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DePaul Drops BIG EAST Opener 1-0 at Xavier
9/17/2016 12:00:00 AM | MEN'S SOCCER
CINCINNATI - For 81 minutes, the Blue Demon defense kept the zero in the face of a steady Xavier attack.
But a foul in the box against DePaul in the 82nd minute resulted in the game-defining penalty kick of a 1-0 loss in the BIG EAST Conference opener Saturday at Gettler Stadium.
Majed Osman beat goalkeeper Quentin Low with a shot in the middle of the net as Low dove to his left hoping to anticipate the attempt. It was Osman's first goal of the season as Xavier improved to 3-2-2, 1-0-0 in the BIG EAST.
DePaul (4-2-2, 0-1-0) had come into the match as one of the top scoring teams in the country with 17 goals in its first seven games.
But Xavier's defense contained the Blue Demon attack while the Musketeers offense kept the ball in DePaul's half of the field.
Coach Craig Blazer's side returns to action on Wednesday with a showdown against rival Northwestern in Evanston.
Notes
- Xavier outshot DePaul 14-2 and had a 4-0 edge in shots on goal.
- The Musketeers also had a decisive advantage in corner kicks, 9-0.
- John Freitag and Simon Megally took shots for the Blue Demons.
- Before the PK, Low had given up just one goal in the last 551 minutes.
- Field players Caleb Pothast, Max de Bruijne, Anton Sell, Erik Rodriguez, Kevin Beyer and Megally played the entire 90 minutes.
