COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Capital University men's soccer team hosted the Purple Raiders from the University of Mount Union on Senior Day, where they fell to the visitors, with a final score of 3-0. Capital is now 5-4-2 overall, and 1-1-1 in conference play. Mount Union is now 6-3-4 overall and 2-0-1 in conference play.
Before the game, seniors
Jack Thomas,
Jackson Terry,
Josiah Benjamin,
Wassim Metatla,
Mathias Noffsinger, and
Jimmy Yancy were all honored on Senior Day for the Comets.
Mount Union started the attack with 3 shots in the first twelve minutes, and on the third shot, it was originally blocked before Mount Union would score in the form of a lower left goal by Tyler Harsch off of an assist by Cameron Smith.
For the next 65 minutes, the Comets and the Purple Raiders were in a competitive battle with no goals scored before Mount Union would score again at the 77th minute mark, on a goal by Brayden Sutton. Mount Union would also score again at the 87th minute mark with Amir Spratt scoring off of an assist by Dom Kustura to take a 3-0 lead before the game ended.
Austin Young led the Comets with three shots, two of them were shots on goal. Terry,
Harper Gillen, Noffsinger, and Yancy each attempted a shot.
Noah Thomas had eight saves for the Comets.
UP NEXT
The Comets are next in action on Wednesday, October 14th, when they host the Quakers of Wilmington College. The start time for the game is 7:00 PM
