Game Time... Postseason play begins for the Dordt University women's soccer team as they play at Midland Wednesday night for a Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) quarterfinal. Game time on Heedum Field in Fremont, Neb. is set for 7:30pm. 

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GPAC Tournament Schedule / Pairings... The Defenders earned the No.5 seed in the 8-team GPAC postseason tournament and are paired against No.4 seed Midland in the quarterfinals. The winner will play either No.1 seed Jamestown or No.8 Doane in a semifinal match on Saturday, Nov.5 at the site of the highest remaining seed. 

The bottom half of the bracket has No.2 seed Briar Cliff and No.3 seed Hastings play host to No.7 Concordia and No.6 Morningside, respectively. Seminals on Saturday while the 2022 GPAC women's soccer championship match will be played on Thursday, Nov. 10 at the highest remaining seed.

At Stake... The winner of the GPAC tournament will advance to the NAIA Women's Soccer National Championship Opening Round as the league's second automatic representative. Jamestown, the No.1 seed, has already secured the GPAC's first bid into the NAIA Championship by winning the regular season title. If the Jimmies win the conference tournament as well, the GPAC runner-up (Briar Cliff) will earn the second bid into the NAIA Championship. 

• The NAIA Women's Soccer National Championship - Opening Round will be played at different host sites around the country on Nov.17-19. The 10 winners from the opening round brackets advance to play at the championship final site - Orange Beach, Ala.

Tournament History...Dordt has qualified for seven consecutive conference tournaments and in 20 of 23 overall (since the GPAC began in 2000. They hold an 11-18 overall record in the postseason and have made it to the conference title match four times, going 1-3 in the championship match (winning the title in 2008). The Defenders have lost eight consecutive postseason games with their last win coming in 2010 against Doane in the quarterfinals. Dordt is 0-3 all-time against Midland in conference tournament:

• Defenders vs Midland in GPAC Tment:
  • 2018: 1-0 loss quarterfinals
  • 2011: 0-0 (2OT) Defenders lost in a shootout; quarterfinals
  • 2009: 2-1 loss in GPAC semifinals
• Defenders Last Five Postseason Games overall:
  • 2021 : 3-2 loss vs Jamestown
  • 2020 : 4-1 loss vs Briar Clif
  • 2019 : 3-2 loss vs Briar Cliff
  • 2018 : 1-0 loss vs Midland
  • 2017 : 1-0 loss vs Northwestern
• Midland has qualified for the conference tournament every season but one (2015) since 2008. They own a 13-12 record in the tournament, winning the title in 2019. They lost to Morningside 3-0 in the quarterfinals last year. 

All-Time vs Midland...Dordt trails the all-time series 13-15 and is 6-10 in matches played in Fremont dating back to the first match played in 1999. Dordt held the advantage early in the rivalry, winning its first eight games against the Warriors. Midland, however, has had the edge most recently, winning seven of the last eight.

• Rivalry Notes...
  • began in 1999
  • most goals scored by Dordt - 9 in 1999
  • most goals scored by Midland - 6 in 2012
  • most recent: Midland won 2-1 on Sept. 24
  • Dordt has shutout Midland 10x
  • Dordt has been shutout 7x

Earlier This Season... Dordt lost to Midland 2-1 in a regular season match played earlier this season in Fremont, Neb. Avril Baccam scored the only goal of the first half as the Defendes led 1-0 at the break. Midland, however, tied the match in the opening seconds of the second half and netted the game-winner during the 63rd minute in a goal scored by Bailey Locano.

Karinna Tel (2), Katherine Kooiman (1) and Baccam (1) combined for the Defenders four shots on-goal while Elianna Van Hulzen made four saves. Locano led Midland with three shots on-goal and Hannah Tillison recorded three saves to earn her second win of the season.

Scouting Reports...
 Midland: 7-3-2 (4th), 9-5-4 overall
        won 3 of last four matches
    2022 Results:

•  lost to #22 Benedictine 2-1
• tied Southwestern 1-1
• def. Graceland 5-1
• def. Kansas Wesleyan 4-3
• lost to #10 MidAmerica Nazarene 8-0
• lost to (RV) Jamestown 2-1
• tied Presentation 1-1
• tied (RV) Bellevue 1-1     
• def. Dordt 2-1
• def. Concordia 3-1
• lost to College of Saint Mary 2-1
• def. Hastings 2-1
• def. Northwestern 1-0
• tied Morningside 3-3
• def. Doane 4-0
• def. Dakota Wesleyan 2-1
• lost to Briar Cliff 2-0
• def. Mount Marty 4-0  
• Head Coach: Cody Bartlow (1st year)
  • spent one season prior as an assistant for Southwestern Christian
  • was a high school coach in Texas prior to 2021
• picked 5th of 13 teams in the GPAC preseason coaches' poll
• last year: 8-4 (4th), 11-8 overall
  • lost to Morningside 3-0 GPAC quarterfinals
• return three all-conference players, 8 starters and 13 players
  • three of the four starting defenders are back
• by the numbers (based on 2022 stats):
• • 2 goals / match (6th in GPAC) - 36 scored 
  • 1.7 goals given up / match (7th in GPAC) - 30 given up
• top players: (bold denotes returning starter)
  • Brittany Llanes - 8 goals, 2 assists
  • Bailey Locano - 7 goals
  • Melany Davis - 3 goals, 2 assists
  • Arianna Flores - 1 goal, 6 assists (6th)
  • Dana Gomez - 3 goals, 2 assists
  • Mikayla Chase (all-conference) - 3 goals, 1 assist
  • Chloe Dietz (all-conference) - 1 goal, 1 assist
  • Emily Ambrose (1st team all-conference) - 1 assist
  • Hannah Tillison - 7-3-3 record in goal; 83 saves (5th), 1.3 gaa (6th)

Defender Notes: 

• 2022 record: 6-4-1 (5th), 10-6-1 overall
  • matched last year's win total
  • guaranteed winning record in the GPAC and overall
  • last five games played:
  • def. Northwestern 4-1
  • def. Presentation 2-1
  • lost to (RV) Jamestown 2-0
  • lost to Doane 6-4
  • tied Hastings 2-2
• Head Coach: Alex Durbin - 3rd year
• Avril Baccam was named GPAC Player of the Week (Oct.4)
• Karinna Tel was named GPAC Player of the Week (Sept. 6)
• by the numbers:
  • 56 goals scored (3.1 / match) - 3rd in GPAC
    • 5th most all-time in program history and most since 2002
  • 34 goals given up (1.9 /match) - 9th in GPAC
• stat leaders (bold denotes returning starter) (GPAC rank if top 10):
  • Avril Baccam (all-conference) - 18 goals (1st), 3 assists, 39pts (4th)
  • Karinna Tel - 17 goals (4), 15 assists (1st), 49pts (1st)
  • Jori Bronner (all-conference) - 10 goals (6th), 4 assists, 24pts (7th)
  • Katherine Kooiman - 3 goals, 10 assists (2nd)
  • Ellie Stuart - 3 goals
  • Elianna Van Hulzen - 32 saves,, 1 goals against
  • Jenna Wright - 70 saves (6th), 2.6 goals against
• of note:
  • Tel set the single season record and leads the GPAC in assists (15)
  • Tel leads the GPAC with 49pts
  • Tel recorded her first career hat-trick in the loss at Doane
  • Baccam is 4th in the GPAC with 39 points 
  • Baccam is tied for 6th in career goals (39) at Dordt
  • the 54 goals scored by the Defenders is 5th most in a season
  • Jori Bronner ranks in the top 10 in the GPAC in goals (10) and points (24)
  • Katherine Kooiman is second in the league with 10 assists