TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- A magical Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology men's soccer season came to an end with a heartbreaking 1-0 loss to Defiance College in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament Semifinal Round on Wednesday night at the Rose-Hulman Soccer Field.
The Fightin' Engineers outshot Defiance 23-3 in the contest, but the visiting Yellow Jackets scored the lone goal of the contest. Armando Campos-Ortiz scored the goal in the 64th minute off a corner kick that was deflected by the Engineer defense. Â
Orry Killam was the defensive hero for Defiance with 10 saves in the shutout victory.
Rose-Hulman won the HCAC regular season championship with a perfect 9-0 record as part of an overall 12-5-1 season. The Fightin' Engineers earned HCAC regular season honors for the third consecutive year in the memorable campaign before suffering the upset in semifinal action.
Takezo Kelly led Rose-Hulman with five shots and all five were on goal.Â
AJ Yilmaz added four shots for the Fightin' Engineers.
Defiance advanced to the HCAC championship round with its 11th win of the season. The Fightin' Engineers have won nine HCAC men's soccer regular season championships under head coach
Sean Helliwell since 2008 and have a conference mark of 103-9-12 in that time span.