• The Dordt University women's soccer team is set to make a return trip to Hastings, Neb. for a semifinal match against the 22nd-ranked Broncos in the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) postseason tournament. Game time is set for 7pm on Lloyd Wilson Field. The winner advances to play in the GPAC Championship on Friday, November 10 at the highest remaining seed.
• Dordt, the No.4 seed in the eight-team tournament bracket, is 11-5-2 overall. Hastings, the No.1 seed and GPAC regular season champion, is 16-1-2 overall. 
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• The 8-team postseason tournament began Thursday, Nov.2 with four quarterfinal matches with the four winners advancing to Tuesday's semifinal.

Quarterfinal Round - Thursday, Nov.2

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• #1 Hastings def. #8 Dakota Wesleyan, 3-0
• #4 Dordt def. #5 Morningside, 3-2
• #3 Midland def. #6 College of Saint Mary, 4-0
• #2 Concordia def. University of Jamestown, 2-1

• #4 Dordt @ #1 Hastings, 7pm
• #3 Midland @ #2 Concordia, 7pm

•  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.

• Dordt has qualified for eight consecutive and 20 of 24 overall GPAC postseason tournaments (since the GPAC began in 2000). They hold a 12-19 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 earned their first postseason win since 2010 in last Thursday's quarterfinal match against Morningside.
• Defenders vs Hastings in GPAC Tment (2-6):
  • 2016: lost 3-0 quarterfinal
  • 2010: lost 3-0 in semifinal
  • 2008: def. 1-0 in championship
  • 2007: lost 1-0 in regional 1st round (no GPAC)
  • 2006: def. 3-0 (regional quarterfinal, no GPAC)
  • 2005: lost 1-0 in championship
  • 2004: lost 3-0 in championship
  • 2002: lost 2-1 (OT) in championship
• Dordt GPAC Semifinal Matches (4-6):
  • 2010: lost to Hastings 3-0
  • 2009: lost to Midland 2-1 (2 OT)
  • 2008: def. Morningside 2-1
  • 2006: lost to Morningside 2-1 (regional, no GPAC)
  • 2005: def. Northwestern 1-0 (OT)
  • 2004: def. Briar Cliff 1-0
  • 2003: lost to Dana 1-0
  • 2002: def. Doane 2-0
  • 2001: lost to Dana 4-1
  • 2000: lost to Dana 3-0
• Hastings Semifinal Results (16-5):
  • 2022: def. Briar Cliff 2-1 (2 OT) (champ)
  • 2021: lost to Briar Cliff 4-1
  • 2019: def. Jamestown 2-0 (runner-up)
  • 2018: def. Briar Cliff 5-0 (champ)
  • 2017: def. Midland 0-0 (PK's) champ
  • 2016: lost to Morningside 1-0
  • 2015: lost to Concordia 1-1 (PK's)
  • 2014: def. Briar Cliff 2-0 (runner-up)
  • 2013: def. Concordia 3-0 (champ)
  • 2012: def. Morningside 3-0 (runner-up)
  • 2011: def. Concordia 3-1 (champ)
  • 2010: def. Dordt 3-0 (champ)
  • 2009: lost to Dakota Wesleyan 3-1
  • 2008: def. Dana 3-0 (runner-up)
  • 2007: lost to Midland 1-0 (regional, no GPAC)
  • 2005: def. Morningside 2-1 (champion)
  • 2004: def. Doane 2-0 (champion)
  • 2003: def. Morningside 1-0 (champion)
  • 2002: def. Dana 1-0 (champion)
  • 2001: def. USF 2-0 (runner-up)
  • 2000: def. Northwestern 2-0 (champion)

• Dordt is 7-26-3 against the Broncos
• the Defenders lost 2-0 in a regular season match played during the final week of the regular season in Hastings.
• last five: Dordt is 0-4-1
• last 10: Dordt is 0-9-1
• first meeting - 1999
• played at least once every season since 1999
  • played 2x 7x
  • played 3x in both 2002 and 2005
• Dordt is 2-9 in the postseason vs Hastings (GPAC and regionals)
• Dordt is 7-10-2 at home; 0-16-1 on road
  • the lone tie on the road is 2009
• the Defenders last victory - 2008 in the GPAC Championship (1-0)
• Dordt has shutout Hastings 4x
• Dordt has been shutout by Hastings - 19x 
• most goals scored by Dordt: 5 in 2006
• most goals scored by Hastings: 7 in 2013
• total goals scored : Dordt 32   Hastings 84
• Dordt is 2-11 in matches decided by one goal 

• Dordt lost to Hastings on Oct. 25 in the regular season
• both goals scored were in the first half
  • Dekota Schubert - 1st goal, 38th minute
  • Sophia Lee - 2nd goal, 44th minute
• Dordt - 1 shot on goal (Karinna Tel)
• Hastings - 13 shots on goal
• Lydia Zylstra - 8 saves, 2 goals allowed (45 minutes)
• Elianna Van Hulzen - 3 saves (45 minutes)
• Dekota Schubert led Hastings with five shots on-goal
• Sophia Lee contributed three shots on-goal

• No.1 seed / #22 Hastings Broncos
  • Head Coach: Jade Ovendale (5th year)
    • spent two years as the head coach at Northern Oklahoma
    • four years as assistant with the men's program at Northern Oklahoma
    • All-American midfielder for the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma
  • Record: 9-1-2 (1st in GPAC), 16-1-2 overall
    • GPAC regular season champion
    • unbeaten in last 10 matches (9-0-1)
  • A closer look at the 2023 results:
    • 2-0 record against ranked teams (RV Bellevue and #19 Missouri Valley)
    • only loss: vs Briar Cliff on Sept.27 (1-0)
    • have shutout opponents 11x
    • most goals scored - 6 vs Kansas Wesleyan
    • most goals given up - 2 (4x)
    • 5-1 record in one-goal matches
  • have played in every GPAC semifinal except two (2020, 2006)
    • 16-5 record in GPAC semifinal
  • 11x GPAC Champion
  • picked 2nd in GPAC preseason poll
  • last year: 7-2-3 (3rd), 15-3-3 overall 
    • GPAC postseason champions
    • NAIA Opening Round Qualifier
    • lost to Oklahoma Wesleyan to end season
    • return 10 of 11 starters
    • return eight all-conference players
    • all 69 goals scored and 53 assists from last year are back
  • 2023 by the Numbers (GPAC rank):
    • goals: 2.6 match (3rd) - 50 scored
    • goals against: .6 (1st) - 12 given up
      • 11 shutouts (9th in NAIA)
  • Key Players / GPAC rank-if top 10:
    • Dekota Schubert (2x all-conf) - 11 goals (T6th), 13 assists (1st in GPAC, T8th in NAIA)
    • Naomi Pedroza (all-conference) - 15 goals (4th), 2 assists
    • Miley Prine (all-conference) - 4 goals, 3 assists
    • Megan Lampe (all-conference) - 1 goal, 7 assists (T4th)
    • Eva Dunker (all-conference) - 2 goals, 3 assists
    • Jackson Pedersen (all-conference) - 12-0-2 (T5th in NAIA in wins), 7 shutouts, 39 saves, .78 gaa (1st)

• 7-3-2 (T4th in GPAC), 11-5-2 overall
• two match win streak
  • def. Waldorf (6-1) in final match of regular season
  • def. Morningside (3-2) in GPAC Quarterfinals
• had a 7-match unbeaten streak earlier this season (6-0-1) 
  • T4th longest streak in program history (also in 1999)
• won eight of its final 10 matches (8-1-1)
• a closer look at the 2023 results:
  • four shutouts
  • been shutout 2x 
  • most goals scored - 6 (2x)
  • two matches decided by one goal (1-2)
• 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) - 18 goals (2nd), 12 assists (2nd), 48pts (1st / 7th in NAIA)
    • 3x GPAC Offensive Player of the Week
    • 35 career goals (T9th in program), 25 assists (T4th in program), 95pts (7th all-time)
  • Joslyn Terpstra  - 11 goals (T6th), 7 assists (T4th), 29pts (7th)
  • Ellie Stuart - 8 goals, 2 assists
  • Abby Foster - 5 goals, 2 assists
  • Abby Worthy - 1 goal, 6 assists
  • Sydney Hooyer - 2 assists
    • GPAC Defensive Player of the Week
  • Lydia Zylstra - 7-1-1 record, 1.16 goal against average (7th), 47 saves (T10th), 3 shutouts