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Maharishi MIU (1-4-1)
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Winner Saint Xavier (IL) SXU (4-4)
Maharishi MIU
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Saint Xavier (IL) SXU
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Team 1 2 F
Maharishi MIU 2 0 2
Saint Xavier (IL) SXU 1 2 3

Game Recap: Men's Soccer |

Diaz’s Brace Lifts SXU Men’s Soccer Past MIU, 3-2

CHICAGO – Senior midfielder/forward Yael Diaz (Chicago, Ill./Moraine Valley/Hubbard) converted a penalty kick (PK) in the 88th minute, his second goal of the match, for the game-winner in a 3-2 triumph for Saint Xavier University men's soccer (4-4/0-0 CCAC) over Maharishi International University (Iowa) Tuesday evening at Bruce R. Deaton Memorial Field in Chicago, Ill. Diaz netted the game-tying goal in the 62nd minute, and he now has a team-leading four goals on the season. Redshirt senior goalkeeper Daniel Martinez (Cicero, Ill./Morton East) made a pair of saves in the first half as the Cougar defense limited the Pioneers to just one-shot attempt in the final 45 minutes of play. Overall, SXU out shot MIU 15-7, with 11 shots coming from Saint Xavier in the second half.
  • Diaz finished with a match-high five shot attempts in 90 minutes on the pitch.
  • Junior forward Rodrigo Hernandez (Bridgeview, Ill./Stagg) collected four shot attempts with three shots on goal.
  • Fifth-year senior forward Dorian Mahone (Carol Stream, Ill./Willowbrook) scored his first goal of the season on a penalty kick in 42 minutes of action.
  • Maharishi International took a 1-0 lead in the 12th minute off a corner kick from the left side with the center back heading in the shot past Martinez.
  • Mahone squared the match at 1-1 in the 42nd minute after he drew a foul inside the 18-yard box.
  • However, just 14 seconds later the Pioneers went up 2-1 as a free kick got behind the SXU defense, leading to a pass for a breakaway that slipped into the lower left corner.
  • Diaz netted the equalizer with a header after he received a pass from freshman midfielder Kajetan Mlynarski (Warsaw, Poland/Lelewel) on a corner kick. It was the first collegiate point for Mlynarski.
  • Saint Xavier kept the pressure up searching for the go-ahead tally. Rodriguez drew a foul with three minutes remaining inside the 18-yard box that allowed Diaz to convert the penalty kick. It was the second PK that Diaz has converted this year.
Saint Xavier (4-4/0-0 CCAC) welcomes Huntington University (Ind.) to Deaton Field on Saturday, September 19 for a non-conference match with first kick scheduled for 1:00 pm.
 
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