• After a short, two-day rest, the Dordt University men's soccer team returns to the pitch this weekend for a road match against Buena Vista in the final non-conference match of the season. Friday night's start time on Peterson Field at J.Leslie Rollins Stadium in Storm Lake, Iowa, is set for 6pm. 
• Dordt had its four-match unbeaten streak snapped last time out and is 6-5-2 overall. Buena Vista is 1-10-2 overall. 
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DEFENDER NOTES | 

All-Time:

• Friday's match between the teams will be the 10th in the rivalry
• Dordt leads the all-time series: 6-2-1 
• • last time: 
    • the Defenders lost to Buena Vista 4-3 in overtime the last time the teams played in 2021
  • Dordt is 2-2-1 in the last five vs Buena Vista
• first meeting - 1998
• Dordt is 3-0-1 all-time at home; 3-2 on the road against BVU
• the Defenders last victory - 2018 (1-0 in Storm Lake)
• Dordt has shutout BVU - 3x
• Dordt has not been shutout by BVU
• there have been two overtime matches (Dordt is 0-1-1)
  • 2021 and 2019
• 4 matches have been decided by one goal (Dordt is 2-2)
• most goals scored by Dordt: 5 (2014)
• most goals scored by Buena Vista: 4  (2021)
• total goals scored in the rivalry: Dordt - 25, Buena Vista - 14

• SATURDAY MATCHES:
  • Waldorf @ Bellevue
  • Concordia @ Hastings
  • Morningside @ Midland
• SUNDAY MATCHES:
  • Mount Marty @ Dakota Wesleyan

• Buena Vista
  • Head Coach: Kelsey Resnick (1st year)
    • hired last spring
    • spent the last two years as the assistant coach
    • served as the assistant at Hiram College for five years
  • Record: 0-5 in the American Rivers Conference, 1-10-2 overall
    • lost five straight, winless in last eight
    • last time out: 
      • lost to Coe 3-0
    • last win: 5-1 vs Maranatha on Sept.14
  • A closer look at the 2023 results:
    • been shutout by their opponent 6x
    • held to one goal or less in 10 of 12 matches
    • most goals scored - 5 vs Maranatha
    • 0-1 in 1-goal matches
    • last three matches
      • lost to Central 4-0
      • lost to Simpson 4-2
      • lost to Coe 3-0
  • members of NCAA D-III and the American Rivers Conference
    • picked 9th in GPAC preseason poll
  • last year: 0-8 (9th), 0-15 overall
    • return 8 starters, 15 players
    • 6 of the 7 goals scored from last year return
  • 2023 by the Numbers / Conference Rank:
    • goals: .9 match (9th) - 12 scored
    • goals against: 3.0 (9th) - 38 given up
  • Key Players / GPAC rank-if top 10:
    • Kendall Bickford - 6 goals (5th), 1 assist
    • Kade Stover - 2 goals
    • Caleb Swanson - 1 goal, 2 assists
    • Cody Fuller - 0-6-1, 40 saves, 3.03 gaa

DEFENDER NOTES | 

• 6-5-2 overall
• had 4-match unbeaten streak snapped last time out
  • lost to Northwestern 1-0
• A closer look at the 2023 results:
  • five shutouts (3rd in GPAC)
  • been shutout 5x
  • most goals scored - 18 vs Union (school record)
  • five matches decided by one goal (1-4)
• 2023 by the Numbers:
  • goals: 2.7 match
  • goals against: .7
  • 5 shutouts (3rd)
• Key Players:
  • Jacob Narkis - 5 goals, 4 assists
  • Blake Hansen - 4 goals, 3 assists
  • Javier Moscardo - 3 goals, 3 assists
  • Mitchell Dryden - 4-3-1 record, 40 saves, .8 goals against 
  • Brandon Hansen - 2-2-1 record, 17 saves, .62 goals against