After a tough battle Saturday night, the Tigers fell to the Hiram College Terriers 3-2 in the team's second conference game of the season.
DePauw fell behind midway through the first half, but was able to respond with goals from sophomores Nate Snyder and Andy Morrison in the first. The Terriers scored with less than three minutes left in the first half for a 2-2 halftime.
The Terriers pulled out the victory with a late goal in the 88th minute, giving the hosts a 3-2 victory.
DePauw head coach Brad Hauter thought the team just wasn't themselves Saturday night.
"I thought it was kind of the opposite of who we are," Hauter said. "We were very dynamic going forward and creating a lot of really good opportunities, but we weren't ourselves in the back.
"There isn't one specific thing that went wrong. I think it was attention to detail that was missing. It wasn't just our back line, but it was all over the field defensively. The angles of pressure and the intensity to pressure weren't correct, and I think we gave their players too much space with and without the ball."
The three goals surrendered Saturday is equivalent to the number of goals the team gave up throughout its first seven games of the season. Despite the loss, Hauter saw it as a bump in the road.
"That loss may move us in the right direction," Hauter said. "I really like how our team has responded and readjusted to this point."
After the loss, the Tigers fall to 5-1-2 on the season with the heart of the conference schedule approaching quickly. The team is back in action Wednesday at 7 p.m. when it hosts Anderson University before four straight conference games to follow.