Curran, Henderlong Lead Musketeers Past Knights, 2-1

Wednesday, February 17

Westfield, Ind. (Grand Park Sports Campus)

1:45 p.m.

Xavier University

2-1

Bellarmine

0-1

Bellarmine

Xavier

Curran, Henderlong Lead Musketeers Past Knights, 2-1

02.17.21 | Men's Soccer

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Sophomore Karsen Kenderlong scored his team-leading fourth goal of the season on Wednesday

By: Greg Lautzenheiser, Xavier Athletic Communications

WESTFIELD, Ind. - Xavier men's soccer picked up a 2-1 win over Bellarmine on Wednesday afternoon at the Grand Park Sports Campus. The Musketeers moved to 2-1 on the year, while the Knights dropped to 0-1.

SCORING RECAP

15' | XU | Bryce Curran scored the first goal of his career from 10 yards out from the left side of the goal. The ball was played across from the right from Jerome Jolly who collected his second assist of the season.

22' | XU | Karsen Henderlong scored his team-leading fourth goal of the year from just outside the goal off a deflected ball played in from the right side of the box by Felix Boe-Tangen.

87' | BEL | Nate Giraro scored Bellarmine's first goal as a Division I member from 10 yards out on the right side of the box.

NOTABLE

• Sophomore Karsen Henderlong now has four goals this season and 11 total career goals.

• Jerome Jolly now has two assists on the year. The assist for Felix Boe-Tangen was his first of the season and the second of his career.

• Senior Matthew Rosenberg (2-1) made five saves in the match. He now has a 0.98 goals against average in 277 minutes of action this season.

• Bellarmine held a 15-13 advantage in shots and had two more corner kicks (7-5) than Xavier. Xavier committed one more foul (5-4) than the Knights.

UP NEXT

• The Musketeers return to action on Friday, Feb. 26 vs Saint Louis. First touch is set for 3 p.m. from the Grand Park Sports Campus in Westfield, Ind.

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