Game Time:
- Postseason play begins for the Dordt University men's soccer team as they head to Seward, Neb. for a Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Quarterfinal match against 20th-ranked Concordia on Wednesday, Nov.1. Start time at Bulldog Stadium is set for 7pm.
- Dordt is the No.6 seed in the 8-team bracket, finishing the regular season with a 5-4-2 conference record, 8-6-4 overall. Concordia earned the No.3 seed and is unbeaten this season with a 7-0-4 record in the GPAC, 13-0-4 overall
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A Look at the GPAC Tournament:
- The 8-team postseason tournament begins Wednesday, Nov.1 with four quarterfinal matches. Top-seed Briar Cliff plays host to No.8 seed Dakota Wesleyan in the lone afternoon match beginning at 1pm in Sioux City. The remaining three quarterfinals contests all have 7pm start times (full schedule below):
Quarterfinal Round - Wednesday, Nov.1
GPAC Tournament Page |
- #8 Dakota Wesleyan at #1 Briar Cliff, 1pm
- #5 Hastings at #4 Morningside, 7pm
- #6 Dordt at #3 Concordia, 7pm
- #7 Midland at #2 Northwestern, 7pm
The four winners of the quarterfinal matches advance to the GPAC semifinals on Saturday, Nov.4 with the highest remaining seeds hosting at times to be determined. The 2023 postseason championship match will be held on Thursday, Nov.9 at the highest remaining seed.
GPAC Tournament History... The 2023 season is the 16th time the Defenders have qualified for the postseason tournament since the GPAC began in 2000. Dordt has qualified for the postseason back-to-back seasons for the first time since 2016-17. The Defenders are 5-15 all-time in the postseason, 5-10 in the quarterfinal round. They advanced to the conference semifinals last year with a 3-1 win against Morningside, their first trip to the semifinals since 2014.
Quarterfinal History:
- 2001 - def. Concordia 2-1 (OT)
- 2002 - lost to USF 4-3
- 2004 - def. Doane 3-2 (2 OT, PK's)
- 2005 - def. Dana 2-1
- 2006 - lost to Dakota Wesleyan 1-0
- 2008 - lost to Hastings 6-0
- 2009 - lost to Hastings 4-0
- 2010 - lost to Briar Cliff 1-0
- 2011 - lost to Hastings 7-1
- 2012 - lost to Morningside 1-0
- 2013 - lost to Hastings 6-0
- 2014 - def. Briar Cliff 3-1
- 2016 - lost to Hastings 4-0
- 2017 - lost to Hastings 4-1
- 2022 - def. Morningside 3-1
Concordia has qualified for 17 of the 24 GPAC postseason tournaments (2005-06 was regional only), including in each of the last 14 years. They are 14-14 all-time in the conference tournament and have won two titles (2015 and 2022). Concordia defeated Hastings in penalty kicks (4-2) in the championship match last year and earned shutout wins against Briar Cliff (quarterfinals) and Dordt (semifinals).
ALL-TIME vs CONCORDIA:
- Wednesday night's match will be the 43rd in the rivalry, dating back to the 1979 season, between Dordt and Concordia. The Defenders hold the edge 25-15-2 in the all-time series but are 1-8-1 in their last 10 matches played against Concordia.
- the series, by the numbers...
- Dordt went unbeaten (9-0-1) in the first 10 matches played against the Bulldogs (1979-1993)
- the Defenders first loss to Concordia was a 1-0 setback in 1994
- since the start of the GPAC in 2000, Dordt is 12-13-1 against the Bulldogs
- Dordt is 5-9-1 in matches played in Seward since 2000
- Dordt lost to Concordia 2-0 earlier this season (Sept.20) in a match played in Seward, Neb.
- most goals scored by Dordt - 7 in 1984
- most goals scored by Concordia - 5 (3x)
- Dordt shutouts - 16
- Concordia shutouts - 11
- Wednesday's match will be the third time the teams have played each other in the postseason;
- Concordia defeated Dordt 1-0 in the GPAC semifinals last year
- Dordt defeated Concordia 2-1 (OT) in 2001 quarterfinals in Seward, Neb.
Earlier This Season:
- Dordt lost to Concordia 2-0 in a match played in Seward, Neb. on Sept.20
- both goals were scored in the first half
- Carter Hinman scored the first goal just five minutes into the match
- Victor Meneses put the Bulldogs in front 2-0 during the 31st minute
- By the Numbers:
- the Defenders totaled four shots on-goal, all in the second half
- Javier Moscardo accounted for three; Blake Hansen totaled one
- Mitchell Dryden (2-2) made four saves
- Dryden and Kaleb Lee were the only two Defenders to play a full 90 minutes
- Concordia totaled 11 shots, six on frame
- Meneses and Hinman recorded two shots on-goal each
- Nolan Fuelberth (4-0) recorded four saves
SCOUTING REPORT:
- No.20 Concordia Bulldogs:
- 13-0-4 record overall record, 7-0-4 (3rd in GPAC)
- one of three unbeaten teams left in the NAIA (Menlo, Mid-America Christian)
- ranked 20th in the last four NAIA Coaches' poll
- highest ranked GPAC team despite placing third in the conference
- 6-0 in one goal matches
- eight wins by shutout
- most goals scored this season: 7 vs McPherson
- Head Coach: Jason Weides (16th year)
- 150-104-33 overall record
- led Bulldogs to first-ever GPAC title and national tournament appearance in 2015
- picked second in GPAC preseason coaches' poll
- last Year: 8-1-2 (2nd in GPAC), 15-3-3 overall
- won GPAC postseason tournament
- qualified for NAIA National Tournament for second time
- lost to Keiser (Fla.) in NAIA Opening Round
- received votes in the NAIA poll all season
- 6 starters, 10 players return
- 4 all-conference players return
- 2023 by the Numbers:
- goals for: 2.6 / match (43 total) - 4th in GPAC
- goals against: .60 / match (10 total) - 1st in GPAC
- 2023 Leaders:
- Carter Hinman - 10 goals (2nd), 2 assists, 22pts (T4th)
- Isaiah Shaddick - 3 goals, 6 assists (T3rd)
- Victor Meneses - 5 goals, 2 assists
- D'Andre Williams - 4 goals, 3 assists
- Gabriel Mendoza - 7-0-1 record, 11 saves, .6 goals against (2nd)
- Nolan Fuelberth - 6-0-3 record, 21 saves, .81 goals against (3rd)
- #6 seed, 8-6-4 overall, 5-4-2 GPAC (6th)
- last time out
- def. Waldorf 8-1 to close regular season
- 2-2-1 last five matches
- A closer look at the 2023 results:
- six shutouts (3rd in GPAC)
- been shutout 5x
- most goals scored - 18 vs Union (school record)
- six matches decided by one goal (1-5)
- 2023 by the Numbers (GPAC rank):
- goals: 2.8 match (3rd)
- goals against: .9 (3rd)
- six shutouts (3rd)
- Key Players (GPAC rank):
- Blake Hansen - 8 goals (T7th), 4 assists, 20pts (8th)
- Marco Laenen - 8 goals (T7th), 5 assists, 21pts (T6th)
- Jacob Narkis - 7 goals (T8th), 5 assists (T6th), 19pts (7th)
- Javier Moscardo - 5 goals, 7 assists (T1st)
- Mitchell Dryden - 5-4-2 record, 66 saves (4th), .9 goals against (6th)
- 2x GPAC Defensive Player of the Week
- NAIA Defensive Player of the Week
- Brandon Hansen - 3-2-2 record, 22 saves, .88 goals against (4th)
