• The Dordt University men's soccer team is set to host Mount Marty for a mid-week match in Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) play. Game time is set for 5pm and will be played at the Defender Soccer Complex. 
• Dordt has won two straight matches to climb into sixth place in the current GPAC standings with a 2-2 record, 5-4-1 overall; Mount Marty is tied with Dakota Wesleyan for 11th place in the current league standings at 0-3-1, 1-4-3 overall. 
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Defender Notes | 

• Dakota Wesleyan @ Northwestern
• Morningside @ Concordia
• Midland @ Hastings

• Wednesday's match will be the 27th in the rivalry between Dordt and Mount Marty
• Dordt leads the series 21-3-2, dating back to the first match played in 1978
• the Defenders are 1-2-2 in their last five vs Mount Marty
• Dordt is 6-2-2 in its last 10 vs the Lancers
• the series, by the numbers...
  • the teams first played in 1978 and were paired again for one match in 1979; 21 years later in 2000, the teams began to play each other at least once per season within the GPAC
  • Dordt won the first 11 matches against MMC and had its highest scoring match (12) in 2016
  • the Defenders have shutout the Lancers eight times
  • Dordt has outscored the Lancers 114-24
  • most goals given up to the Lancers (4) in 2019

• Mount Marty Lancers:
  • Head Coach: Oliver Tieleman (2nd year)
    • served as an assistant coach or graduate assistant since 2019
    • part of a staff that led the Lancers to their first GPAC postseason tournament in 2019
• 0-3-1 (T11th in GPAC), 1-4-3 overall
  • lost three straight; winless in last five (0-3-2)
• most recent matches:
  • lost to Northwestern 6-0
  • lost to Briar Cliff 7-3
  • lost to Concordia 3-0
• About the 2023 Results:
  • have one shutout
  • been shutout 4x
  • most goals scored: 3 (2x)
  • most goals given up: 7 vs Briar Cliff
• picked 10th in GPAC preseason coaches' poll
• last Year: 3-6-2 (8th), 6-7-3 overall
  • lost to Hastings (1-0) in GPAC quarterfinals
• 7 starters, 15 players return
  • four all-conference player return
• 2023 by the Numbers:
  • goals for: .9 / match (7 total)
  • goals against: 2.9 / match (22 total)  
• Key Players:
  • Zachary Hebda - 2 goals, 1 assist
  • Sloan Tshilenge - 2 goals
  • Savas Di Lascio (2x all-conf) - 1 goal
  • Diego Romero (3x all-conf) - 1 goal
  • Gabriele Cavallari (2x all-conf)
  • Dominik Lang - 18 saves, 3.02 goals against average

Defender Notes | 

• Dordt has won two straight matches, outscoring Midland and Dakota Wesleyan 5-1 in the two wins
• after being shutout three consecutive matches, the Defenders scored three goals in their 3-1 win vs Midland on Sept.23
• GPAC Record: 2-2 (6th place)
• Overall Record: 5-4-1
• Dordt trails Hastings by 1/2 game for fifth place
• 2023 by the Numbers:
  • goals for: 3 / match (30 total) - 3rd in GPAC
  • goals against: .8 / match (8 total) - 2nd in GPAC
• 13 Defenders have scored at least one goal
• 18 Defenders have accounted for at least one point
• Key Players:
  • Jacob Narkis - 5 goals (8th), 4 assists (6th)
  • Blake Hansen - 4 goals (T10th), 3 assists (10th)
  • Javier Moscardo - 3 goals, 3 assists
  • Mitchell Dryden - 3-2 record, 17 saves, .82 goals against (5th)
  • Brandon Hansen - 2-2-1 record, 17 saves, .81 goals against (4th)