I guess that I will start a topic for this important road opener.
Xavier played a tough exhibition schedule.
In their 3rd and final exhibition game, they played a final four team from last year...the Michigan State Spartans...
Xavier and MSU played to a 0-0 tie
in their 2nd Game, Xavier defeated Valparaiso 3-1
in their first game , they played the gridiron school in Columbus...Xavier and the school sometimes known as Blowhio State...played to 1-1 tie.
You can see in article below that Xavier has a preseason all conference forward that will be matched up against Tor and Carlo and the rest of the back line
under this coach, Xavier is 59-19-2 on their home field...and they do play in the Big East (so they play some good teams)
https://goxavier.com/news/2019/8/21/mens-soccer-samson-sergi-named-to-preseason-all-big-east-team.aspx