WASHINGTON – The top-seeded Georgetown University men's soccer team will open its BIG EAST Championship Presented by JEEP with a semifinal match against the fourth-seeded Seton Hall University Pirates on Thursday at the Maryland SoccerPlex in Boyds, Maryland. Kickoff is slated for 7:30 p.m. The game will be broadcast live on ESPN+ with Anthony Mazzini and Monika Moore calling the action.
 
Follow the Action

• Fans can tune in online on ESPN+ and live stats will be available at GUHoyas.com.
• Tickets can be purchased at GUHoyas.com through a link on the men's soccer schedule.

About the Hoyas

• Georgetown is coming off of a 2-2 draw at UConn to close out the regular season on Friday. Even with the tie, the Hoyas had already clinched the BIG EAST East Division Regular Season Championship as well as the number one seed in the BIG EAST Championship.
• It marked GU's second-straight regular season title and the 11th in program history. Ten of the 11 have come under Head Coach Brian Wiese.
• On Monday, Matthew Van Horn was named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll for his goal and assist in the UConn game.
• Three Hoyas earned major awards when the league announced its regular season honors on Wednesday.
• Junior Mitchell Baker was the unanimous Offensive Player of the Year, while Van Horn earned Midfielder of the Year honors as well as both being unanimous selections to the First Team. Terrance Reynolds was named the BIG EAST Freshman of the Year after his outstanding rookie campaign and also earned a spot on the Second Team. Other All-BIG EAST honorees included senior Eric Howard and junior Tate Lampman on the First Team with junior Charlie DeMarco and senior Mateo Ponce Ocampo earning spots on the Second Team. Junior David Urrutia rounded out the BIG EAST honorees with a nod to the Third Team.
• For the second-consecutive season, the Hoya coaching staff was honored as the BIG EAST Coaching Staff of the Year marking the 11th time in the program history and the ninth honor for Head Coach Brian Wiese and his staff.
• Van Horn is leading the team in scoring posting 12 goals and nine assists for 33 points.
• Baker is second with 11 goals and six assists for 28 points on the season in just 14 games played.
• Ponce Ocampo is third with five goals and a team-best nine assists for 19 points this season.
• In goal, DeMarco has played a majority of the minutes with seven shutouts and a 0.90 goals-against average.
• The Hoyas are currently leading the nation in assists per game (3.82), points per game (10.18) and scoring offense (3.18) among other statistics.
• Georgetown is ranked No. 2 by the United Soccer Coaches and No. 1 in the TopDrawerSoccer.com Poll.

About the Pirates

• Seton Hall is 7-4-6 on the year and finished with a mark of 4-2-2 in BIG EAST play.
• The squad qualified for the tournament on Friday with a 3-0 win over Villanova.
• Earlier today, midfielder Til Kauschke was named to the All-BIG EAST Second Team, while Devin Armstrong earned Third Team honors.
• Kauschke earned his second-consecutive All-BIG EAST selection after helping the Pirates reach the postseason for the fifth-consecutive season.
• With two selections, fifth-year Head Coach Andreas Lindberg has had at least one All-BIG EAST player in every season and multiple in six.

Tournament Information

• The Hoyas are 27-17-5 all-time against the Pirates, and 2-3-0 in the BIG EAST Championship.
• The squads have met in the semifinals on three occasions with the Hoyas holding a 1-2 record in that series. The most recent was a 1-0 GU overtime loss in 2004 in New Jersey.
• Earlier this season, the Hoyas and Pirates met at Shaw Field as Georgetown came away with the 4-0 victory. Eric Howard had a goal and an assist in the match as four different players scored a goal.
• Georgetown is 29-21-7 in the BIG EAST tourney and 13-7-2 in semifinal matches.
• Georgetown has qualified for nine of the past 10 BIG EAST Tournaments, advancing to and winning the championship in seven (2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2024, 2025).