The Dordt University women's soccer team concluded its regular season with a 2-2 tie against Hastings in a match played this afternoon in Sioux Center, Iowa.
Dordt heads into its conference tournament with a 10-6-2 record where they will most likely be the No.5 seed and play on the road for a GPAC quarterfinal on Wednesday night, Nov. 2. (pairings will be announced by the GPAC office later tonight).
Scoreless until the 31st minute, the Defenders struck first when
Karinna Tel received a through ball from
Shayla Van Beek and then beat Hastings goalkeeper Sofie Jackson-Pedersen for a 1-0 lead.
Still 1-0 early in the second half,
Jori Bronner put the Defenders up 2-0 on a goal scored off a cross by Tel at the 56th minute.
Hastings broke through with its first goal 10 minutes later when Dulce Lopez chipped a shot over the out-stretched arms of Defender goalie
Jenna Wright to cut the Dordt lead to one at the 65th minute. Hastings netted the equalizer on an unassisted goal from Dekota Schubert with 13 minutes left.
By the Numbers...
- Dordt held a 9-7 advantage in shots on-goal
- Karinna Tel led the Defenders with four shots on frame, followed by Avril Baccam with three and Jori Bronner with two
- with her assist early in the second half, Tel, now with 15 assists, set the Defenders single season record, breaking the old mark of 14 held by Julie van der Kooi from the 2002 season
- Jenna Wright made five saves and moves her record to 5-5-1
- the tie snaps the Defenders 13-match losing streak against Hastings
- Jackson-Pedersen made six saves for the Broncos
- Hastings was led by Eva Dunker with three shots on frame
