The Dordt University men's soccer team battled Briar Cliff to a 1-1 draw in a GPAC match played tonight at the Defender Soccer Complex.
The tie gives both teams a point and keeps the Defenders in a tie with Doane for seventh place in the GPAC with six points. Briar Cliff remains just one point back (5pts) and in ninth place.
The Defenders (1-3-3, 4-5-5) opened the scoring in the 27th minute when
Joseba Zabala netted his first goal of the season, finishing off a well-placed assist from
Trigve Elkins. Dordt controlled much of the first half, outshooting the Chargers 9-4 and forcing seven saves from Briar Cliff goalkeeper
Xabier Ilundain.
Briar Cliff equalized in the 68th minute, as
Gabriel Hernandez Le scored on a long ball that skipped off the turf and bounded over Defenders goalie
Shad Jaeger, with the assist from
Alex Johnson.
By the Numbers:
- Dordt outshot BCU 19-12, including a 10-8 advantage in shots on-goal
- both Pablo Martin Domingo and Joseba Zabala totaled a team-leading four shots on-goal
- Julian Janssen and Vincent Kroney both had one shot on-goal
- Shad Jaeger (3-4-4) made two saves
- Janssen and Shad Jaeger played the full 90 minutes
- Marrix Giuseppe led the Chargers with two shots on-goal
- Xabier Ilundain (3-4) stopped seven Defender shots
Defender Notes:
- Zabala netted the first goal of his Defenders career
- Elkins recorded his first assist of the season
- Elkins ranks second on the team with seven points (trailing Anton Forsch with 8)
- Zabala is the 13th different player to score a goal this season
- 20 different players have at least one point this season
- this was the 13 match of the season the Defenders allowed two or fewer goals
- this was the ninth match the Defenders had more shots than their opponent
- Dordt is now 20-22-3 all-time against Briar Cliff
- the other ties against the Chargers were in 2022 and 2007
Up Next:
- Dordt will host Doane on Saturday, Oct.18 at noon
