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Winner Saint Xavier (IL) SAINT XA (10-3-2, 5-1-1)
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Calumet (IN) CALUMET (0-14-0, 0-7-0)
Winner
Saint Xavier (IL) SAINT XA
(10-3-2, 5-1-1)
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Final
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Calumet (IN) CALUMET
(0-14-0, 0-7-0)
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Team 1 2 F
Saint Xavier (IL) SAINT XA 1 4 5
Calumet (IN) CALUMET 0 0 0

Game Recap: Men's Soccer |

SXU Men’s Soccer Tops Calumet St. Joseph, 5-0

East Chicago, Ind. – The Saint Xavier University men's soccer team (10-3-2, 5-1-1 CCAC) scored a season-high five goals and they extended their shutout streak to five matches as the Cougars came away with a 5-0 victory over Calumet St. Joseph College (Ind.) in Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) action Saturday afternoon at East Chicago High School in East Chicago, Ind. Sophomore forward Americo Castaneda (Blue Island, Ill./Mount Carmel) led SXU with a pair of assists and his first collegiate goal after he started the second half, playing 45 minutes. Freshman goalkeeper Guillermo Vences (Alsip, Ill./Eisenhower) earned his first collegiate shutout, improving his record to 2-0 in net this season, after he made one save. Saint Xavier last had a five-match shutout streak just last season. The Cougars held a 25-2 shot advantage in the road win.
  • Junior forward Irving Moreno (Chicago, Ill./Mount Carmel) had two shots on goal and tallied the first goal of the match, his first of the season, in 53 minutes.
  • Sophomore midfielder/forward Eduardo Perez (Chicago, Ill./St. Laurence) collected four shot attempts with three shots on goal. He scored his first goal of the season while logging 73 minutes on the pitch.
  • Junior midfielder Mark Vitaliy Hul (Ternopil, Ukraine/Moraine Valley/TSSH No. 29) registered three shot attempts, finishing with a goal and an assist in just 17 minutes of action.
  • Fifth year senior midfielder Saul Camacho (Summit, Ill./Elmhurst/St. Laurence) added a goal and an assist, also in 17 minutes of play.
  • Moreno scored an unassisted goal in the 27th minute to give SXU a 1-0 advantage that they would carry into halftime.
  • Perez took a pass from Castaneda and converted his shot into a goal in the 48th minute.
  • In the 86th minute Camacho connected with Castaneda who hit the back of the net for a 3-0 lead.
  • A little over 40 seconds later in the 87th minute, Castaneda earned his second assist when he found Hul, who posted his fifth goal of 2025.
  • Camacho capped the scoring in the 89th minute, his third goal of the season, when he took a pass from Hul to put Saint Xavier up 5-0.
Saint Xavier (10-3-2/5-1-1 CCAC) travels to Joliet, Ill. to take on University of St. Francis (Ill.) in a CCAC contest on Wednesday, October 22. The match is scheduled for a 7:00 pm kickoff.
 
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