Phil Appelt scored a pair of goals in leading Dordt University to a 4-2 win over Doane in a GPAC men's soccer match played this afternoon at the Defenders Soccer Complex.
Dordt stays unbeaten in the GPAC, improving to 3-0-2 in the conference, 5-3-3 overall. The Defenders earned their third straight win and push their unbeaten streak to seven. Doane falls to 1-4 in the conference, 3-6-2 overall.
How It Happened:
- the teams traded goals in a first half that ended tied 2-2
- Phil Appelt netted the first goal of the match, blasting a shot from the edge of the penalty box into the net from a cross from Tyson Reitsma
- Doane's Ameer Madden tied the score 11 minutes later, during the 21st minute, off an assist by Hugo Santos
- Dordt responded with a goal by Nolan Karel off a backpass by Maro Laenen during the 37th minute
- Doane tied the match just before the half on a converted penalty kick by Guillem Colom
- Appelt put the Defenders in front for good with a goal during the 53rd minute off a long pass by Tate Hansen
- Marco Laenen completed the scoring with an unassisted goal off a breakaway at the 58th minute
By the Numbers:
- Dordt held a slight edge both in total shots (14-11) and shots on-goal (8-6)
- Appelt (3) and Laenen (2) led the Defenders in shots on-goal
- Mitchell Dryden (5-3-2) made four saves
- three Defenders, Dryden, Levi Jaeger and Anton Forsch, played the full 90 minutes
Defender Notes:
- Laenen scored his team-leading fifth goal of the season and also leads the team with 11 points
- Dordt's four goals scored is tied for the second most this season
- Dordt maintains its spot at the top of the GPAC standings with 11 points, one ahead of Briar Cliff
- the Defenders and Concordia are the only teams left unbeaten in the GPAC
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