East Chicago, Ind. – Senior midfielder Veronica Davila (Bourbonnais, Ill./Governors State/Bradley-Bourbonnais) doubled her season output, scoring four goals to help lead the Saint Xavier University women's soccer team (9-4-4, 8-1-3 CCAC) to a 7-1 victory over Calumet College of St. Joseph (Ind.) in their regular season finale in a Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) contest Wednesday evening at East Chicago High School in East Chicago, Ind. Davila is the first Cougar to score four goals in a match since Sam Formella (2009-12) also had four goals in a 12-0 against Holy Cross College (Ind.) on September 29, 2009, at Bruce R. Deaton Memorial Field in Chicago, Ill. With the win, SXU ties for first place in the CCAC, along with Holy Cross College and St. Ambrose University (Iowa) as all three teams went 8-1-3 in conference play, collecting 27 points. HCC claims the conference crown by virtue of head-to-head wins over both Saint Xavier and St. Ambrose.

• Davila finished the match with eight shot attempts and seven shot on goal in 64 minutes of action.
• Freshman midfielder Angelica Flores (Chicago, Ill./Hubbard) recorded her third goal of the season while playing 70 minutes.
• Senior midfielder/defender Hope Lewis (Auburn, Ind./DeKalb) notched her first goal of the year, playing the full time.
• Sophomore midfielder Samantha Velasco (Chicago, Ill./Aurora/De La Salle) tallied her first goal as a Cougar after starting the second half for 45 minutes of time on the pitch.
• Junior goalkeeper Natalie Dybas (La Grange, Ill./Lyons Township) moved her record to 9-4-4 on the season after allowing a goal. Overall, the SXU defense gave up just two shot attempts on the evening.
• In just the second minute of action, Davila scored her fifth goal of the year on an assist from freshman midfielder Paige Swaw (Tinley Park, Ill./Andrew).
• The Crimson Wave tied the match in the ninth minute.
• Two minutes later, Davila netted what would be the game-winning goal, her sixth of 2025, in the 11^th minute. Junior forward Alex Jonaitis (Naperville, Ill./Naperville Central) picked up an assist on the play.
• Flores extended the lead to 3-1 in the 22^nd minute on the second assist off the foot of Swaw. Saint Xavier would hold that advantage into halftime.
• Davila earned the 'Hat Trick' in the 53^rd minute when she received a pass from Jonaitis. For Jonaitis, it was her team-leading eighth assist of the season.
• In the 59^th minute, Lewis scored her first goal of the season on a penalty kick
• Almost 90 seconds later, Davila registered her fourth goal of the evening, and eighth of the year, in the 61^st minute.
• With only two seconds remaining in the match, Velasco converted the second penalty kick of the night for the Cougars to cap the scoring.

Saint Xavier (9-4-4/8-1-2 CCAC) prepares for the CCAC Tournament that begins on Tuesday, November 4. It will be the first time since 2010 that the Cougars will host a CCAC Tournament match. Time and opponent are TBA.