Joliet, Ill. – Four different players scored goals and eight players finished with at least one point as Saint Xavier University men's soccer (6-3-4, 4-2 CCAC) defeated University of St. Francis (Ill.), 4-0, in a Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) matchup Saturday afternoon at Joliet Memorial Field in Joliet, Ill. Graduate student goalkeeper
Andres Zamora (Cicero, Ill./Morton East) was the beneficiary of the offensive outburst, and he helped his teammates by making four saves to post his fourth shutout of the season.
- Junior forward Pablo Guerrero (Berwyn, Ill./Morton West) finished the match with a team-best three shot attempts, two shots on goal and scored a goal in 53 minutes of action off the bench.
- Junior midfielder Jaedan Aguilera (Belvidere, Ill./Belvidere North) had a pair of shot attempts and tallied a goal in 21 minutes of play.
- Sophomore midfielder/defender Daniel Diaz (Berwyn, Ill./Morton West) also had two shot attempts and a goal while playing the full time.
- Junior midfielder/defender Valente Lara Jr. (Chicago, Ill./St. Laurence) scored a goal on his only shot attempt and also played the full 90 minutes.
- Senior midfielder Fernando Barragan (Burbank, Ill./Moraine Valley/Reavis) recorded two shot attempts, a shot on goal and added a pair of assists. He now has a team-leading seven helpers on the year.
- Senior midfielder Andy Lomeli (Dyer, Ind./Roosevelt/Valparaiso/Lake Central) came away with two shot attempts, one shot on goal and an assist.
- Aguilera tallied his fifth goal of the season in the 3rd minute of play on an assist from Barragan. The score would hold up as Saint Xavier went into halftime with the 1-0 lead.
- Diaz scored out of the locker room in the 47th minute on a pass from freshman midfielder Irving Moreno (Chicago, Ill./Mount Carmel) to make it 2-0. It was the first goal of the season for Diaz and the fifth assist from Moreno.
- Lara Jr. pushed the lead to 3-0 when he scored his second goal of the year in the 72nd minute on a setup from Lomeli. It's the second consecutive match that Lara Jr. has had a goal, while Lomeli picked up assist No. 3 on the season.
- Guerrero registered his fourth goal of the year in the 87th minute with Barragan adding his second assist of the match.
Saint Xavier (6-3-4/4-2 CCAC) faces Olivet Nazarene University (Ill.) in CCAC action at Bruce R. Deaton Memorial Field on Tuesday, October 11. The match is scheduled for a 7:00 pm start.