The Dordt University women's soccer team rallied from a three-goal deficit to defeat Northwestern 6-5 in the final conference match of the regular season played tonight in Orange City, Iowa.
The Defenders secure the No.3 seed and a home match in the upcoming Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) postseason tournament that will get underway with the quarterfinals on Saturday, Nov.2. The opponent and time of the match have yet to be determined; the conference office will release the postseason brackets later this evening.
How It Happened:
- scoreless for nearly 10 minutes, Northwestern erupted for three goals over a six-minute stretch for a 3-0 lead at the 15-minute mark
- Grace Timm (9:11), Marissa Talamantes (11:06) and Avril Baccam (15:34) scored for the Red Raiders
- Dordt broke through with back-to-back goals scored by Tel at the 18th and 21st minute
- Tel chased down a long ball and ripped a shot past Red Raider goalkeeper Peyton Anderson for her first goal
- the junior's second goal came on a long pass from Abby Worthy
- Northwestern went up 4-2 with a goal scored by Avril Baccam, her second of the match, at the 26th minute
- with Dordt still down by two (4-2), Tel netted her third goal on a corner kick to cut the lead down to one at the 53rd minute
- nearly 15 minutes later, during the 68th minute, the Defenders tied the match 4-4 on the first of two goals scored by Jennett, assisted by Jenna Roberts
- Jennett gave the Defenders their first lead (5-4) with her second goal at the 79th minute
- less than a minute later, Tel netted the Defenders final goal off an assist from Joslyn Terpstra, giving Dordt a 6-4 lead
- Northwestern scored its final goal on a long ball kicked by Kylie Baccam on the ensuing kickoff to make it a one-goal lead
By the Numbers:
- the teams combined for 40 total shots, 21 on-frame
- Dordt held the advantage 13-8 (on-goal), 23-17 (total)
- Tel led all players with six shots on-goal
- Jennett and Terpstra both totaled two shots on-goal
- Lydia Zylstra and Jenna Wright each played a half and combined for four saves
- Wright earned the win and improved to 9-4-1 overall
- five Defenders played the full 90 minutes
- Kylie Baccam led the Defenders with three shots on-goal and both Avril Baccam and Grace Timm had two
- Anderson (3-8) made seven saves for Northwestern
Notes:
- the combined 11 goals matches the most scored in a match between Dordt and Northwestern in the history of the rivalry
- the six goals scored by the Defenders is tied for the third most all-time against Northwestern
- 2002 - 8
- 2001 - 7
- 2003 - 6
- this was the eighth, multi-goal match of the season for Tel
- this was the fifth hat-trick + of the season for Tel
- Tel has seven career hat-tricks
- Jennett has scored five goals this season, third most on the team
- Terpstra recorded her GPAC-leading 13th assist
- Roberts has five assists, Worthy has four
- with the win, Dordt qualifies for the GPAC postseason tournament for the ninth consecutive season
- this will be the 21st season the Defenders have made the postseason tournament (since 2000, the start of the GPAC)
- Dordt secured the No.3 seed and will host a quarterfinal match on Saturday
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