{"id":3474,"date":"2021-04-15T08:00:09","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T12:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/sportsreporting\/?p=3474"},"modified":"2021-04-15T18:58:37","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T22:58:37","slug":"seton-hall-mens-soccer-to-make-their-long-awaited-return-to-the-big-east-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/sportsreporting\/2021\/04\/15\/seton-hall-mens-soccer-to-make-their-long-awaited-return-to-the-big-east-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"Seton Hall Men&#8217;s Soccer To Make Their Long-Awaited Return to the Big East Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the first time in nine years, Seton Hall&#8217;s men&#8217;s soccer program will compete in the Big East Tournament.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud835\ude3e\ud835\ude47\ud835\ude44\ud835\ude49\ud835\ude3e\ud835\ude43\ud835\ude40\ud835\ude3f!<\/p>\n<p>The No. 9 Pirates are going to the BIG EAST Tournament for the first time since 2012!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HALLin?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HALLin<\/a> \ud83d\udd35\u26aa\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OnwardAndUpward?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#OnwardAndUpward<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/T446IYxQIO\">pic.twitter.com\/T446IYxQIO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Seton Hall Men&#39;s Soccer (@SHUMSOC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SHUMSOC\/status\/1381012283799781377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 10, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Pirates will sail to Shaw Field in Washington, D.C., home of the top-seeded Georgetown Hoyas, to face the Marquette Golden Eagles in a semifinal matchup this Thursday. It will mark the first time these two clubs have met since Nov. 9, 2019, when the Pirates outlasted the Blue and Gold in <a href=\"https:\/\/shupirates.com\/news\/2019\/11\/2\/pirates-at-marquette.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">overtime<\/a> at the Valley Fields stadium in Milwaukee.<\/p>\n<p>Seton Hall finished their season with a 7-1-3 overall record, good enough for second in the Big East&#8217;s East Division behind Georgetown. The Pirates also ranked as high as ninth in the United Soccer Coaches Poll this year, their highest ranking since 1990.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud835\ude49\ud835\ude44\ud835\ude49\ud835\ude40<\/p>\n<p>Our highest ranking in over \ud835\ude4f\ud835\ude43\ud835\ude44\ud835\ude4d\ud835\ude4f\ud835\ude54 years\u2757\ufe0f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HALLin?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HALLin<\/a> \ud83d\udd35\u26aa\ufe0f | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OnwardAndUpward?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#OnwardAndUpward<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0zXwgyQkTC\">pic.twitter.com\/0zXwgyQkTC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Seton Hall Men&#39;s Soccer (@SHUMSOC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SHUMSOC\/status\/1379841400221491204?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 7, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Pirates were one of the most well-rounded teams in the nation this year, sporting offensive weapons CJ Tibbling, James Boote and JP Marin, and a defensive unit that produced a conference-best six shutouts.<\/p>\n<p>Tibbling led the team with four goals, which ranked sixth in the Big East, and Boote racked up five assists on the season, which placed him second in the conference.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud835\ude52\ud835\ude43\ud835\ude3c\ud835\ude4f \ud835\ude3c\ud835\ude49 \ud835\ude40\ud835\ude4c\ud835\ude50\ud835\ude3c\ud835\ude47\ud835\ude44\ud835\ude55\ud835\ude40\ud835\ude4d!<\/p>\n<p>Tibbling with the control on the volley and a beautiful shot to beat the Red Storm keeper!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HALLin?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HALLin<\/a> \ud83d\udd35\u26aa\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RHmRcaaszQ\">pic.twitter.com\/RHmRcaaszQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Seton Hall Men&#39;s Soccer (@SHUMSOC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SHUMSOC\/status\/1372336435135668226?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 17, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Seton Hall also had five different defenders honored as part of the conference&#8217;s weekly awards: Jake Barrett, Luca Dahn, Eden O&#8217;Leary, Paavo Riihijarvi and Maurice Williams.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Way to go, Mo!\u26bd\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>Defender Mo Williams was selected to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/csoccernews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@csoccernews<\/a>&#39;s National Team of the Week!\ud83d\udcaa<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HALLin?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HALLin<\/a> \ud83d\udd35\u26aa\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6H7l9Azw5y\">pic.twitter.com\/6H7l9Azw5y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Seton Hall Men&#39;s Soccer (@SHUMSOC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SHUMSOC\/status\/1377317470613217285?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 31, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Marquette on the other hand, will be making their third straight Big East Tournament appearance after finishing first in the Big East&#8217;s Midwest Division with a 8-1-1 overall record.<\/p>\n<p>Junior forward Lukas Sunesson led the team with six goals, which ranked fourth in the conference, and sophomore goalkeeper Chandler Hallwood had a phenomenal season in the net for the Golden Eagles.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Junior striker Lukas Sunesson is having a breakout season for MU \ud83d\udcc8<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BIGEASTchamps?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BIGEASTchamps<\/a> Ranks:<br \/>Points: 4th (13)<br \/>Points Per Game: 5th (1.30)<br \/>Goals: 2nd (6)<br \/>Goals Per Game: 4th (0.60)<br \/>Game-Winning Goals: 2nd (2)<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WeAreMarquette?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WeAreMarquette<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MarquetteSoccer?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MarquetteSoccer<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jwcqOgtg8f\">pic.twitter.com\/jwcqOgtg8f<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Marquette Soccer (@marquettesoccer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marquettesoccer\/status\/1379129781611028481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 5, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sophomore keeper Chandler Hallwood (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CH4NDLER_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CH4NDLER_<\/a>) has been sensational in his first year in the Blue &amp; Gold.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BIGEASTchamps?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BIGEASTchamps<\/a> Ranks:<br \/>Wins: 1st (7)<br \/>Saves: 1st (41)<br \/>SV %: 1st (.872) <br \/>GAA: 3rd (0.60)<br \/>Minutes: 3rd (899:35)<br \/>Clean Sheets: 1st (5)<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WeAreMarquette?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WeAreMarquette<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MarquetteSoccer?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MarquetteSoccer<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A4ra48Z4i1\">pic.twitter.com\/A4ra48Z4i1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Marquette Soccer (@marquettesoccer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marquettesoccer\/status\/1377278297705447428?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 31, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Pirates&#8217; semifinal game will be broadcasted live on the BIG EAST Digital Network&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Me63HZyLfLs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube channel<\/a> at 3:30 p.m. EST and the championship game will be broadcasted on FS2 on Saturday, April 17 at 3:00 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the first time in nine years, Seton Hall&#8217;s men&#8217;s soccer program will compete in the Big East Tournament. \ud835\ude3e\ud835\ude47\ud835\ude44\ud835\ude49\ud835\ude3e\ud835\ude43\ud835\ude40\ud835\ude3f! The No. 9 Pirates are going to the BIG EAST Tournament for the first time since 2012!#HALLin \ud83d\udd35\u26aa\ufe0f #OnwardAndUpward pic.twitter.com\/T446IYxQIO &mdash; Seton Hall Men&#39;s Soccer (@SHUMSOC) April 10, 2021 The Pirates will sail to Shaw&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4985,"featured_media":3542,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[46,384,383],"class_list":["post-3474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hall-sports","tag-big-east-tournament","tag-marquette-mens-soccer","tag-seton-hall-mens-soccer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/sportsreporting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/sportsreporting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/sportsreporting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/sportsreporting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4985"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/sportsreporting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3474"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/sportsreporting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3481,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/sportsreporting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3474\/revisions\/3481"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/sportsreporting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/sportsreporting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/sportsreporting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/sportsreporting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}