For the first time since 1988 and only the second time in program history, the Seton Hall men’s soccer team will be heading to the quarter finals of the College Cup. The Pirates punched their ticket to the Elite Eight after beating Virginia Tech 7-6 in a penalty kick shootout after remaining level at 2-2 through two periods of overtime on Thursday night.
Maurice Williams and Andrea Borg got themselves on the scoresheet during regulation time, but it was senior goalkeeper Andreas Nota who scored the decisive penalty kick in the shootout. Awaiting the Pirates is No. 3 Indiana University, the same team that knocked them out at this stage of the tournament over 30 years ago before going on to win the College Cup in 1988.