Yellow Jacket Men's Soccer Falls in Overtime

WILMINGTON, OHIO- The Defiance College men's soccer team took a tough loss to Wilmington College in overtime with a score of 3-2 in a non-conference matchup in Wilmington.

The Yellow Jackets (3-4) took a strong lead scoring the first goal of the day against Wilmington (3-5) one minute into the game when freshman Josiah Nichols (Weston/Bowling Green) took a hard shot and soared it past the goalkeeper.  Nichols took the only shot of the first half for the Yellow Jackets offensively, but the DC defense fought off the Wilmington offense from scoring before intermission. The first half concluded with Defiance ahead 1-0.

During the second half, Defiance battled back-and-forth for the lead as the Quakers tied the game at 1-1 early in the period at the 59:04 mark.  Defiance answered back four minutes later during the 64th minute with a goal by sophomore Nick Kletpz (Troy) to give the Yellow Jackets a 2-1 advantage.  DC looked to be headed to victory, but a final Wilmington fleury resulted in a game-tying goal with with 30 seconds remaining forcing overtime. 

Just over two minutes into the first overtime period, the Quakers tallied the game clinching goal to seal the 3-2 come-from-behind win. 

Junior Damien Koster (Englewood/Brookville) started and played the entire game. Koester saved thirteen shots in 92:03. 

Defiance will be returning home this coming Tuesday (Sept. 22) for a game at Winsper-Knobel Memorial Field. They will be taking on Ohio Northern University at 4 p.m.