CHICAGO – Senior forward
Mark Vitaliy Hul (Ternopil, Ukraine/TSSH No. 29) scored the lone tally for the Saint Xavier University men's soccer team (1-2/0-0 CCAC) in a 1-0 non-conference victory over St. Ambrose University (Iowa) Friday evening at Bruce R. Deaton Memorial Field in Chicago, Ill. Hul scored in the 14
th minute, while his teammates limited the Fighting Bees to only seven shot attempts and one shot on goal. Redshirt senior goalkeeper
Daniel Martinez (Cicero, Ill./Morton East) made one save to earn his first clean sheet of the season.
- Hul finished the match with two shot attempts.
- Redshirt senior midfielder Mauri Martinez (Chicago, Ill./Argo Community) picked up his first assist of the year, along with a shot attempt.
- Fifth-year senior forward Dorian Mahone (Carol Stream, Ill./Willowbrook) finished with two shot attempts and one shot on goal.
- Junior midfielder Cristian Morales (Chicago, Ill./Brother Rice) logged a shot on goal in 63 minutes of play.
- Redshirt junior midfielder Saul Lagunas (Midlothian, Ill./Bremen) added a shot attempt while playing the full 90 minutes.
- Martinez setup the game-winning goal by racing down the right side of the pitch before sending a cross pass to Hul, who found the back of the net in the lower right corner.
- The SXU defense limited SAU's attempts in the attacking zone with Martinez making his lone save in the 31st minute.
Saint Xavier (1-2/0-0 CCAC) travels to Indianapolis, Ind. to play Marian University (Ind.) in a Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC)/Crossroads League (CL) crossover contest on Wednesday, September 2. The match is scheduled for a 6:00 pm central first kick.
