Bubnick, Jackets Mount Comeback over Lions

DEFIANCE, Ohio – On a day honoring Defiance's seniors, it was a freshman who stood out and stole the show. The Lady Yellow Jackets used and impressive two goal performance from freshman midfielder Lindsay Bubnick to power them past Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference opponent Mount St. Joseph on Saturday.

The game opened up with neither team posting a majority of shots or possession. Then Mount St. Joseph struck first, as the Lions' Brittany Bowman gave them a 1-0 lead. The ball was fumbled in the Defiance box and Bowman was there to clean up and get the game's first goal.

Defiance wasted little time in bouncing back from the deficit, as Bubnick equalized the game at 1-1 when she fired the ball from the top left of the box and curled it past the keeper into the right side of the goal. The goal was Bubnick's first career goal as a Yellow Jacket.

The remaining 20 minutes of the first half was played rather evenly with neither team able to find a go-ahead goal. The Jackets outshot the Lions in the first frame by a total of 5-4.

Defiance came out of the halftime break and controlled much of the second half. The Yellow Jackets were rewarded with their play when Bubnick produced a mesmerizing strike from outside of the box and into the top right of the net. The goal gave Bubnick a brace for the day and was enough to give Defiance a much needed victory.

The win brings the Jackets HCAC record up to 2-5 on the season. The two goal performance by Bubnick is the second time this season a freshman has scored twice in a game for Defiance.

DC is next in action on Wednesday, October 26 when it hosts HCAC rival Bluffton University at 2:00 p.m. The game will be the last home game of the season for the Purple and Gold.