BIG EAST) on Saturday afternoon.

The Red Storm have recorded four ties in its last five matches dating back to Sept. 11 and earned back-to-back draws in league contests this week.

Bower remained in terrific form between the pipes for the Johnnies. The Lincoln Park, N.J., native recorded a career-best seven saves on Saturday afternoon. The senior captain logged a clean sheet while surpassing her previous personal best set on Sept. 24 against Providence and Sept. 7 at Monmouth.

The Johnnies fired five of their seven shots on target in South Orange, N.J. Madison Mariani and Julia Lombardo paced St. John's with two shots each. Jaylen Vallecillo, Telma Steindórsdóttir and Daniela Monzon added one strike each. Mariani, a sophomore winger has put 13 of her 14 shots on target (92.8%) through 10 matches this season.

In the opening half, the two teams went back-and-forth with possession taking place in the middle third of the pitch. The Red Storm rattled off three shots off its first of five corner kicks.
Vallecillo steered a header off a free kick from Steindórsdóttir that steered high and wide of the net for the final opportunity of the first half.

At the halftime break, the two sides remained tied, 0-0. The Johnnies led in the corner kics department, 5-0, through 45 minutes of the scoreless draw.

As the second half got underway from Owen T. Carroll Field, Bower began a really strong second stanza with a pair of stops. The captain sprawled out to parry away a strike on frame. The senior got back onto her feet and readied for the rebound strike smothering it to keep the score level.

The 69^th minute, the Pirates threatened with a cross in front of the goalmouth. The ball bounced off the heads of multiple players and remained loose just four feet in front of the net. Bower was the first to get to it clearing away the danger.

The Red Storm will be back in action on Wednesday night to meet Marquette in Milwaukee at 8 p.m.