GRANVILLE, Ohio – The Otterbein men's soccer team bounced back following its first loss of the 2018 campaign defeating Denison University 1-0 behind an early goal from Erick Juarez-Manning. Following a 1-0 loss earlier in the week to Thomas More, Otterbein  gets back to its winning ways now improving to 3-1 on the season, while Denison falls once again and is now 1-5 dropping three consecutive matches.

Juarez-Manning started the scoring for Otterbein in the 5th minute taking a shot from the right side of the box that goalkeeper Dylan Brown could not stop. Denison and Otterbein continued pushing the issue but were unable to find any chances before the break. The Cards held a 5-3 advantage in the shot column after 45 minutes while only attempting one corner kick.

The Big Red nearly scored in the 56th minute as Braden Adamson drilled the crossbar, with the ball floating back towards the field Matt Rush jumped and attempted a header in the face of goalkeeper Collin Hoffmann which was stopped keeping the game 1-0 in favor of the Tan and Cardinal.

Otterbein stayed strong on the defensive side not allowing Denison any shots on net after the 59th minute. In the 78th minute, Tiger Pham attempted a shot that was on track for the left corner of the net but Brown made a diving save on the strong shot attempt. 

At the conclusion, despite Denison holding a 14-12 edge in total shots, Otterbein had six shots on net compared to two by the Big Red. Hoffmann, who recorded nine shutouts a season ago registered his first of his junior season. The Tan and Cardinal will return to Memorial Stadium Wednesday night taking on Ohio Wesleyan at 7 p.m.