Xavier Upends Siena, 6-0, on Sunday Afternoon

Sunday, September 14

Cincinnati, Ohio

1 p.m.

Xavier University

2-2-1, 0-0-0

Siena

1-4-0, 0-0-0

Siena

Xavier

Xavier Upends Siena, 6-0, on Sunday Afternoon

09.14.25 | Men's Soccer

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Six different Musketeers found the back of the net vs the Saints

By: Greg Lautzenheiser, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - Six different Musketeers scored on Sunday afternoon en route to a 6-0 win over Siena at Corcoran Field.

Xavier improves to 2-2-1 on the year, while the Saints drop to 1-4.

SCORING RECAP

26' | XU | Gun Ha Lee (Nolan Brice)
27' | XU | George Waites (Shogo Haraikawa)
47' | XU | Shogo Haraikawa (unassisted)
54' | XU | Ely Detty (Harun Bakaran, Alejandro Silvestrini)
68' | XU | Harun Bakaran (penalty kick)
78' | XU | Cooper Forcellini (Gun Ha Lee)

NOTABLES

Xavier's six goals are the most in a match for the Musketeers since Feb. 28, 2021 (defeated Chicago State, 10-0, at the Grand Park Sports Campus in Westfield, Ind.).
Xavier has scored three or more goals in a match three times this season. The Musketeers have 13 goals in five matches on the year (only had 14 goals in 17 matches last season). Four of Xavier's 13 goals have come via penalty kick.
Senior Cooper Forcellini now has a team-leading five goals on the year. He now has 20 career points (eight goals, four assists).
Senior captain George Waites scored his second career goal. He now has 11 career points (two goals, seven assists).
Newcomers Harun Bakaran and Gun Ha Lee both scored their second goals of the season. Both players have five points on the year (two goals, one assist).
Newcomer Shogo Haraikawa scored his first points in a Xavier uniform, scoring a goal and recording an assist vs the Saints.
Sophmore Nolan Brice record his first career assist. He now has three career points (one goal, one assist).
Newcomers Ely Detty (first career goal) and Alejandro Silvestrini (first assist at Xavier; 12th career point) also recorded points on Sunday.
Xavier took one more shot (15-14) than Siena and recorded 10 more shots on goal (13-3). The 13 shots on goal are a season high for the Musketeers.
A total of 10 Musketeers took a shot in the match, paced by Cooper Forcellini (three shots, two on goal). Gun Ha Lee, Shogo Haraikawa and George Waites each added two shots.
Xavier took three more corner kicks (7-4) than Siena and committed two more fouls (15-13). The seven corner kicks are a season high for the Musketeers.
Gabriel Kuffel (1-0) made his first career start in goal, recording three saves and posting the shutout. He has a 0.93 goals against average in three matches (98 total minutes) during his career.
Xavier moved to 1-0-1 all-time vs the Saints.
John Higgins has posted a 24-15-19 (8-7-11 BIG EAST) record in four seasons at Xavier. His teams have posted 26 shutouts in 58 matches.