No. 24 Women's Soccer Plays Seton Hall to Draw

Sunday, October 1

South Orange, N.J.

1 PM

Xavier University

9-2-2, 2-0-2

Seton Hall

5-5-2, 1-2-1

Xavier

Seton Hall

No. 24 Women's Soccer Plays Seton Hall to Draw

10.01.23 | Women's Soccer

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Sonia Vargas scores equalizer in the 66th minute

By: Hayley Schletker, Xavier Athletic Communications

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. - No. 24 Xavier women's soccer remains unbeaten in BIG EAST action after playing Seton Hall to a 1-1 draw on Sunday afternoon. Xavier moves to 9-2-2 overall and 2-0-2 in BIG EAST play with the tie.

Xavier held a 6-2 advantage on shots in the first 45 minutes, but the game went into halftime still scoreless. In the second half, Seton Hall got on the board first, with SHU's Natalie Tavana scoring her league-high 10th goal of the season less than 10 minutes after the break.

The Musketeers scored the equalizer midway through the second half, with Regan Dancer setting up Sonia Vargas for the goal to tie the match at 1-1. Xavier out-shot the Pirates 7-2 over the final 24 minutes of the match but were unable to find the go-ahead goal, setting the final score at 1-1.

Xavier returns home to host No. 11 Georgetown on Thursday, Oct. 5 at Corcoran Field. The Musketeers and Hoyas will face off at 7:00 p.m. on FS1.

SCORING RECAP

52' | SETON HALL | Natalie Tavana scored from Brina Micheels to put the Pirates up 1-0.

66' | XAVIER | Regan Dancer tapped the ball to the edge of the penalty box, with Sonia Vargas bringing it towards the center of the field, shooting to the right post from outside the top of the box to tie the match at 1-1.

NOTABLE

Sonia Vargas' second-half goal was her third of the season, giving her six points.
Regan Dancer picked up an assist on Vargas' equalizer, her third of the season. Combined with two goals, she has seven points.
Xavier finished with a 17-6 advantage on shots overall, but each team had four looks on-frame. Vargas and Natalie Bain each had three shots to lead the Musketeers.
The Musketeers also held a 5-1 advantage on corner kicks for the match.
Maria Galley played the full time in-goal, finishing with three saves and one goal against.
Maddie Reed and Natalie Bain played the full 90 minutes, while Elise Le and Ella Rogers both played over 70 minutes, helping the Xavier defense limit SHU to just six shots.
The draw extends Xavier's unbeaten streak in BIG EAST regular season matches to 22 games, a streak that stretches back over two years (9/26/2021).