2024 Red River Athletic Conference men's soccer standings
TEXARKANA, Texas —
Xavier University of Louisiana men's soccer scored three times in the final 22 minutes
Saturday to pull away for a 5-1 Red River Athletic Conference victory
against Texas A&M-Texarkana.
The Gold Rush (4-3-1 overall, 3-2 RRAC)
tied the program record for second-half goals and won for the third time in four games.
XULA never trailed and led 2-0 at the break
after
Leonardo Menzen's goal in the 34th minute and
Gustavo Oliveira's goal
in the final 10 seconds of the period. Then the Eagles (4-5-2, 2-3-1)
cut the lead in half on Diego Picano's penalty kick in the 61st minute.
But XULA withstood that threat,
getting a
Juan Braz goal in the 69th minute and
Leo Dutra goals in the 72nd and 77th minutes.
Braz and Dutra scored for the first time this season.
Goalkeeper
Breno Zanolla had three saves
in his fourth victory this season.
Oliveira scored his
team-leading sixth goal of 2024 and his 19th in 21 career XULA games.
The XULA men will play their next four games
at home, including 3:30 p.m. kickoffs Thursday and Saturday against conference opponents
Texas College and Jarvis Christian. XULA home games offer free admission at Lafreniere Park in
suburban Metairie, La.
In other RRAC games Saturday:
• Our Lady of the Lake won 4-0 at Paul Quinn.
• Huston-Tillotson won 2-0 at home against Houston-Victoria.
• Louisiana Christian won 1-0 at Texas College.
• LSU-Shreveport won 4-1 at home against North American.
• LSU-Alexandria won 1-0 at Jarvis Christian.
• Texas A&M-San Antonio won 3-1 at Southwest (N.M.)
