Dordt University women's soccer put together a dominant performance on the road Saturday night, rolling to a 6-0 victory over Mount Marty at Youngworth Stadium in Yankton, S.D.
The win keeps the Defenders unbeaten in GPAC play (2-0-1) and improves their overall record to 3-3-2. Mount Marty suffered its first loss in the conference (2-1) and drops to 5-4 overall.
Karinna Tel led the offensive explosion with a first-half hat trick, scoring in the 4th, 7th, and 14th minutes. Tel's third goal marked her GPAC-leading 13th of the season and came off assists from
Faith Mondeel,
Jenna Roberts, and
Joslyn Terpstra.
Roberts added two goals of her own, including a first-half strike in the 23rd minute and a second-half finish in the 64th. Terpstra also found the back of the net in the 55th minute, assisted by
Kendal Gordon, giving Dordt a 5-0 lead early in the second half.
Defensively, the Defenders were anchored by senior goalkeeper
Lydia Zylstra, who recorded four saves and earned her second shutout of the season.
Dordt scored four goals in the first 23 minutes and added two more in the second half to seal the win. The Defenders' back line held firm, allowing just four shots on goal and keeping the Lancers off the scoreboard despite 12 total attempts.
By the Numbers:
- the Defenders totaled 10 shots, seven on-goal; Mount Marty totaled 12 shots, four on-frame
- Tel accounted for a match-high four shots on-goal
- Jenna Roberts totaled two shots on-goal
- Lydia Zylstra (3-3-2) made four saves and earned her second shutout the season
- Zylstra, along with Paige Miller, played the full 90 minutes
- four different Lancers had one shot each; Kamil Bennett, Shakira Nolasco, Avery Kimball and Liz Stordahl
- Brooklyn McNac (5-4) made just one save
Defender Notes:
- the six goals scored matches the Defenders season high (also vs Bethel on Aug.30)
- this was the second consecutive shutout by the Defenders, who have not given up a goal in over 200 minutes
- the seven shots on-goal was the fourth most this season
- this was the fourth match of the season the Defenders totaled double-figures in shots
- this was the second hat-trick of the season for Tel (scored four vs Bethel) and 10th for her career
- Tel's 13 goals this season leads the GPAC and is tied for fourth in the NAIA
- this was the first two-goal match for Roberts in her career
- the five points scored in the match by Roberts is her career-high
- this was the seventh career shutout for Zylstra and second of the 2025 season
- Dordt improved to 22-1-2 all-time against Mount Marty
- the Defenders pushed their win streak against Mount Marty to 13
- Dordt is unbeaten on the road against the Lancers (12-0-2)
Up Next:
- Dordt will host Waldorf on Wednesday, Oct. 1
