Game Time...The Dordt University men's soccer team returns to action when they make the trip to Aberdeen, S.D. for a conference match against Presentation this weekend. Game time is set for 4:15pm on the Saints Soccer field.
The Defenders has a nine-game unbeaten streak on the line (4-0-5) and is in third place in the GPAC with a 3-0-4 record, 5-2-6 overall. Presentation is 0-7 and in 12th place in the current GPAC standings, 2-9-1 overall.
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All-Time...Dordt owns a 9-1 advantage in the all-time series against the Saints, dating back to the first match played in 2001. The Defenders are 3-1 against Presentation since 2018, the first season the Saints were part of the GPAC in soccer.
- a closer look at the rivalry:
- Dordt is 5-0 in matches played either on a neutral field (1-0) or on the road (4-0) against the Saints
- the Defenders lost 4-2 to Presentation last season, its only setback in the rivalry
- Dordt has shutout the Saints five times, most recently in 2019
- there have been two matches decided by one goal (2014 and 2019)
- Dordt has outscored the Saints 47-8 in the 10 matches played
- most goals scored by the Defenders in the rivalry - 11 (2012)
- most goals scored by the Saints - 4 (2021)
Scouting Reports...
Presentation: 0-7 (12th), 2-10-1 overall
- lost three straight, 1-8-1 in last 10
- 2022 results:
- lost to South Dakota Tech 4-1
- lost to York 4-0
- def. Trinity Bible 10-0
- lost to Waldorf 3-2
- tied Rocky Mountain 1-1
- lost to Morningside 1-0
- lost to Midland 1-0
- lost to Doane 2-1
- lost to (RV) Hastings 5-0
- def. Trinity Bible 3-0
- lost to Jamestown 6-0
- lost to Briar Cliff 7-1
- lost to Dakota Wesleyan 5-1
- 4 losses by one goal
- Head Coach: John McLean - 1st year
- also the head of the Saints women's soccer program (3 years)
- former grad assistant for William Woods and Ottawa
- picked 12th in the GPAC preseason poll
- last year: 1-10 (12th), 2-12 overall
- lost nine of its final 10 matches
- return two starters, one all-conference player and six total players from last year
- by the numbers
- 1.6 goals / game (5th) - 19 goals scored
- 3.2 goals given up / game (T9th) - 35 goals given up
- top players (bold denotes returning starter; top 10 GPAC ranking if noted)
- Norberto Montero - 5 goals (7th), 3 assists
- Jaden Brits - 1 goal, 4 assists (t7th)
- Carlos Fenton - 2 goals, 2 assists
- Maxwell Welch - 3 goals
- Eure Baris - 2.91 goals against, 77 saves (1st)
Defender Notes:
- 2022 results: 3-0-4; 5-2-6
- tied Colorado Christian 1-1
- lost to Metro State 2-0
- def. Trinity Christian 2-0
- lost Ottawa 3-0
- def. Nebraska Wesleyan 2-1
- tied Bethany Lutheran 0-0
- tied Briar Cliff 0-0
- def. Concordia 4-3
- def. Midland 1-0
- def. Dakota Wesleyan 6-1
- tied Mount Marty 1-1
- tied Morningside 3-3
- tied Northwestern 0-0
- longest unbeaten streak since 2011
- Head Coach: Ryan Gresse - 4th year
- Blake Hansen and Mitchell Dryden were named GPAC Players of the Week - Sept. 27
- by the numbers:
- 20 goals scored (1.5 / match) - 6th in GPAC
- 12 goals given up (1.2 / match) - 4th in GPAC
- 5 shutouts (T3rd)
- 11 players have scored at least 1 goal
- stat leaders:
