THE MATCH

The Dordt men's soccer team will travel to Orange City, Iowa to play the Northwestern Raiders in the quarterfinal round of the GPAC tournament. Kick off is scheduled for 6 pm. 

THE COVERAGE

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GPAC STANDINGS

Team	GPAC	PTS	OVR
Morningside	7-1-2	23	10-5-2
Concordia	6-0-4	22	7-2-8
Northwestern	6-2-2	20	7-4-5
Midland	6-2-2	20	8-6-4
Hastings	6-2-2	20	8-7-2
Dordt	4-3-3	15	6-7-4
Briar Cliff	4-5-1	13	5-11-2
Dakota Wesleyan	4-6-0	12	7-82
Doane	3-7-0	9	5-9-2
Mount Marty	1-9-0	3	4-11-1
Waldorf	0-10-0	0	0-15-1

GPAC TOURNAMENT

• Quarterfinal Round - Tuesday, November 5, 2024
  • #8 Dakota Wesleyan vs #1 Morningside - 7 PM | Sioux City, Iowa
  • #5 Hastings vs #4 Midland - 7 PM | Fremont, Neb.
  • #6 Dordt vs #3 Northwestern - 6 PM | Orange City, Iowa
  • #7 Briar Cliff vs #2 Concordia - 7 PM | Seward, Neb.
• Semifinal Round - Saturday, November 9, 2024
  • #8/#1 winner vs #5/#4 winner, higher seed hosts, time TBA
  • #6/#3 winner vs #7/#2 winner, higher seed hosts, time TBA
• GPAC Championship - Wednesday, November 13, 2024
  • Semifinal winners at highest seed remaining, time TBA

GPAC PRESEASON POLL

• Dordt was voted 6th in the GPAC Preseason Poll
• Dordt tallied 52 points, behind Hastings (65) and ahead of Midland (49)
• Northwestern was voted 4th in the GPAC Preaseason Poll
• Northwestern tallied 73 points, behind Morningside (76) and ahead of Hastings (65)

ALL-TIME vs NORTHWESTERN

• Dordt leads the series 25-20-2 all-time
• Last match ended in in a 1-1 tie on October 30, 2024
• Dordt has not won since October 21, 2014
• Dordt has shutout Northwestern 13 times (1979, 1980 (2), 1981 (2), 1989, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2001, 2009, 2010, 2022)
• Northwestern has shutout Dordt 12 times (1989, 2003, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023)
• The most goals that Dordt has scored: 10 (1980, 1993)
• The most goals that Northwestern has scored: 6 (2018, 2021)

NORTHWESTERN

• Head Coach: Dan Swier (17th season)
  • Longest tenured head coach in program history
  • GPAC Tournament Champion (2023)
  • Regular season GPAC champion (2021)
  • NAIA National Tournament appearance (2021, 2023)
• Assistant Coaches: Tyler Limmer, Joshua Wingfield, Tim Kaltenberger, Juan Mackrey, Michael Simmelink, Gerrard Uamai
• Last time out: T, 1-1 vs Dordt

RAIDER STATS

• 7-4-5 overall record | 6-2-2 GPAC record
  • Finished third in GPAC standings
  • Wins over Culver-Stockton, (RV) Midland, Dakota Wesleyan, Briar Cliff, Mount Marty, Doane, and Waldorf
  • Losses to Hamline, (RV) Concordia, Jamestown, and Morningside
  • Ties with Graceland, Grand View, Park, Hastings, and Dordt
• Scored 33 goals this season
• Given up 21 goals this season
• Averaging 2.06 goals per game
• Averaging 1.31 goals against per game

LEADERS

• Stan van den Beld: 9 goals | 7 assists | 25 points
• Alex Ruiz: 9 goals  | 5 assists | 23 points
• Drew Darnold: 5 goals | 4 assists | 14 points
• Pol Folx: 2 goals | 2 assists | 6 points
• Jannes Kuehn: 1 goal | 2 assists | 4 points
• Riley Aarbo: 1 goal | 2 assists | 4 points
• Gonzalo Domingo: 1 goal | 1 assist | 3 points
• Nino Berger: 1 goal | 2 points
• Lars Geutjes: 1 goal | 2 points
• Nikko Helderop: 1 goal | 2 points
• Glulio Palombo: 1 assist | 1 point
• Rick Lammerts: 52 saves | 18 GA | 1.38 GAA | .743 SV% | 5-3-5 overall record

DORDT

• Eric Bourdo (2nd season)
  • Spent four years as Dordt's assistant coach
  • GPAC Semifinal appearance
  • Second straight GPAC tournament appearance
• Assistant Coaches: David Lee, Cole Housh, Seth Lewison
• Last time out: T, 1-1 vs Northwestern

DEFENDER STATS

• 6-7-4 overall record | 4-3-3 GPAC record
  • Finished sixth in GPAC standings
  • Wins over Jamestown, Central, Waldorf, Mount Marty, Doane, and Briar Cliff
  • Losses to Trinity Christian, Governors Stats, Grand View, Morningside, No. 5 Bellevue, Hastings, and Dakota Wesleyan
  • Ties with William Woods, (RV) Midland, (RV) Concordia, and Northwestern
• Scoreed 24 goals this season
• Given up 30 goals this season
• Averaging 1.41 goals per game
• Averaging 1.76 goals against per game

LEADERS

• Marco Laenen: 5 goals | 2 assists | 12 points
• Phil Appelt: 5 goals | 1 assist | 11 points
• Jacob Narkis: 4 goals | 2 assists | 10 points
• Trigve Elkins: 2 goals | 2 assists | 6 points
• Tyson Reitsma: 2 goals | 2 assists | 6 points
• Nolan Karel: 3 goals | 6 points
• Anton Forsch: 2 goals | 4 points
• Tate Hansen: 3 assists | 3 points
• Pol Calvo: 2 assists | 2 points
• Santiago Carvajal: 2 assists | 2 points
• Ryan Reyes: 1 goal | 2 points
• Enzo Lira de Paula: 1 assist | 1 point
• Mitchell Dryden: 70 saves | 28 GA | 1.82 GAA | .714 SV% | 6-7-3 overall record