The Dordt Defenders travel to Omaha, Nebraska to face the Creighton Blue Jays at 5pm at the Grover Ice Rink on Saturday, September 27.  The game is the only one of the weekend for the Defenders.

COVERAGE

2024-25 Creighton Season Stats
2025-26 Dordt Season Stats

CREIGHTON
2025-26 Record Overall: 3-1 
No details reported

DORDT
2025-26 Record: 3-1
 
The 2025-26 Numbers & Leaders

• The Defenders score 7.9 goals per game to 1.9 goals per game for opponents.
• Mason Spejcher | 5 goals | 5 assists
• Rylan Veenstra | 4 goals | 5 assists
• Reuben Horneman | 4 goals | 4 assists
• Mason Carrels | 4 goals | 2 assists
• Colton Dureno | 3 goals | 4 assists
• Isaiah Van Noord | 2-1 w-l | 2.33 goals allowed average | 54 saves | 180 minutes played

LAST TIME 
Creighton is 3-1 this season but no details have been posted.  Creighton has wins over Lewis (3-0/17-0) and split with Mankato in Minnesota on September 19-20 with a loss on Friday night 7-1 and a win over the Mavericks on Saturday, 4-2.

Dordt beat Nebraska on Friday, September 19 by a 14-1 score.  Mason Spejcher had three goals and three assists and Reuben Horneman had two goals and two assists. Nick Espenson also had two goals and Levi Loken had three assists. Isaiah Van Noord had 16 saves and faced 17 shots while the Defenders had 63 shots on offense.

HISTORY
Dordt leads the series 12-9 and has won 11 games in a row. Dordt won the two meetings last season with a 5-4 overtime win on September 28 and a 6-1 win on October 25 in Sioux Center.  Luke Kester had two goals in the October meeting and Isaiah Van Noord had 42 saves.

NEXT
Dordt will travel to face Arkansas at Fayetteville, Arkansas on Friday and Saturday, October 3-4 before playing sevens straight home games through November 1.