This Weekend In #BEfútbol – 9.16
NEW YORK – No. 5 Georgetown and No. 19 St. John’s remain as the two unbeaten BIG EAST men’s soccer teams after a 4-5-0 weekend. The Hoyas defeated former and future BIG EAST rival Connecticut 4-1, while the Red Storm earned a 1-0 victory over Penn. Also adding to the win column this weekend was Marquette with a 3-1 win over Northern Illinois and Providence, 4-0, against Sacred Heart.
Scheduled for Monday, Villanova will look to rebound from its 1-0 loss at Penn State with a 7 p.m. match at University of Maryland. This game was originally slated to be played at Talen Energy Stadium but was moved due to scheduling and field conditions.
St. John’s will test its 5-0-0 record at Columbia. A win would secure the best start in the long and storied history of the Red Storm program. The Red Storm has won five consecutive games to start a season for just the second time in program history, having also accomplished the feat in 1995. That season, the Johnnies won the last of four straight BIG EAST Championships; the following year, Dr. Dave Masur would lead the program to its first national title.
Harvard will visit 3-2-0 Providence and Creighton will host Nebraska Omaha. The Bluejays own a 5-3-1 record against the Mavericks during regular-season matches. Harvard leads the all-time series against Providence 12-4-0.
Weekend Roundup
Loyola Chicago 4, DEPAUL 2
DePaul men's soccer fell to Loyola 4-2 on Friday evening at Loyola Soccer Park. Playing defensively for a majority of the night, DePaul would give up the first goal in the 30th minute. The team would try and regroup after halftime but the Ramblers controlled the game. Loyola would get a quick pair of back-to-back goals in the 76th and 77th minutes to take a 3-0 lead.
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Memphis 3, No. 11 XAVIER 2 (2OT)
Xavier (3-1-1) lost its first match of the season on Saturday night, a 3-2 double overtime match against Memphis. Xavier took a 2-1 lead in the 49th minute but Memphis tied it up in minute 69. Memphis scored the golden goal with seconds left in the match. Scoring for Xavier was Samson Sergi and Derrick Otim. Redshirt-junior Matthew Rosenberg (3-1-1) made one save on the night, while allowing three goals.
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Lehigh 1, SETON HALL 0
The Seton Hall men's soccer team played evenly with Lehigh across 90 minutes, but an early second-half Mountain Hawks goal doomed the Pirates in a 1-0 defeat Saturday night at Ulrich Sports Complex. Seton Hall's best chances to score came early in the first half. In the 16th minute, a free kick went into the box that freshman Eden O'Leary got a great head on but the ball went just wide of the net. In the 28th minute, senior Vittorio Argeri got a one-on-one opportunity just outside the box and his kick bent in towards the goal but sailed just inches high. n the 50th minute, Lehigh received a corner kick opportunity, and Natan Rosen's blast reached the box, where Josh Luchini was close enough to blast a kick past the goalkeeper for a tally. The Pirates only had one shot on goal the remaining 40 minutes.
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PROVIDENCE 4, Sacred Heart 0
Providence College men's soccer team improved to 3-2-0 on Saturday, Sept. 14 on Chapey Field at Anderson Stadium after defeating the Sacred Heart Pioneers, 4-0. Providence now holds a 14-0-1 all-time record against Sacred Heart. Goal scorers for the Friars were Davis Smith (6th minute), Andualem Chisholm (33rd minute), Danny Griffin (54th minute) and Kevin Vang (81st minute).
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No. 5 GEORGETOWN 4, Connecticut 1
A setpiece set up the first goal of the game as junior Paul Rothrock sent it in to senior Dylan Nealis who put the ball in a scramble in front of the net. Freshman Dante Polvara managed to get it past Gianluca Catalano to make it 1-0 in the 11th minute. In the 38th minute, junior Jack Beer dribbled through traffic and hit a left foot from outside the box to the far post to make it 2-0. UConn answered early in the second as a goal from Felix Metzler in the 47th minute made it a one-goal contest. Rothrock had a chance midway through the second half that hit the post as GU searched for the insurance goal. The goal came in the 68th minute as junior Jacob Montes bent in a shot from the left side to the far corner and Catalano had no chance of saving it to put a third one on the scoreboard for the Hoyas. The final goal of the game was a long pass from junior Foster McCune who passed it to Nealis in the corner. He found Dodson in the center of the box who buried it to make the final 4-1.
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Penn State 1, VILLANOVA 0
An early Penn State goal proved to be the difference here at Jeffrey Field Friday night as the Nittany Lions knocked Villanova from the ranks of the undefeated, 1-0. The Wildcats drop to 4-1 overall, 0-0 BIG EAST while Penn State Improves to 3-1-1 overall, 0-0 Big Ten). Villanova played without senior center back Luca Mellor, injured in the second half of Tuesday's 1-0 double overtime victory over Fordham. It marked the first goal surrendered by the Wildcats this season. Villanova's program best shutout streak was halted at 472:03. Goalkeeper Carson Williams established a new record for consecutive shutouts with five, dating to a 1-0 win in the 2018 finale against Seton Hall.
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No. 19 ST. JOHN’S 1, Penn 0
Following nearly 80 minutes of back-and-forth, scoreless soccer between No. 19 St. John's and the University of Pennsylvania at Belson Stadium on Friday night, Tani Oluwaseyi finally broke the deadlock late and lifted the Red Storm to a 1-0 victory. With the win, the Red Storm has matched the 1995 BIG EAST Championship squad for the best start in program history, improving to 5-0-0 on the season. Penn (2-1-0) had yet to concede a goal this season before Friday night. Oluwaseyi connected on his team-leading third goal of the season in the 80th minute, just one goal off his total from all of 2018.
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MARQUETTE 3, Northern Illinois 1
Senior Josh Coan posted two goals an assist as the Marquette University men's soccer team picked up a 3-1 victory over Northern Illinois on Friday evening at Valley Fields. Both of Coan's goals came off set pieces in the 23rd and 32nd minutes and classmate Connor Alba notched the match winner in the 31st minute off a beautiful feed from Coan and Patrick Seagrist. The Huskies (0-4-1) opened the scoring in the 10th minute with a goal by Nick Markanich before Marquette scored three unanswered for a 3-1 lead at the break.
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U.C. Irvine 3, CREIGHTON 1
Creighton dropped to 2-2-1 on the season with the loss, while UC Irvine moved to 1-3-1 overall. After a nearly scoreless first half, UC Irvine struck first in the 44th minute with only 1:11 remaining in the opening half. The Anteaters' Christian Gutierrez found the back of the net off a cross that slipped through the Bluejay defense to the middle of the box from Ricardo Ibarra to give UC Irvine a 1-0 lead. The Anteaters extended their lead in the 56th minute. UC Irvine's Michael Orozco fired a shot from the top of the box to best senior goalkeeper Collin Valdivia to take a 2-0 lead. Just 22 seconds later Creighton slipped a shot past Anteaters' goalkeeper Ford Parker to cut the lead in half. Senior Ziyad Fares fired a shot from eight yards out off a cross through the box from classmate Luke Haakenson to make the score 2-1. Senior Younes Boudadi also earned an assist on the play for his long pass from midfield. The Anteaters found the back of the net again in the 71st minute.
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Upcoming #BEfutbol Schedule
Monday, Sept. 16
VILLANOVA at Maryland, 7 p.m.
No. 19 ST. JOHN’S at Columbia, 7 p.m.
Harvard at PROVIDENCE, 7 p.m.
Nebraska-Omaha at RV CREIGHTON, 8 p.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 17
XAVIER at I.U.P.U.I., 7 p.m.
BUTLER at S.I.U.E., 8 p.m.
DEPAUL at U.I.C., 8 p.m.
MARQUETTE at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.
All times listed are Eastern.
Recent Results
Saturday, Sept. 14
No. 5 GEORGETOWN 4, RV Connecticut 1
PROVIDENCE 4, Sacred Heart 0
Lehigh 1, SETON HALL 0
Memphis 3, No. 11 XAVIER 2 (2OT)
Friday, Sept. 13
Penn State 1, RV VILLANOVA 0
No. 19 ST. JOHN’S 1, Penn 0
Loyola Chicago 4, DEPAUL 2
MARQUETTE 3, Northern Illinois 1
U.C. Irvine 3, CREIGHTON 1