Men's Soccer Plays St. John's to 1-1 Draw

Friday, September 19

Queens, N.Y.

7 p.m.

Xavier University

2-2-2, 0-0-1

St. John's

4-2-3, 0-0-1

Xavier

St. John's

09.19.25 | Men's Soccer

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Ekene Okeke scored his first career goal on Friday night

By: Greg Lautzenheiser, Xavier Athletic Communications

QUEENS, N.Y. - Xavier and St. John's played to a 1-1 draw on Friday night at Cox Family Field at Belson Stadium.

Xavier moves to 2-2-2 (0-0-1 BIG EAST), while the Red Storm move to 4-2-3 (0-0-1 BIG EAST).

Xavier played a man down for 71 minutes in the match and managed to score a goal in the 71st minute off a set piece. St. John's battled back to knot the match at 1-1 in the 87th minute.

SCORING RECAP

71' | XU | Ekene Okeke (Nathan Trickett)
87' | SJU | Bjorn Nikolajewski (unassisted)

NOTABLES

Nolan Brice was issued a red card in the 19th minute. Xavier was forced to play a man down for the remainder of the match. The Musketeers have played a man down in three of their six matches this season due to red cards.
Junior defender Ekene Okeke scored his first career goal. It was only his fifth shot taken in 19 career matches.
Junior Nathan Trickett record his first career assist. He now has seven career points (three goals, one assist) in 37 career matches.
Gabriel Kuffel (1-1) made eight saves and allowed one goal in his second career start in goal.
St. John's held a 27-4 advantage in shots and took seven more shots on goal (9-2). The four shots for Xavier were a season low. The 27 shots allowed were a season high by the Musketeer defense.
The Red Storm committed six more fouls (16-10) than Xavier and took five more corner kicks (7-2).
Cooper Forcellini, Ekene Okeke, Nathan Trickett and George Waites all had one shot for the Musketeers.
Xavier moved to 4-4-4 all-time vs the Red Storm with a 1-3-3 mark when playing in Queens.