WILMINGTON, Ohio – Mount Union's men's soccer team lost an Ohio Athletic Conference matchup against Wilmington 5-3 on Saturday evening.

The Purple Raiders (7-2-3, 0-1-1 OAC) would strike first when junior Alex Depperschmidt (Mansfield / Lexington) would find the back of the net in the 25^th minute to take a 1-0 lead.

The Quakers (10-2-2, 3-0-0 OAC) would tie the game at a goal apiece in the 50^th minute when Eli Eyrich scored. Wilmington would then claim their first lead of the game in the 62^nd minute when Eyrich scored his second goal of the game. Then, in the 67^th minute the Quakers would extend their lead, this time scoring on a Brayden Spencer goal to take a 3-1 lead.

Mount Union would cut into the lead in the 69^th minute when senior Reese Utter (Dover) scored on a penalty kick, cutting the lead to just a goal. Wilmington would push the lead back to two goals just under a minute and a half later when Logan Kent found the back of the net and a little over nine minutes they would add another goal, this time coming from Parker Burke to make the lead 5-2.

The Raiders would cut into the lead once again when junior Tyler Harsch (Aliquippa, Pa. / Central Valley) scored to cut the lead to 5-3 in the 82^nd minute but that is as close as they would get as the Quakers would go on to win 5-3.

The Raiders return home next when they host Muskingum in Kehres Stadium in an OAC matchup on Wednesday, October 15 at 7 p.m. in Alliance.