LUCAS AT A GLANCE: Highly skilled with the ball and has a number of abilities to keep possession ... Knows how to make connections as an attacking player with calmness and confidence.
JUNIOR (2023): Only returner to play and start in all 19 games ... Played on the left back ... Second-Team All-Sunshine State Conference ... Helped lead the defense to a 1.05 goals against average and nine shutouts ... Bucs won the SSC regular season title and the conference tournament in the same season for the first time in program history ... Second on the team in minutes played at 1,489 (78.4 per game) ... Scored twice, including the game-winner at arch-rival Lynn on Oct. 18, and added four assists ... Made the Barry Dean's List in the fall ... Earned a spot on the SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll.
SOPHOMORE (2022): Played in 19 matches, starting 15 ... Led the Bucs to win the SSC conference in the defense line ... Scored one goal against Anderson and with three assists ... Assisted Iker Berruezo in the 1-0 win over Eckerd on Oct. 19 ... . Assisted Jordi Ramon in the 3-0 win over Christian Brothers on Nov. 12 ... Assisted Pascal Sattelberger in the 3-1 win over Saint Leo on Sept. 24... Averaged 77.36 minutes per game ... Earned Athletic Director's List honors both semesters ... Named to the Sunshine State Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll.
FRESHMAN (2021): Played in 13 matches as a rookie, starting seven ... Scored one goal and was second on the team with three assists ... Averaged 49.8 minutes per game ... Scored his first goal against Florida Tech on Sept. 25 ... Assisted Daniel Schaal on the game-tying goal in the overtime win over Saint Leo on Oct. 9 ... Assisted Peekay Stoffle on two goals in the 6-0 win over Eckerd on Oct. 30 ... earned Dean's List honors both semesters ... Named to the Sunshine State Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll.
CoVid (2020):Â No participation as the entire season was canceled due to the pandemic.
HIGH SCHOOL & CLUB: Graduated from E.E. Professor Joaquim Leme do Prado High in São Paulo, Brazil ... Playing for Ei Brazil, he scored 20 goals, 10 game-winners, and added 18 assists.
PERSONAL: Son of Ricardo Xavier da Silva and Gisele Cristiane de Oliveira ... General studies major.
