• The Dordt University women's soccer team looks to extend its win streak to five as they host Northwestern in a Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) match under the lights at the Defender Soccer Complex on Wednesday, Oct. 11. Game time is set for 7:15pm. 
• Dordt has won four straight and five of its last seven matches to move into a tie for fourth place in the GPAC with a 4-2-1 record, 7-4-1 overall. Northwestern is 2-6 and in 11th place in the current GPAC standings, 4-9 overall. 
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Whip out the flannels cause tonight's student section theme is lumberjack! Four lucky students will be selected to participate in the halftime penalty kick contest to win Dordt Soccer gear! pic.twitter.com/ktgGPF8q1b

— Dordt Defender Athletics (@dordtdefenders) October 11, 2023

Defender Notes | 

All-Time:

• Saturday's match will be the 34th in the rivalry between Dordt and Northwestern
• the Defenders lead the all-time series 24-9, dating back to the 1996 season
  • last year: 
    • Dordt def. Northwestern 4-1 in Orange City
  • Dordt is 4-1 in the last five vs Northwestern
  • the teams have split (5-5) the last 10 matches in the rivalry
• first meeting - 1996
• played at least once every season since 1996
  • 2x in 2001, 2005, 2015 and 2017, all in postseason
• Dordt is 2-2 all-time in the postseason against NW (wins in 2001, 2005)
• Dordt is 14-5 all-time at home; 10-4 on the road against NW
• the Defenders last victory - 2022 (4-1 in Orange City)
• Defenders last win at home - 2021 (3-2)
• Defenders most recent loss vs NW: 2018 (1-0 in Sioux Center)
• Dordt has shutout Northwestern 12x, most recent in 2020
• Dordt has been shutout by Northwestern 8x, most recent in 2018
• most goals scored by Dordt: 8 (2002)
• most goals scored by Northwestern: 4  (2001)
• total goals scored in the rivalry: Dordt - 84, Northwestern - 36

• College of Saint Mary @ Concordia
• Waldorf @ Dakota Wesleyan
• Hastings @ Doane
• Briar Cliff @ Morningside
• University of Jamestown @ Mount Marty

• Northwestern College
  • Head Coach: Kelli Herman (1st year)
    • 10th head coach in program history
    • spent five years (2018-22) as the head coach at Sioux Falls Lincoln H.S.
    • also served as the coach of the Dakota Alliance Club
    • played at South Dakota State University
      • all-conference honors
  • Record: 2-6 (6th in GPAC), 4-9 overall
    • lost three straight
    • lost to Midland (4-2) last time out
    • last win: vs Mount Marty (2-0) on Sept.27
  • A closer look at the 2023 results:
    • four shutouts (6th in GPAC)
    • been shutout 5x
    • most goals scored - 3 vs Friends
    • two matches decided by one goal (2-0)
  • picked 10th in GPAC preseason poll
  • last year: 2-9-1 (11th in GPAC), 6-11-1 overall
    • return 5 starters, 12 players
    • 1 all-conference player returns
    • 15 of 26 goals scored, 8 of 13 assists return
  • 2023 by the Numbers:
    • goals: 1.0 match (11th) - 13 scored
    • goals against: 3.0 (11th) - 39 given up
  • Key Players / GPAC rank-if top 10:
    • Julie Dunlap (4x all-conference) - 5 goals, 3 assists
    • Aliza Edwards - 3 goals
    • Grace Timm - 1 goal, 1 assist
    • Abby Bastian - 2.7 goals against, 87 saves (1st), 3-5 record, 3 shutouts

Defender Notes | 

• 4-2-1 (T4th in GPAC), 7-4-1 overall
• season long 4-game win streak
  • def. DWU, Neb.Wesleyan, Mount Marty and Morningside
  • outscored teams 17-5 during win streak
  • def. Morningside 3-0 last time out
• tied with Midland in GPAC standings, 1/2 game in back of CSM for third place
• A closer look at the 2023 results:
  • two shutouts (vs Central Baptist and Morningside)
  • been shutout 1x (vs Concordia)
  • most goals scored - 6 vs Mount Marty
  • two matches decided by one goal (0-2)
• 2023 by the Numbers:
  • goals: 2.9 match (2nd)
  • goals against: 1.9 (9th)
  • 2 shutouts
• Key Players / GPAC rank - if top 10:
  • Karinna Tel (all-conference) - 12 goals (2nd), 6 assists (T3rd)
    • 2x GPAC Offensive Player of the Week
  • Joslyn Terpstra  - 8 goals (T5th), 5 assists (T5th)
  • Ellie Stuart - 5 goals, 2 assists
  • Abby Foster - 3 goals, 1 assist
  • Sydney Hooyer - 1 assist
    • GPAC Defensive Player of the Week
  • Lydia Zylstra - 3-0 record, .97 goals against average, 19 saves