South Orange, N.J. - The Seton Hall men's soccer team stayed perfect at home after taking down Villanova, 1-0 On Wednesday night. The Pirates are now 4-1-2 on the season and 4-0-0 at Owen T. Carroll Field.
The Pirates were able to earn their seventh point of the BIG EAST season and move into second place in the East division behind Georgetown. Providence, a team the Pirates will take on Saturday, also has seven points in-conference.
Turning Point
The Pirates were on the attack from the start, piling up chance after chance in the first period. Finally, halfway through the first period, the Pirates broke through. A James Boote (Southampton, England) corner found the head of Luca Dahn (Kahl, Germany) who found the head of Paavo Riihijarvi (Oulu, Finland) who found the back of the net to put The Hall up, 1-0.
That goal would be all the Pirates required to stay unbeaten at home this season and pick up the team's fifth clean sheet of the campaign.
Goals
28' - Riihijarvi (2) from Dahn, Boote
Inside the Numbers.
- Seton Hall held a decisive advantage in shots 16-8.
- The goal for Riihijarvi was his second on the season.
- Dahn picked up his first assist for the Pirates while Boote notched his second helper on the year.
- The Pirates' backline of Dahn, Johannes Pex (Stephansposching, Germany), Denis Kelmendi (Falkenberg, Sweden) and Maurice Williams (West Orange, N.J.) all played the full 90 minutes in the shutout.
- Andreas Nota (Rome, Italy) picked up his fourth clean sheet of the season and made two saves in the victory. Nota now has a goals against average of of .034.
- Seton Hall moves to 4-1-2 on the season, 2-1-1 in the BIG EAST and 4-0-0 at home.
- The Pirates have now held five of their seven opponents scoreless on the season, including five of their last six and three of four in the BIG EAST.
- The Hall is outscoring opponents 7-1 in the first half and 5-0 at home.
- For the second consecutive year, the Pirates have opened a perfect 4-0 to start their home schedule.
The Pirates will stay at home to take on #13 Providence on Saturday at Owen T. Carroll Field. Match time is set for 3 p.m.
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