Jackets Fall to Eighth Place with Loss at Mount St. Joseph

CINCINNATI, Ohio – The men's soccer team tied its season-high for points allowed in a game as DC fell, 4-1, to Mount St. Joseph on Saturday. Defiance went into halftime trailing by just one goal, but the Lions exploded with three second-half goals to claim the victory on their Senior Day.

After 35 minutes of scoreless action to start the game, MSJ's Christopher Corbett put the Lions on the board with his fourth goal of the season. The game remained locked at 1-0 through halftime and much of the second period, before MSJ's Braden Shultz scored in the 65th minute to put Defiance down by two.

The Yellow Jackets responded with a goal three minutes later, as Jaiden Henderson scored his fifth goal of the season with 22 minutes remaining to bring Defiance within one goal. However, the Lions packed on two late goals to hand DC its sixth loss in as many games.   

Henderson's five goals this season are a team-high, and rank the freshman forward among the top-ten scorers in the conference. DC's Sean Roberts recorded seven saves in the contest to bump his saves total up to 106, and is now one of just two goalies in the conference with triple-digit saves this season.

The Jackets will play in their last road game of the season on Wednesday, October 27, when they head to Bluffton for a match with the Beavers (2-13, 0-7 HCAC). The game is set to begin at 4:00 p.m.