Game Time... The Dordt University men's soccer team will go for its third straight win when they host Dakota Wesleyan for a conference match-up on Wednesday night. Kickoff on the Defenders Soccer Complext is set for 7:15pm.
The Defenders are unbeaten over its last five matches (3-0-2) and are tied with Morningside for second place in the conference standings with a 2-0-1 record, 4-2-3 overall. Dakota Wesleyan has lost its last three matches and is 0-2 in the league, 1-6-1 overall.
Wednesday's game will conclude Latino Visit Day on Dordt's campus and LaTrailita will be serving food on site.
All-Time... The Defenders hold a slight edge in the rivalry with DWU, owning a 9-6-2 overall record since the first match played in 2006. Dordt has lost two straight, however, against the Tigers and is winless in its last three matches with its rival from Mitchell, S.D.
- The Rivalry, by the numbers...
- Dordt has outscored DWU 31-25 in the 17 matches played
- the teams have played only once in the postseason (2006 - NAIA Regional)
- the Defenders longest win streak (5) against DWU took place from 2014-2018
- DWU has a pair of two-game win streaks, its longest against Dordt (2006-07, 2020-21)
- Dordt has shutout DWU 2x
- Dordt has been shutout by DWU 4x, including its last two matches
- most goals scored by Dordt - 5 in 2016
- most goals scored by DWU - 4 in 2007
Last Year...Dordt lost to the Tigers 3-0 in a match played last year in Mitchell, S.D. The host Tigers scored its first goal during the 11th minute by Rafael Calderon, the first of his two goals in the match. Leading 1-0 at intermission, DWU added two more goals in the second frame, the first scored by Barry-Dre Tibbetts at te 50th minute. Calderon netted his second goal at the 81st minute for a 3-0 win.
Dordt totaled five shots on-goal, one each by
Nolan Regan,
Nathan Wanninger,
Blake Hansen,
Phil Appelt and
Mason Stolle.
Brandon Hansen made four saves over the 90-minutes in goal.
Scouting Reports...
Dakota Wesleyan: 0-2 (11th), 1-6-1 overall
- have not scored a goal in last three matches (270+ minutes)
- 2022 results:
- tied Mount Marty 1-1
- lost to Viterbo 5-0
- lost to Jamestown 6-0
- lost to South Dakota Tech 4-1
- def. Coe 2-1
- lost to Waldorf 1-0
- lost to (RV) Hastings 6-0
- lost to Briar Cliff 3-0
- Head Coach: Nicolas Reinhard (1st year)
- hired last spring to coach both the DWU women's and men's programs
- spent three years as top assistant for Trevaca Nazarene
- picked 11th of 12 teams in the GPAC preseason poll
- last year: 3-7-1(9th), 4-13-1 overall
- missed postseason by just 1/2 game
- return four starters, 10 players
- graduated 3 all-conference players
- players who return scored 2 goals and totaled two assists last year
- by the numbers (based on 2022 stats):
- .5 goals / match (12th in GPAC) - 4 scored on season
- 3.6 goals given up / match (1st) - 27 given up
- been shutout 5x
- top players: (bold denotes returning starter)
- Grant Pierce - 1 goal
- Isaias Pio - 2 goals
- Alejandro Varillas - 1 goal
- Cesar Requena
- Hunter Birozy - 20 saves, 4.0 goals against / match
Defender Notes:
- 2022 results: 2-0-1; 4-2-3
- 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
- longest unbeaten streak since 2012
- Head Coach: Ryan Gresse - 4th year
- by the numbers:
- 10 goals scored (1.1 / match) - 9th in GPAC
- 10 goals given up (1.1 / match) - 5th in GPAC
- 4 shutouts (T1st)
- stat leaders:
