Men's soccer comes up short in HCAC Championship Game

The Defiance men's soccer team was defeated by Hanover in penalty kicks, 5-4 in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Championship Game. The Yellow Jackets held the Panthers scoreless for 110 minutes but fell just short in the shootout to see their incredible playoff run come to an end.

The Basics

• Records: Defiance (11-11-1, 4-5), Earlham (13-4-2, 8-1)
• Location: Hanover Soccer Complex - Hanover, Ind.
• Attendance: 473

Inside the Numbers

• Senior Chase Stiner led Defiance with two shots and Defiance's lone shot on goal.
• Sophomores Erdwin Quintana and Noah Howdeshell also recorded shots.
• Junior Orry Killam made eight saves.
• Josh Hughes led Hanover with eight shots and three shots on goal.
• Luke Eppler also had three shots on goal.
• Luciano Salemi made one save for the Panthers

The Shootout

• Stiner and Leonardo Bottura each scored in the first round of the shootout
• Joshua Maurer converted his penalty kick while Renato Yostsui missed giving the Yellow Jackets a 2-1 edge.
• Quintana and Joao Domenici both made their shots in round three to make the score 3-2.
• Noah Svanberg and Carlos Schryver each successfully converted their shots in round four to make the totals 4-3.
• Killam missed his shot and on the other end, Josh Hughes tied the score at 4-4.
• Armando Campos-Ortiz couldn't break the tie and Fellipe Busato made his kick to give the Panthers the HCAC title.

Records and Notes

• Defiance played a team record 23 games this season.
• Defiance's 11 wins are the second-most in team history.
• Killam finishes the season with 121 saves, the fourth-most in a single season by a DC keeper.
• Killam also finishes the season with 2868.49 minutes in goal in his career and 1658:02 this year, ranking fourth and fifth on the career and single-season leaderboard.
• Svanberg and Maurer finish the season with 15 points to tie for 10th most in a single season.
• Maurer finishes the season with seven goals, tying him for the fifth-most in a single season in program history.
• Senior Jacob Rygula extended his career games played record to 78.