Game Time: 

• Postseason play begins for the Dordt University women's soccer team as they host Morningside Thursday night, Nov.2, for a Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) quarterfinal. Game time on the Defenders home turf is set for 5pm.
• The Defenders earned the No.4 seed and finished tied with Morningside for fourth in the GPAC regular season with a 7-3-2 record, 10-5-2 overall. Morningside, the No.5 seed, ended league play with a 7-3-2 mark, 10-4-3 overall. 
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A Look at the GPAC Tournament:

• The 8-team postseason tournament begins Thursday, Nov.2 with four quarterfinal matches. All four quarterfinal matches will be played in the evening, beginning with the Defenders match against Morningside. The other three matches will start at 7pm.

Quarterfinal Round - Thursday, Nov.2
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• #8 Dakota Wesleyan at #1 Hastings, 7pm
• #5 Morningside at #4 Dordt, 5pm
• #6 College of Saint Mary at #3 Midland, 7pm
• #7 University of Jamestown at #2 Concordia, 7pm

The four winners of the quarterfinal matches advance to the GPAC semifinals on Tuesday, Nov.7 with the highest remaining seeds serving as the hosts at times to be determined. The 2023 postseason championship match will be held on Friday, Nov.10 at the highest remaining seed. 

At Stake:

•  The winner of the GPAC tournament will advance to the NAIA Women's Soccer National Championship Opening Round as the league's second automatic representative. Hastings, the No.1 seed, has already secured the GPAC's first bid into the NAIA Championship by winning the regular season title. If the Broncos win the conference tournament as well, the GPAC runner-up (Concordia) will earn the second bid into the NAIA Championship. 
• The NAIA Women's Soccer National Championship - Opening Round will be played at different host sites around the country on Nov.16-18. The 10 winners from the opening round brackets advance to play at the championship final site - Foley, Ala.

Tournament History:

• Dordt has qualified for eight consecutive and 20 of 24 overall GPAC postseason tournaments (since the GPAC began in 2000). They hold an 11-19 overall record in the postseason and have made it to the conference title match four times, going 1-3 in the championship match (winning the title in 2008).
• The Defenders have lost nine consecutive postseason games with their last win coming in 2010 against Doane in the quarterfinals. Dordt is 1-1 all-time against Morningside in the postseason:
• Defenders vs Morningside in GPAC Tment:
  • 2008: 2-1 win (GPAC semifinals)
  • 2006: 2-1 loss (regional semifinals) (no conf. tment)
• Defenders Quarterfinal Games overall:
  • 2022: 3-1 loss vs Midland
  • 2021 : 3-2 loss vs Jamestown
  • 2020 : 4-1 loss vs Briar Clif
  • 2019 : 3-2 loss vs Briar Cliff
  • 2018 : 1-0 loss vs Midland
  • 2017 : 1-0 loss vs Northwestern
  • 2016: 3-0 loss vs Hastings
  • 2015: 1-0 loss vs Northwestern
  • 2011: 0-0 loss vs Midland (PK's)
  • 2010: 3-0 win vs Doane
  • 2009: 4-1 win vs Doane
  • 2008: 2-1 win vs USF
  • 2007: no conference tournament, 1-0 loss vs Hastings in regional 1st round
  • 2006: no conference tournament, just regionals; 3-0 win vs Hastings
  • 2005: earned a bye
  • 2004: earned a bye
  • 2003: 2-1 win vs Concordia (2 OT)
  • 2001: 4-3 win vs Northwestern
  • 2000: earned a bye
• Morningside Quarterfinal Results (8-5 in quarterfinals):
  • 2020: 1-0 loss vs Midland
  • 2019: 3-0 loss vs Midland
  • 2018: 1-0 loss vs Concordia
  • 2017: 2-1 loss vs Concordia
  • 2016: 0-0 (win in PK's)
  • 2015: 2-1 win vs Nebraska Wesleyan
  • 2014: 2-0 loss vs Hastings
  • 2013: 2-0 win vs Mount Marty
  • 2012: 1-0 win vs Northwestern
  • 2011: 3-2 win vs Doane
  • 2008: 4-3 win vs Doane
  • 2007: bye in regional quarterfinal; Regional Championship
  • 2006: bye in regional quaarterfinal; Regional Championship
  • 2005: 3-1 win vs Midland
  • 2003: 8-1 win vs Briar Cliff

  All-Time vs Morningside:

• Saturday's match will be the 28th in the rivalry 
• the Defenders trail the all-time series 13-14 
  • Dordt earned a 3-0 win vs the Mustangs earlier this season
  • Dordt is 2-3 in its last five but has won two straight, outscoring the Mustangs 10-2
  • the Defenders are 4-6 in the last 10
• first meeting - 2002
• Dordt has been outscored by the Mustangs 54-47
• Dordt has shutout the Mustangs 5x
• Dordt has been shutout by Morningside 9x
• most goals scored by Dordt: 7 (last year)
• most goals scored by Morningside: 6 (2015)
• Dordt is 3-8 in matches played in Sioux City

Earlier This Season:

• Dordt defeated Morningside 3-0 on Oct.7 in Sioux City
• the duo of Karinna Tel and Joslyn Terpstra accounted for all three goals, two coming in the first half
• Lydia Zylstra totaled eight saves

Scouting Reports:

• No.5 seed Morningside
  • Head Coach: Tom Maxon (23rd year)
    • 2x GPAC Coach of the Year
    • started the Mside program in 2021
    • 3x NAIA Qualifier, most recent in 2015
  • Record: 7-3-2 (T4th), 10-4-3 overall
    • won three straight matches to close the regular season
    • def. Mount Marty, College of Saint Mary and Dakota Wesleyan
  • A closer look at the 2023 results:
    • three shutouts
    • been shutout twice
    • most goals scored - 7 vs Northwestern
    • have scored multiple goals in 10 matches
  • picked 6th in GPAC preseason poll
  • last year: 5-4-3 (6th in GPAC), 8-7-3 overall
    • lost to Hastings in GPAC Quarterfinals
    • return 7 starters, 17 players
    • returns players who accounted for 23 of the 37 goals scored last year
    • 3 all-conference players return
  • 2023 by the Numbers:
    • goals: 2.1 match (5th)
    • goals against: 1.7 (T6th)
  • Key Players:
    • Keyera Harmon - 10 goals (T7th), 2 assists, 22pts (8th) - top scorer last year
    • Roselynn Bosman (all-conference) - 8 goals, 5 assists (T7th), 21pts (9th)
    • Tara Kelleher - 3 goals, 1 assist
    • Lisann Evert - 3 goals, 2 assists
    • Sina Feeser (all-conference in 2021) - 1 goal, 1 assist
    • Isabel Ter Weeme - 1.6 gaa, 30 saves, 7-1-3 record

 Defender Notes: 

• 7-3-2 (T4th in GPAC), 10-5-2 overall
• defeated Waldorf (6-1) in the final match of the regular season
• had a 7-match unbeaten streak earlier this season (6-0-1) 
  • T4th longest streak in program history (also in 1999)
• won seven of its final nine matches (7-1-1)
• a closer look at the 2023 results:
  • four shutouts
  • been shutout 2x 
  • most goals scored - 6 (2x)
  • two matches decided by one goal (0-2)
• 2023 by the Numbers:
  • goals: 3.0 match (1st)
  • goals against: 1.7 (6th)
  • 4 shutouts
• Key Players / GPAC rank - if top 10:
  • Karinna Tel (all-conference) - 17 goals (2nd), 11 assists (2nd), 45pts (1st / 7th in NAIA)
    • 3x GPAC Offensive Player of the Week
    • 34 career goals (T9th in program), 24 assists (T4th in program), 92pts (7th all-time)
  • Joslyn Terpstra  - 11 goals (6th), 6 assists (T5th), 28pts (6th)
  • Ellie Stuart - 7 goals, 2 assists
  • Abby Foster - 5 goals, 2 assists
  • Abby Worthy - 1 goal, 6 assists (T5th)
  • Sydney Hooyer - 1 assist
    • GPAC Defensive Player of the Week
  • Lydia Zylstra - 6-1-1 record, 1 goal against average, 39 saves