Sept. 23, 2007

Box Score

JAMAICA, N.Y.-The Pitt men's soccer team fell 4-1 to St. John's Sunday afternoon in Jamaica, N.Y. Freshman midfielder Joe Prince-Wright notched his first career goal, but the Panthers were unable to match the Red Storm offense. Pitt is now 1-6-1 overall and 0-2-0 in the Big East, while St. John's improved to 4-3-1 and 2-0-0.

Neither team posted much offense in the first half as the score remained 0-0 at halftime. It was the Red Storm who tallied the first goal of the day when midfielder Nelson Becerra put St. John's up 1-0 in the 50^th minute with a chip from six yards out.

Prince-Wright (Southampton, England/Weston Park/Itchen College) answered minutes later, tying the score at 1-1 with his first career goal off a free kick from Pitt midfielder Orane Gordon (Kingston, Jamaica/Holderness School).

The score remained tied at 1-1 until the 66^th minute when Red Storm forward Jeff Stepan regained the lead for St. John's with a header, making the score 2-1. The Red Storm offense never looked back, scoring twice more as Stephan notched another goal in the 70^th minute and teammate Michael Luk tallied one of his own for the game's final score of 4-1.

Pitt was outshot 12-3 in the loss as goalkeeper Jordan Marks (McMurray, Pa./Peters Township) recorded five saves.

The Panthers are back in action Friday at Founders Field as they host USF at 4 p.m. as part of a doubleheader with the Pitt women's soccer team which will host Syracuse following the men's game. Pitt then hosts DePaul on Sunday at Founders Field at 1 p.m.

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