Panthers Prevail Over Defiance

DEFIANCE, Ohio – The Defiance College men's soccer team played its second Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference match of the season on Sunday against Hanover College. The Jackets were defeated by a score of 4-2.

The DC attack came out stagnant in the opening minutes of the game, unable to get into any type of offensive flow or rhythm. The Panthers took advantage, and in the game's 36th minute Hanover's Kyle Bohnert provided the opening goal. Jake Stawick played Bohnert into the box, who comfortably slid the ball past the keeper.

Jackets' sophomore forward Jaiden Henderson evened the match in the waning seconds of the first half when he ran the endline and scored on a magnificent shot from the left outside of the box into the top right corner of the goal.

The goal sent the game tied going into the break at one goal apiece. The Jackets were outshot by the Panthers in the first half by a count of 7-4.

The Panthers pounced early in the second half as Matt Flora came up with a loose ball in the box and slotted it on the ground past the keeper to give Hanover a 2-1 advantage.

Hanover's Drew Servais added another goal 12 minutes later to put the Panthers up by two.

With just over 10 minutes remaining Jackets' freshman Kevin Arriola scored his first career goal at Defiance to cut the lead down to one.

After DC's goal to draw the score back to 3-2, the Panthers added another goal two minutes later that put the game out of reach. With the loss the Jackets' HCAC record falls to 0-2 and its season record now sits at 2-8-1.

The Yellow Jackets will next be in action on Saturday, October 8 when they travel to Franklin College for a HCAC matchup. The game is slated to begin at 3:00 p.m.