Crown Point, Ind. – Senior forward
Jaedan Aguilera (Belvidere, Ill./Belvidere North) finished with a match-best and season-high nine shot attempts, along with five shots on goal, however the Saint Xavier University men's soccer team (3-8-4, 3-2-3 CCAC) came up short in a 2-0 setback to Governors State University (Ill.) in Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) play Tuesday evening at the SportsPlex in Crown Point, Ind. GSU outshot SXU by a 20-14 margin. Aguilera tallied four of his nine shots in the first half. Despite the loss, the Cougars remain the No. 5 seed in the conference with 12 points, just two behind Olivet Nazarene University (Ill.) to potentially host a CCAC Tournament match in November.
- Redshirt junior goalkeeper Joel Estrada (Chicago, Ill./Solorio Academy) recorded eight saves on the night.
- Senior midfielder Francisco Espinosa (Lansing, Ill./Illinois-Chicago/T.F. South) had two shot attempts and one shot on goal in 65 minutes of action.
- Freshman forward Rodrigo Hernandez (Bridgeview, Ill./Stagg) registered a shot on goal in 40 minutes off the bench.
- Senior forward Pablo Guerrero (Berwyn, Ill./Morton West) and senior defender Aldo Lagunas (Midlothian, Ill./Moraine Valley/Bremen) each had a shot attempt, respectively.
- The Jaguars struck first with a goal in the 5th minute and they would push their lead to 2-0 just under two minutes later in the 8th minute.
- A Governors State shot hit the goal post after corner kick in the 16th minute and Estrada made back-to-back saves in the 18th minute after a flurry of shot attempts from GSU.
- Espinoza drew a card in the 28th minute inside the 18-yard box to set up a penalty kick, however his shot was saved.
- Saint Xavier had an outburst in the 72nd minute as Aguilera sent in a corner kick, followed by a shot attempt from Espinoza and a rebounded shot by Aguilera that was stopped.
- Aguilera had a shot hit the crossbar in the 80th minute and Estrada made three saves in the closing minutes.
Saint Xavier (3-8-4/3-2-3 CCAC) returns to action on Wednesday, October 30 when they travel to Elgin, Ill. to play Judson University (Ill.). The match is set for a 1:00 pm kickoff.