Game Time... The Dordt University men's soccer team opens conference play at home as they host Briar Cliff on Wednesday night, Sept. 14. Start time is set for 7:15pm. Dordt heads into Wednesday's match with a 2-2-2 mark while Briar Cliff has lost three straight matches and is 2-4 this season. 

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All-Time...Dordt trails the all-time series 19-20-3, dating back to the 1978 season, and these teams have played at least once every year since 1991 (the teams played a match in both 1978 and 1979 before a 12-year hiatus...the rivalry resumed in 1991). Dordt has lost seven straight matches in the rivalry; the Defenders last win came in the 2014 GPAC quarterfinals when they defeated Briar Cliff 3-1. 

• Last Five vs Briar Cliff:
  • 2021: 2-1 loss
  • 2020: 1-0 loss
  • 2019: 3-0 loss
  • 2018: 3-2 loss
  • 2017: 4-0 loss

Around the GPAC...

• Mount Marty @ Doane
• Bellevue @ Northwestern (non-conference)

Scouting Reports...
 Briar Cliff : 2-4 (lost 3 straight)

• 2022 results:
  • def. Waldorf 3-2
  • lost to Tabor 1-0
  • def. Rocky Mountain 1-0
  • lost to (RV) McPherson 2-0
  • lost to #5 Missouri Valley 3-0
  • lost to Benedictine 4-0
• Head Coach: Teren Schuster (1st year)
  • hired in December of 2021
  • previously served as assistant at Cardinal Stritch for three years
• picked 4th of 12 teams in the GPAC preseason coaches poll
• last year: 10-1 (2nd), 13-6overall
  • lost to Hastings in GPAC semi's
  • graduated five all-conference players, 21 players
• return three all-conference players, 3 starters and 7 players
• by the numbers (based on 2022 stats):
  • .7 goals / match - 11th in GPAC (4 scored on season)
  • 2 goals given up / match - 7th in GPAC  (12 given up)
• top players:
  • Bernardo Torres (1st team all-conference) - 2 goals
  • Filip Peters - 1 goal
  • Arthur Rebeschini - 1 goal
  • Vinicius Gregorio (HM all-conference) - 1 assist
  • Michael Virgen (1st team all-conference)
  • Coy Leytham - 32 saves (1st in GPAC), 1 shutout, 2 goals against

Defender Notes:

• 2022 results: 2-2-2
  • 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
• Head Coach: Ryan Gresse - 4th year
• tied Bethany Lutheran last time out; out-shot Vikings 7-1
• by the numbers:
  • 5 goals scored (.98 / match) - 9th in GPAC
  • 7 goals given up (1.4 / match) - 4th in GPAC
• stat leaders:
  • Blake Hansen - 2x all-conference; 2 goals
  • Evan Beier - 1 goal
  • Fran Murdoch - 1 goal
  • Tyson Reitsma - 1 goal
  • 4 players with 1 assist each
  • Mitchell Dryden - 9 saves, .67 goals against
  • Brandon Hansen - 8 saves, 2.4 goals against