TIFFIN, Ohio –The Heidelberg University men's soccer team dropped their final non-conference match of the season, 2-1, to No. 24 Denison University on Wednesday. All three goals came in a span of eight minutes in the second half.

Heidelberg falls to 2-5-3 and Denison improves to 8-0-1.

FIRST HALF

A scoreless period seemed fairly even between the sides. Denison held a narrow 4-3 edge in shots. Jake Kress made two saves for Heidelberg. His Denison counterpart, Blake Schach, had one save.

SECOND HALF

The offense opened up for both teams early in the second half. Denison's Max Haupt opened scoring in the 52nd minute. Haupt beat Kress low and left on a breakway for his first goal of the season.

In the 58th minute, the Big Red padded their lead with Kennedy Kommor's fourth goal of the year. Kress made the initial save on Kommor near the top of the box, but the Denison junior scored off the rebound.

Less than a minute later, Heidelberg answered. Jay Sato tiptoed along the endline and sent a cross into the six that Jacob Hetrick finished.

Heidelberg's best chance for an equalizer came with less than 10 minutes left. A cross played in to Joseph Tallarico was played down with his head. Schach got down and snared it with his right hand as he fell to the ground.

INSIDE THE BOXSCORE

For the Hetrick, it was his first collegiate goal in his 64th game.

Denison outshot Heidelberg, 10-9. Schach had three saves while Kress tallied five.

QUOTES

Head coach Ryan Carruth on his team's performance: "Denison is a good team, very organized ... I thought our guys did a really good job ... Proud of the boys for keeping with it, it's only a matter of time before we catch our breaks ... I think we're knocking on the door -- we're getting very close."

Carruth on the play of Hetrick:  "Jacob went out there and played like a senior ... worked very hard and created chances ... He was very good on the ball, delivered some good crosses in the box.

UP NEXT

Heidelberg begins OAC action on Saturday. The Student Princes travel to Otterbein, with kickoff slated for 1 p.m.