Granville, Ohio - The DePauw University men's soccer team had a hard-earned draw at Denison on Wednesday night. Julian Bell got the Tigers on the board in the 28th minute to equalize the Big Red's goal scored in the second minute and the two teams battled the rest of the afternoon.
Both teams had chances to take the match, but both goalkeepers tallied three saves between the posts. This was senior goalkeeper Sam Ortner's first tie of the season, ending with a 8-3-1 record in the net.
Denison struck first when a foul on DePauw gave them a free kick from the left sideline. A long kick delivered to the penalty box, a header put the ball into the net outside of Ortner's reach.
25-minutes later, a foul on Denison put the Tigers in a similar situation with Aidan Whitley delivering a long free kick to Harrison Engel who fed the ball to Bell to tie it up 1-1 with 17-minutes left in the first half. This was Bell's fifth goal on the season, leading the Tigers with 18 points on the season. Julian is seventh in the league with seven goals and two game-winning goals.
The Big Red edged the Tigers in shots 12-7, but stayed even with shots on target 4-4. Denison had ten corners to DePauw's one. The Big Red recorded one yellow card during the match.
DePauw held possession in the attacking quadrant 19% of the time, while Denison had 35%.
With the tie, DePauw sits at 0-2-1 in the North Coast Athletic Conference standings, while Denison is fourth with a 1-0-2 record, 5-1-6 overall.
Moving forward in conference play, the Tigers will host Oberlin on Saturday, October 17th at 12:00 p.m.
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