COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Mount Union men's soccer team fell to Capital 3-1 in their first Ohio Athletic Conference match of the season.

Capital (3-7, 1-0) struck first in the 8^th minute off of a corner kick by Cheyn Roux that found Hunter Stiger to put the Crusaders up 1-0.

Stiger scored again just four minutes later on a chip shot off of a rebound to give Capital a 2-0 lead.

The Crusaders scored their third goal of the half in the 44^th minute when Josh McDaniel placed a ball in the top corner of the goal off of an assist from Jacob Pulliam to put Capital up 3-0 at the break.

Mount Union (5-3-1, 0-1) got on the board in the 54^th minute on a goal by sophomore Jesse Tinney (Heidelberg, Pa./Chartiers Valley) as he beat the keeper far post off of an assist from senior Mitchell Tiah (Grayson, Ga./Grayson) to cut the Capital lead down to 3-1.

Mount Union next hosts Marietta on Tuesday, October 6 at 7 pm.

Mount Union vs Capital (October 2, 2015 at Columbus, Ohio)

                            1              2              F

Mount Union         0              1              1

Capital                  3              0              3

Scoring Summary

CAP- Hunter Stiger (Cheyn Roux), 7:24

CAP- Hunter Stiger, 11:33

CAP- Josh McDaniel (Jacob Pulliam), 43:44

MTU- Jesse Tinney (Mitchell Tiah), 53:47

Shots- Mount Union 6, Capital 15

Saves- Mount Union 6, Capital 1