• The Dordt University women's soccer team hosts Mount Marty for a Wednesday night match in Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) play. Game time is set for 7:15pm at the Defender Soccer Complex. 
• The Defenders have won two straight matches and are tied with Doane for eighth place in the current league standings with a 2-2 record, 5-4-1 overall. Mount Marty is winless in the conference and in 13th place at 0-5, 1-7 overall. 
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Defender Notes | 

• Briar Cliff @ College of Saint Mary
• Dakota Wesleyan @ Northwestern
• Morningside @ Concordia
• Midland @ Hastings

• Wednesday night's match will be the 23rd in the rivalry between Dordt / Mount Marty
• the Defenders lead the series 19-1-2
• first match was played in 2002
• Dordt has won 10 straight matches and is unbeaten in its last 11 vs the Lancers
• the Defenders have shutout Mount Marty six consecutive matches and 10 of the last 11
• Dordt has not allowed a goal vs Mount Marty for 594 minutes
• the Defenders have shutout Mount Marty a total of 16x
• most goals scored by the Defenders: 10 in 2006

• Mount Marty Lancers: 
  • Head Coach: Cynthia Chavez (3rd year)
    • previously served as an assistant with the Kansas Wesleyan program
    • earned All-American honors playing for Kansas Wesleyan
    • named the KCAC Player of the Year
  • 0-5 (13th in GPAC), 1-7 overall
    • lost six straight, outscored 33-2
    • last win: vs Bethany (2-1) on Sept.8
  • most recent:
    • lost to Northwestern 2-0
    • lost to Briar Cliff 6-1
    • lost to College of Saint Mary 8-0
  • about the 2023 results:
    • been shutout five times
    • most goals scored: vs Bethany (2)
  • picked 13th in GPAC preseason poll
  • last year: 0-12 (13th), 1-12-2 overall
    • return two all-conference players
    • return nine starters, 13 players
  • 2023 by the Numbers:
    • .5 goals scored / match (4 total) - 13th
    • 4.9 goals against / match (39 total) - 13th
  • Key Players:
    • Yanisa Hall - 1 goal, 1 assist
    • Alessandra Lopez - 1 goal, 1 assist
    • Samarah Hendricks (all-conference in 2021)
    • Lesslie Romo-Gutierrez (all-conference in 2022)
    • Kelsey Tabbert - 35 saves (8th), 4.5 goals against / average

Defender Notes | 

• Dordt won both its matches last week, defeating both Dakota Wesleyan and Nebraska Wesleyan on the road
• they matched their season-high in goals scored (5) vs Dakota Wesleyan
• GPAC Record: 2-2 (T8th), 1/2 game in back of Briar Cliff and Morningside
• Overall: 5-4-1
• 2023 by the Numbers:
  • 2.6 goals / match (26 total) - 2nd in GPAC
  • 2.2 goals against / match (22) - 9th in GPAC
  • 1 shutout (vs Central Baptist)
  • been shutout (vs Concordia)
• Karinna Tel was named the GPAC Offensive Player of the Week
  • totaled eight points (3 goals, 2 assists) last week
  • earned the weekly honor for the second time in her career
• eight Defenders have scored at least one goal
  • four Defenders have scored multiple goals
    • Karinna Tel - 8 goals
    • Joslyn Terpstra - 6 goals
    • Ellie Stuart - 5 goals
    • Abby Foster - 3 goals
• 12 Dordt players have at least one point this season
• the Defenders are 0-2 in 1-goal matches this season
• Dordt is 2/4 in penalty kicks
  • Ellie Stuart is 2/2 in pk's
• Key Players:
  • Karinna Tel - 8 goals (T3rd), 4 assists (4th)
  • Joslyn Terpstra - 6 goals (T5th), 3 assists (9th)
  • Ellie Stuart - 5 goals, 2 assists
  • Abby Foster - 3 goals, 1 assist
  • Jenna Wright - 3-4-1 record, 2.1 goals against / average, 34 saves