Yellow Jackets Play Heidelberg to a Standstill

TIFFIN, Ohio – Defiance College had its first road test of the season on Tuesday after going 1-1 in the season-opening DC Classic. The Yellow Jackets faced one of their toughest teams on the schedule in Heidelberg and played it to a 1-1 draw.

Neither team seemed to control the first half of play as both teams posted six total shots. Defiance had three corners to Heidelberg's one but regardless neither team could find a breakthrough goal.

Heidelberg stepped up its game in the second half and got the goal it was searching for in the 64th minute when senior forward Mike Harling recorded his first goal of the season on a cross from Erik Furst.

Even after falling a goal behind, the Yellow Jackets refused to go away as sophomore forward Jaiden Henderson came up with the equalizer in the 69th minute. Henderson's strike from 18 feet out found the back of the net leveling the game and giving Henderson his second goal in only three games.

After Henderson's goal neither team could find the game-winning goal it was desperately searching for as the game stayed tied at the end of regulation.

In the extra sessions Heidelberg outshot DC six shots to zero but was unable to find the back of the net due to a superb night from sophomore keeper Sean Roberts. Roberts recorded ten saves on the night.

The tie moves the Yellow Jackets record to 1-1-1 in the 2011 campaign. The Jackets are next in action on Friday, September 9 at 5 p.m. when they will take on Penn State-Behrend in the Ohio Northern Tournament in Ada, Ohio.