Game Time... The Dordt University men's soccer team will host Morningside in a conference match-up this weekend at the Defenders Soccer Complex. Game time is set for 4:15pm.
Unbeaten in its last seven matches, Dordt brings a 3-0-2 conference record into the weekend. They are 5-2-4 overall. Morningside is sixth in the current GPAC standings with a 2-1-3 record, 3-5-4 overall.
Saturday's match will be senior day where the five seniors on the Defenders roster will be recognized prior to the match. The match will also be a White-Out Cancer match.
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All-Time... Dordt is 8-18 all-time against Morningside heading into Saturday's match, dating back to the 1978 season. The Mustangs have had the upper hand in the series of late, winning the last five matches and eight of the last 10. Dordt last defeated the Mustangs in 2016, a 4-0 win in Sioux Center.
- the series, by the numbers...
- Dordt is 6-10 in matches played in Sioux Center against Morningside
- the Defenders won the first two matches played in the rivalry (1978-79); the teams did not play again until 2001 and have played at least once per season every since
- Dordt and Morningside have played two postseason matches, both won by Morningside
- Dordt has outscored the Mustangs 68-61
- the Defenders have been shutout six times and have shut out Morningside five times
Scouting Reports...
Morningside: 2-1-3 (6th), 3-5-4 overall; tied its last two matches
- 2022 results:
- lost to Cardinal Stritch 1-0
- lost to (RV) William Penn 3-1
- def. #12 Bellevue 2-1
- lost to Waldorf 4-3
- tied #24 Grand View 3-3
- def. Presentation 1-0
- def. Jamestown 2-0
- tied Northwestern 0-0
- lost to (RV) Viterbo 1-0
- lost to (RV) Hastings 4-0
- tied Doane 1-1
- tied Concordia 2-2
- Head Coach: Tom Maxon (22nd year)
- 194-184-18 all-time record
- also coaches the women's team
- 4x GPAC Coach of the Year, most recent in 2019-20
- 3x NAIA Qualifier
- picked 3rd of 12 teams in the GPAC preseason poll
- last year: 8-3-1 (4th), 12-7 overall
- lost to Northwestern in the GPAC semifinals
- return five starters, 11 players
- four players are back who have earned all-conference honors
- by the numbers (based on 2022 stats):
- 1.3 goals / match (8th in GPAC) - 15 scored on season
- 1.7 goals given up / match (7th) - 20 given up
- 8 different players have scored at least one goal this season
- top players: (bold denotes returning starter)
- Robin Thomala - 4 goals
- Gero Zarbo - 3 goals (GPAC Off. Player of the Week on Sept.20)
- Jona Fischer (2x all-conf) - 2 goals
- Levi Von Hagen - 2 goals
- Bjarne Huth (2x all-conf; 2020 GPAC Def. Player of Year) - 31 saves, 1.7 / match
Defender Notes:
- 2022 results: 3-0-2; 5-2-4
- 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
- longest unbeaten streak since 2012
- Head Coach: Ryan Gresse - 4th year
- Blake Hansen and Mitchell Dryden were named GPAC Players of the Week - Sept. 27
- by the numbers:
- 17 goals scored (1.6 / match) - 7th in GPAC
- 12 goals given up (1.1 / match) - 3rd in GPAC
- 4 shutouts (T1st)
- 10 players have scored at least 1 goal
- stat leaders:
