• The Dordt University men's soccer begins its final week of the regular season with a mid-week road match at Hastings. Game time on Wednesday, Oct. 25 is set for 5:30pm.
• Dordt sits alone in sixth place in the current GPAC standings with 14 points and a 4-3-2 conference record, 7-5-4 overall; Hastings is just one point ahead and in a tie for fourth place, along with Morningside, with 15 points. The Broncos are 4-3-3 in the GPAC, 5-8-4 overall.
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All-Time:

• Dordt is 0-30 all-time against Hastings
• last time: 
  • the Defenders lost 2-1 last year in a match played in Sioux Center
• first meeting - 2000
• Dordt is 0-13 at home; 0-17 on road
• Dordt has been shutout 19x
  • the Defenders have been shutout just once in its last four matches vs Hastings
• Dordt and Hastings have played at least one time / season since 2000
• the teams have played eight times in the postseason, most recently in 2017
• six matches have been decided by one goal
• most goals scored by Dordt: 3 (2001)
• most goals scored by Hastings: 7 (2011)
• total goals scored in the rivalry: Dordt - 16, Jamestown - 32

• WEDNESDAY MATCHES:
  • Bethel (Minn.) @ Northwestern
  • Midland @ Briar Cliff
  • Concordia @ Doane
  • Mount Marty @ Waldorf
  • Dakota Wesleyan @ University of Jamestown

• Hastings Broncos
  • Head Coach: Cole Poppen (3rd year)
    • played at both University of Tulsa and Drake University
    • sixth head coach in program history
  • Record: 4-3-3 GPAC record (T4th w/ Morningside), 5-8-4 overall
    • lost two straight matches, both by shutout
    • last time out: 
      • lost to Northwestern (2-0) on Oct.21
    • last win: 2-0 vs Mount Marty (Oct.8)
  • A closer look at the 2023 results:
    • 0-3-1 vs ranked teams
    • been shutout by their opponent 5x
    • shutout opponent 2x
    • most goals scored - 4 (2x)
    • most goals given up: 4 vs Doane
    • 2-3 in 1-goal matches
    • 1-2-2 in last five matches
  • picked 1st in GPAC preseason poll
  • last year: 10-0-1 (1st), 16-2-2 overall
    • won GPAC regular season title
    • lost to Concordia in GPAC Championship
    • went 1-1 in NAIA opening round, losing to Bethel in match just prior to final site
    • one starter, five players return
    • 1 of 60 goals scored from last year return
    • lost eight all-conference players, including both the Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year
  • 2023 by the Numbers / Conference Rank:
    • goals: 1.5 match (6th) - 26 scored
    • goals against: 2.2 (10th) - 36 given up
  • Key Players / GPAC rank-if top 10:
    • Ayo Makinde - 8 goals (5th), 1 assist
    • Lewis Albert - 5 goals, 1 assist
    • Joe Vokins - 4 goals, 3 assists
    • Ruben Bande - 4 goals
    • Jack Howard - 1-5-3, 2.1 goals against average
    • Pablo Arce-Salinas - 4-1-1, 1.8 goals against average

Defender Notes |

• 4-3-2GPAC (6th), 7-5-4 overall
• last time out
  • tied Doane 1-1
• 1-1-3 last five matches
• had 3-match win streak 2x this season
• A closer look at the 2023 results:
  • six 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 (GPAC rank):
  • goals: 2.6 match (3rd)
  • goals against: .8 (3rd)
  • six shutouts (3rd)
• Key Players (GPAC rank):
  • Jacob Narkis - 6 goals (T8th), 5 assists (T6th), 17pts (7th)
  • Blake Hansen - 6 goals (T8th), 3 assists, 15pts (10th)
  • Marco Laenen - 6 goals (T8th), 2 assist
  • Javier Moscardo - 3 goals, 5 assists (T6th)
  • Mitchell Dryden - 5-3-2 record, 62 saves (2nd), .7 goals against 
    • 2x GPAC Defensive Player of the Week
    • NAIA Defensive Player of the Week
  • Brandon Hansen - 2-2-2 record, 19 saves, .86 goals against