Calvin Pulls Away Late to Hand DePauw First Loss, 4-1

DePauw University suffered its first loss of the 2026 season Saturday afternoon as Calvin University scored twice in the final 12 minutes to pull away for a 4-1 victory at Reavis Stadium.

Calvin put DePauw in an immediate hole. Will Lanham scored just 85 seconds into the match, finishing an assist from Colin Nieuwenhuis for a 1-0 advantage. The visitors doubled the lead in the 17th minute, when Matt Torrell scored his third goal of the season, again assisted by Nieuwenhuis.

DePauw responded in the 25th minute. Harrison Engel scored his first goal of the season off an assist from Sami Ahmed, cutting Calvin’s advantage to 2-1.

The Tigers kept themselves within one for more than 50 minutes after Engel’s goal, and the match remained 2-1 deep into the second half.

Calvin finally broke it open in the 79th minute. Mats Bramer scored to make it 3-1, and only 27 seconds later, Colin Nieuwenhuis added his fourth goal of the season to produce the 4-1 final. After assisting Calvin’s first two goals, Nieuwenhuis finished the afternoon with one goal and two assists.

The final statistics were much closer than the score indicated. Calvin held only a 9-7 advantage in shots and a 7-3 edge in shots on goal, while DePauw generated eight corner kicks to Calvin’s four. DePauw’s goalkeeper made three saves, while Calvin finished with two.

The loss ends DePauw’s perfect start. The Tigers entered Saturday at 3-0 and fall to 3-1 on the season, while Calvin improves to 2-1-1.