The Dordt University women's soccer team lost to Midland 4-3 in double overtime in the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Championship match played tonight at Heedum Field in Fremont, Neb.
Tied 3-3 after 90 minutes of play, Midland's Addison Castellanos scored the game-winner during the 93rd minute off a corner kick by Sydney Herren. Dordt was unable to convert on its four scoring chances, including a corner kick in the first overtime, over the final 17 minutes.
Both teams put on a show for the full 110 minutes as they combined for 52 shots, 20 on-goal, and 14 corner kicks.Â
Dordt, the No.4 seed, needed just 23 seconds to take a 1-0 lead as
Karinna Tel received a ball 40-yards out, used a couple of touches and blasted a shot past Midland goalkeeper Kyla Pires.
Karinna Tel gives Dordt a 1-0 lead:Â
The score remained 1-0 until Midland netted their first goal, during the 39th minute, by Caytlynn Garland to send the match into halftime tied 1-1.
Scoring opportunities were abundant for both teams during the opening stages of the second half. Dordt was the first to capitalize on a scoring chance as Tel out-ran a couple of Midland defenders to collect a pass from
Joslyn Terpstra and then touched it by the Warriors goalkeeper on the near-post to give her team a 2-1 lead.Â
Defenders take 2-1 lead, Tel from Joslyn Terpstra
Midland was quick to respond as they scored a pair of goals within 90 seconds to take their first lead, 3-2, with 19 minutes left to play. Tia Benjamin was first to score off an assist by Hanna Schimmer (70th minute) and then Sydney Herren followed with a goal on a corner kick during the 71st minute.
Down 3-2 with under five minutes left, the Defenders nearly tied the match when
Ellie Stuart ripped a shot that hit the crossbar and dropped straight down without clearing the goal line. Midland, however, in an attempt to clear the ball, was called for a penalty in the box and Stuart converted her third and most important penalty kick of the season to send the match into overtime.
and we are tied, Ellie Stuart converts the PK
By the Numbers:
- Dordt totaled 15 shots, six on-goal; Midland accounted for 37 shots, 14 on-goal
- Tel led Dordt with three shots on-goal, Stuart, Abby Worthy and Madison Bachar all had one shot on-goal
- Lydia Zylstra (8-2-1) matched her career high with 10 saves
- Midland was led by Caytlynn Garland with five shots on net; both Castellanos and Chloe Dietz totaled two
- Kyla Pires (7-2-2) made three saves
- Midland advances to play in the NAIA Championship - Opening Round, with a 13-4-4 record
- the Warriors improve to 2-3 in the GPAC Championship match, also winning the title in 2019
- Dordt is 1-4 in the GPAC title match
Defender Notes:
- Dordt closes the season with a 12-6-2 record, its third consecutive 10+ win season
- with her two goals scored, Tel finishes the season with a GPAC-best 21, tied for the second most all-time in a single season at Dordt
- Kalie Gaskil (1997) has the record with 23
- Tel's 54 points this season rank second most all-time at Dordt (Gaskill - 55 in 1997)
- Tel has 101 points in her two years and is just the seventh player in program history with 100+ points
- Terpstra recorded her eighth assist tonight, good for third best in the GPAC
- Stuart scored her eighth goal of the season and was a perfect 3-for-3 in penalty kicks this season
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