Box Score The Dordt University men's soccer team secured a 2-0 win over Morningside tonight in a GPAC match-up played on its home turf, the Defender Soccer Complex.
The Defenders push their win streak to a season-high four matches and improve to 5-2 in the GPAC, 9-5-1 overall. Morningside drops to 2-2-2 in the conference, 3-5-5 overall.
Dordt opened the scoring during the 12th minute when
Pablo Martin received a pass from
Jude Decker, dribbled by a Morningside defender and blew a shot past the Mustangs goalkeeper from 18 yards out.
Still leading 1-0, Dordt picked up a huge insurance goal at the 86th minute when
Joseba Zabala found the back of the net off a cornerkick from
Jayden Donald.
By the Numbers:
- both teams accounted for six shots on-goal; Morningside had the advantage in total shots 11-10
- Zabala led the Defenders with two shots on-goal; four other Dordt players tallied one shot each
- Alvaro Boned stopped five shots and earned his sixth shutout
- Javier Ruchelli led all players with four shots on-goal
- Josue Carrasco-Morales made three saves
Notes:
- Dordt pushed its win streak to four matches, its longest since the 2014 season
- the Defenders nine wins matches the most in a season since 2014 (13-7)
- Martin scored his team-leading eighth goal and tallied his team-best 23rd point
- Zabala netted his fifth goal of the season
- Boned leads the GPAC with 66 saves
- this was the first win against Morningside since the 2022 season
