Karinna Tel was named the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Women's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week by the league office earlier today (Oct.7). 

• GPAC Press Release | PDF | Tel's Bio

Notes on Tel:

• Tel is the second Defenders player to earn the weekly honor (Lydia Zylstra - Oct.1)
• Tel totaled eight points in wins over Waldorf and College of Saint Mary last week
• the senior netted three goals and tallied an assist in the Defenders 7-0 win against Waldorf
• Tel followed with an assist in the Defenders game-winning goal in her team's 1-0 win against CSM on Saturday
• this is the ninth time that Tel has earned the weekly honor in her career
  • 2024 - 4x (Aug.26, Sept.30, Oct.14, Nov.5)
  • 2023 - 3x (Oct.3,9 and 24)
  • 2022 - 1x (Sept.6)
• Tel is a 2x All-American and GPAC Player of the Year
• Tel is the career goals (88), assists (37) and points (213) leader at Dordt
• the senior leads the GPAC with 16 goals this season
• Dordt is in first place in the current GPAC standings with a 4-0-1 record, 5-3-2 overall