In a season full of historic milestones for No. 11 Seton Hall, the Pirates have reached another after beating No. 17 Marquette 4-1 on Thursday to advance to their first Big East Men’s Soccer Championship game since 2004.
The win over the Golden Eagles was the Pirates’ biggest of the season and saw them surpass their 3-3 draw with NJIT and 3-2 win over St. John’s for most goals scored in a single game in 2021. A red card to Jake Barrett in the final 15 minutes of the game tipped the scale in Marquette’s favor, but the result never looked in doubt for Seton Hall once Mattias Almeida Sundell opened the scoring in the fifth minute of the game.