The Dordt Defenders will play their first round of the MD3 MACHA Silver Division Conference Tournament on Friday 9th at 2 pm in St. Louis, Missouri against the Arkansas Razorbacks.
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The Defenders finished the season ranked No. 20 while Arkansas finished ranked No. 10.
 

MD3 MACHA Silver South	W	L	OTL	T	PTS
Missouri State	20	11	0	1	61
Missouri	16	2	1	0	49
Arkansas	17	8	0	0	49
Dallas Baptist	12	10	0	1	37

 

MD3 MACHA Silver Central	W	L	OTL	T	PTS
Dordt	19	3	0	0	56
Omaha	14	11	3	0	40
Kansas	13	6	0	0	37
Nebraska	7	16	3	2	27
Creighton	6	9	1	0	19

Dordt finished the regular season with a record of 19-3-0, 56 points, and first place in the MD3 MACHA Silver Central division. Arkansas finished the regular season with a record of 17-8-0, 49 points, and third place in the MD3 MACHA Silver South division. This is the third match up between Dordt and Arkansas. The first two games took place in Sioux Center on November 10th and 11th in 2017. The Razorbacks would win both games by a score of 4-2 and 5-1.

Scouting report:

• Head coached by Keller Sims 9 (7th season)
• Assisted by Andrew falls, Dakota Gottlieb, and Ryan Urban
• 17-8-0 regular season record, 3rd in division
• Trevor Borlace leads team with 14 goals, 18 assists, and 32 points
• Brenden Coon has 13 goals, 8 assists, and 21 points
• Kyle Crewn, Connor Chapman, and JD Duenwald each have 12 goals
• Michael Gakhutishvili has nine goals, nine assists, and 18 points
• Sam Karraker and Kyler Patterson each have eight goals
• Sam Haynes has played in 16 games in goal with a record of 9-4-0. Haynes has 46 goals against, 3.30 GAA, 370 saves, and a 0.889 SV%
• Graden Reis has played in 10 games in goal with a a record of 7-3-0. Reis has 29 goals against, 3.16 GAA, 218 saves, and a 0.883 SV%
• Noah Goodwin has played in two games in goal with a 1-1-0 record. Goodwin has six goals against, 3.00 GAA, 25 saves, and a 0.806 SV%

Dordt notes:

• Head coached by Tyler Morgan (4th season)
• Assisted by Logan Visser
• 19-3-0 regular season record, 1st in division
• Griffin Lennes leads team with 26 goals, 23 assists, and 49 points
• Noah Wilmes has 21 goals, 12 assists, and 33 points
• Alex Espenson has 12 goals, 11 assists, and 23 points
• Isaac Baart has 11 goals. nine assists, and 20 points
• Jonah Weems has 10 goals, eight assists, and 18 points
• Graeme Edmund has played in 14 games in goal with a 11-3-0 record. Edmund has 40 goals against, 2.91 GAA, 410 saves, and a 0.911 SV%
• Charlie Lang has played in 8 games in goal with a 7-0-0 record, Lang has 16 goals against, 2.18 GAA, 103 saves, and a 0.866 SV%

If the Defenders win on Friday, they will most likely play Maryville in the second round on Saturday, February 10.
Maryville has a record 8-6-1 regular season record and this would be the first match up between Dordt and Maryville in program history.