HANOVER, Ind.—The Transylvania University men's soccer team dropped a tightly contested matchup with the host Hanover College Panthers in a Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference semifinal match on Tuesday, 1-0.

The Pioneers battled throughout, playing the HCAC regular season champions and tournament number one seed close, going shot for shot with the Panthers in the contest, but ultimately, Hanover netted the lone goal in the match in the 55^th minute. Transy fired off 13 shots in the contest to Hanover's 14, but were only able to put one on goal. Matt Melzer's shot attempt in the 88^th minute represented the Pioneers' best chance on goal, but it was narrowly saved by the Hanover goalkeeper.

Transy opened the match strongly with several looks at goal, including four shots in the first 15 minutes. Midfielder Riley Calhoon started things with a shot in the 9^th minute but missed wide left, followed by a shot from midfielder Tyler Joy-Brandon at the 10:34 mark but his attempt was blocked. Three minutes later, it was Calhoon who again fired off a shot but was blocked by a Panther defender. Midfielder Freddie Siegelman took another crack at goal in the 15^th minute, pushing a header just past the right post.

The Pioneers were undeterred by their lack of early success and continued to press forward with their offense and look for opportunities to score. Throughout the remainder of the match, Transy found openings in the Hanover defense but were unable to break into the scoring column.

After the Panthers took the lead, Transylvania committed more men forward, looking for the equalizing goal but were unsuccessful. Siegelman pushed another shot wide in the 70^th minute, while midfielder Jonathan Rase and defender Tate Spivey had shots blocked in the 79^th and 87^th minutes respectively. A shot from midfielder Jacob Gantt went wide left in the 90^th minute, ending the Transylvania hope of a comeback.

The loss ends the Pioneers' season with a record of 8-4-7 and 5-1-3 in HCAC action.