Musketeers Play Purple Aces to 3-3 Draw on Wednesday Night

Wednesday, September 10

Evansville, Ind.

7 p.m. ET

Xavier University

Evansville

Musketeers Play Purple Aces to 3-3 Draw on Wednesday Night

09.10.25 | Men's Soccer

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Cooper Forcellini scored two goals for the Musketeers

By: Greg Lautzenheiser, Xavier Athletic Communications

EVANSVILLE, Ind. - Xavier and Evansville played to a 3-3 draw on Wednesday night at Arad McCutchan Stadium.

Xavier moved to 1-2-1 on the year, while the Purple Aces moved to 0-2-4.

SCORING RECAP

4' | XU | Cooper Forcellini (penalty kick)
10' | UE | Devin Shepherd (Will Bencic)
47' | XU | Cooper Forcellini (unassisted)
69' | UE | Andres Escudero (unassisted)
70' | XU | George Waites (unassisted)
75' | UE | Devin Shepherd (Alvaro Timon, Hakon Edstrom)

NOTABLES

Senior Cooper Forcellini scored two goals, increasing his season total to a team-leading four goals. He now has 18 career points (seven goals, four assists).
Senior captain George Waites scored his first career goal. He now has nine career points (one goal, seven assists).
Xavier scored three goals in a match for the second time this season. The Musketeers have seven goals in four matches on the year (only had 14 goals in 17 matches last season). Three of Xavier's seven goals have come via penalty kick.
Xavier took 11 more shots (18-7) than Evansville, including three more shots on goal (7-4). The Musketeers have taken 18 or more shots in a match three times this season.
The Purple Aces took two more corner kicks (3-1) than Xavier. Both teams committed nine fouls. Evansville had one more yellow card (2-1) issued than Xavier.
A total of 13 Musketeers took a shot in the match, paced by Fabrizio Bernal de la Garza (three shots, two shots on goal).
Jonny Mennell (1-2-1) made three saves in goal. He has made 15 saves this season with a 1.75 goals against average and one shutout.
The loss snapped a three-game win streak in the series for Xavier. The Musketeers moved to 5-18-4 all-time vs the Purple Aces.