1996 National Champions • Four College Cups • 20 NCAA Tournaments Nine BIG EAST Tournament Championships • Six BIG EAST Regular Season Championships 2018 SCHEDULE & RESULTS 2018 MEN’S SOCCER GAME NOTES Day Date Opponent Time/Result Game ST. JOHN’S RED STORM (4-3-0, 1-0-0 BIG EAST) Fri. Aug. 24 at UC Santa Barbara L, 2-0 Sun. Aug. 26 at Loyola Marymount W, 4-1 8 VS. Fri. Aug. 31 FAIRFIELD W, 2-1 (OT). XAVIER MUSKETEERS (3-0-3, 1-0-0 BIG EAST) Tues. Sept. 4 LEHIGH L, 1-0 Sat. Sept. 8 at Temple W, 1-0 (OT) S EPT . 21, 2018- 7 P. M . Tues. Sept. 11 LOYOLA MARYLAND L, 1-0 Sat. Sept. 15 • SETON HALL W, 1-0 C IN C INNATI , O HI O /X U S occ ER C om PLE X Fri. Sept. 21 • at Xavier 7 p.m. Tues. Sept. 25 MOUNT ST. MARY’S 7 p.m. ST. JOHN’S HEADS TO CINCy fOR SHOWDOWN WITH xAVIER Sat. Sept. 29 • BUTLER 7 p.m. • After kicking off BIG EAST action with a 1-0 win over Seton Hall on Saturday night at Belson Stadium, the St. John’s men’s soccer team will look to begin conference play 2-0-0 for the Sat. Oct. 6 • CREIGHTON 7 p.m. second-straight year, traveling to Cincinnati for a Friday night showdown with the Xavier Tues. Oct. 9 PRINCETON 7 p.m. Musketeers. Sat. Oct. 13 • at Marquette 8 p.m. Sat. Oct. 20 • DEPAUL 7 p.m. • The contest will be broadcast live on the BIG EAST Digital Network, available on FOXSports- Wed. Oct. 24 • at Villanova 3 p.m. GO.com and the FOX Sports Mobile app. Mike Schmaltz will be on the call from The Queen Sat. Oct. 27 • at Georgetown 1 p.m. City. Wed. Oct. 31 • PROVIDENCE 7 p.m. BIG EAST Championship • Matt Forster scored his team-leading fourth goal of the season in the Red Storm’s victory Sat. Nov. 3 Opening Round TBA over the Pirates, moving the Red Storm’s unbeaten streak in BIG EAST openers to four. The Wed. Nov. 7 Semifinal TBA junior midfielder is currently locked in a five-way tie atop of the conference leaderboard Sun. Nov. 11 Final TBA for goals and has already set a new season-long career-high just seven games into the 2018 campaign. • denotes BIG EAST opponent All BIG EAST Tournament contests will be played at the • For his efforts against Seton Hall, Lenny Wilson was rewarded with his first career recogni- higher seed. tion from the BIG EAST, finding a spot on the conference’s weekly honor roll. The senior All times are ET unless otherwise noted. goalkeeper from Aberdeen, Scotland, made a season-high five saves, recording his second Home games in BOLD CAPS shutout in as many tries after blanking Temple on Sept. 1. The Hartwick transfer leads the team and ranks fourth in the conference with a 0.73 goals against average. • With the team’s victory over the Pirates on Saturday, the Red Storm continued a statistical trend that could not be any simpler: when the Johnnies score they win. All three of the team’s losses have come by way of the shutout while putting at least one goal on the board has yet to result in a falter for the Johnnies. MEDIA INFORMATION • St. John’s continues to sport one of the freshest rosters in the nation, returning just eight players from a team that went 9-7-3 a year ago. Of the Red Storm’s 25 total newcomers, 18 MSOC Contact: ................ Andrew O’Connell are freshmen, giving the Johnnies the second-highest freshman total in the nation behind Office Phone: ............................718-990-1522 Gardner Webb, a team with more than 50 student-athletes on its roster. Five players in their Mobile Phone: ..........................516-581-3229 first year of college soccer have started all seven contests for the Red Storm: Skage Simonsen, Email [email protected] Athit Berg, Johan Aquilon, Tiago Teixeira and Brandon Knapp. With two goals and two as- Athletic Comm. Phone: ............718-990-1520 sists apiece on the year, Simonsen and classmate Tani Oluwaseyi are tied for the league lead Athletics Website: www.RedStormSports.com among freshman in that category in addition to ranking second on the team behind Forster. SJU VS. xAVIER TALE OF THE TAPE SJU record vs. Xavier ..........................2-3-1 TRACKING THE STORM First Mtg: ..................SJU 1 XU 0 (10/15/89) St. John’s Xavier Last Mtg: ....................SJU 3 XU 0 (9/23/17) Games 7 6 ITS Follow St. John’s Soccer on Twitter! Head Coach:... ......................Andy Fleming Record 4-3-0 3-0-3 Record at Xavier (Yrs.).............95-48-27 (9) Goals 8 12 @StJohnsMSoccer (#SJUMSOC) H Assists 11 14 Follow St. John’s Soccer on YouTube! LAST fIVE MEETINGS Points 27 38 St. John’s Red Storm SJU 3 XU 0....................................9/23/17 (H) Shots 82 102 XU 2 SJU 0 ................................... 10/8/16 (A) Shot % .098 .118 UICK SJU 0 XU 0 (2OT) ....................... 10/14/15 (H) YC 7 10 Q XU 1 SJU 0 ................................... 9/27/14 (A) PK-Att 0-0 1-1 XU 2 SJU 1 (2OT) ....................... 10/19/13 (H) Goals against 6 3 GAA 0.84 0.45 Save % .800 .880 Shutouts 2 4 SCOUTING SETON HALL • The Musketeers enter Friday’s contest unbeaten on the season, outscoring their opponents by a cumulative 12-3 margin and compiling a record of 3-0-3 in the team’s first six contests. All three of the team’s draws have come against Power Five opponents, playing Northwestern, Oregon State and No. 6 Kentucky to scoreless draws. • Senior midfielder Simon Hestnes leads the Musketeers offensively, tallying four goals and three assists for a BIG EAST-best 11 points through six games. Grad student Matt Nance in one of two players in the league with four assists on the year, while redshirt sophomore goalkeeper Zachary Nelson ranks third in the conference with a 0.50 goals against average. ST. JOHN’S VS. xAVIER- THE SERIES • Last year, St. John’s and Xavier met under similar circumstances. In 2017, both St. John’s and Xavier entered their matchup on Sept. 23 with 1-0-0 BIG EAST records, coming off wins over Seton Hall and Georgetown, respectively. This past Saturday, the Red Storm handled the Pirates at home while Xavier erased a second half deficit in D.C. to defeat the Hoyas, 3-2. Last season, Xavier was riding 2018 ST. JOHN’S RED STORM (Numerical Roster) No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Class Hometown/Last School 0 Lenny Wilson GK 6-1 180 Sr. Aberdeen, Scotland/Hartwick 00 Ryan Miller GK 6-3 215 Fr. Bel Air, Md./C. Milton Wright 1 Tyron Matuta GK 6-0 170 So. Lausanne, Switzerland/Universite de Lausanne 2 Johan Aquilon D 5-7 150 So. Paris, France/Lycee Cours Peret Bordeaux 3 Dimitri Mendrinos M 5-7 150 R-So. East Northport, N.Y./Northport 4 Matt Chandler D 6-5 195 Fr. Toronto, Ontario/Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute 6 Athit Berg M 5-7 160 Fr. Baerum, Norway/Norwegian High School of Elite Sports 7 Benny Lafortune M 5-10 155 Sr. Brooklyn, N.Y./Erasmus Hall 8 Skage Simonsen M 6-3 185 Fr. Bergen, Norway/Metis Videregaende School 9 Filippo Ricupati F 6-1 175 Sr. Milan, Italy/Regina Mundi 10 Brandon Knapp M/D 5-10 145 Fr. Abingdon, Md./Archbishop Curley 11 Tani Oluwaseyi F/M 6-2 170 Fr. Mississauga, Ontario/St. Joan of Arc Catholic Secondary 12 Ackim Mpofu M/D 5-8 165 Gr. Bulawayo, Zimbabwe/Northeastern 13 Payton Blynn D 5-8 140 Fr. New Milford, Conn./South Kent 14 Mauricio Rivas M 5-7 150 Sr. Amityville, N.Y./Amityville Memorial 15 Matt Forster M 5-7 145 Jr. Bedford, England/Sharnbrook Upper School 16 Marco Muia D 6-4 195 Fr. Toronto, Ontario/Bill Crothers Secondary School 17 Brandon Duarte M 5-9 165 Jr. Mississauga, Ontario/Ancilla College 18 Luke Hansen D 6-2 165 Fr. West Windsor, N.J./West Windsor-Plainsboro South 19 Niko Petridis M 5-7 155 Jr. Norwalk, Conn./Connecticut 20 Tiago Teixeira D/M 5-7 150 Fr. Porto, Portugal/Colegio CEBES 21 Ethan Shaw M 5-10 150 Fr. Chesterfield, N.J./Northern Burlington Regional 22 Josiah Crawford M 5-11 165 Fr. Berkeley Heights, N.J./Governor Livingston 23 Sanoussi Sangary D 5-9 130 Fr. Bronx, N.Y./Martin Luther King 24 Rafael Bustamante D 5-7 145 So. Corona, N.Y./Manhattan Hunter Science 25 Kadeem Joseph D 5-9 160 Jr. Brooklyn, N.Y./Herkimer Community College 26 Drew Rosen F 5-8 160 Fr. New York, N.Y./Winston Prep 27 Declan McStravick D 6-4 155 Fr. Keansburg, N.J./Mater Dei Prep 28 David Targett M 5-9 150 R-So. Dix Hills, N.Y./Half Hollow Hills East 29 Luis-Henrique Amaral M 5-8 150 Fr. New Milford, Conn./New Milford 32 Jack Shearer F 5-11 175 So. Aliquippa, Pa./Central Valley 33 Cole Reardon F 5-10 145 Fr. Hackettstown, N.J./Hackettstown 99 Luka Gavran GK 6-5 200 Fr. Hamilton, Ontario/St. Jean de Brebeuf Head Coach: Dr. Dave Masur (28th season, Rutgers ‘84) Assistant Coach: David Janezic (Second season, Monmouth ‘96) PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 11- Tan-ee oh-lou-WASH-ay-ee 1- Tyrone ma-TOOTA 12- Ah-keem Mm-pofu 2- zsho-han ah-KEY-lone 16- Marco MOO-ya 6- Aht-eet Berg 17- Brandon Doo-ar-tay 8- SKA-gay SEE-mon-sen 20- Tiago Tay-share-ah 9- Filippo Ricupati (ree-coo-pah-tee) 29- Luis-Henrique (hen-reek) Am-ah-ral BREAkDOWN By COUNTRy U.S.A-19; Canada-5; Norway-2; England-1; Italy-1; France-1; Portugal-1; Scotland-1; Switzerland-1; Zimbabwe-1 BREAkDOWN By CLASS Seniors/Grad Students- 5; Juniors/RS So.- 6; Sophomores- 4; Freshmen- 18 2018 Men’s Soccer Game Notes • Game 8 • at Xavier • Sept.