Box Score The Dordt University women's soccer team suffered a 3-1 loss to Morningside in a GPAC contest played Tuesday night at the Defenders Soccer Complex.
With the setback, Dordt falls to 2-6-5 overall and 1-4-3 in GPAC play. Morningside secured its fourth straight victory and improved to 8-2-2 overall and 5-1-1 in conference competition.
Morningside opened the scoring in the 28th minute when Emma Marlene Feigl found the back of the net for a 1-0 lead.
The Defenders responded just two minutes later. Maria Zylstra won possession near midfield and connected with Brooke Marjama, who played a through ball to Lexi Terpstra. Terpstra took a touch and finished past the Mustang goalkeeper in the 30th minute to level the match at 1-1.
The tie was short-lived, however, as Morningside regained the lead just over a minute later. Tuva Hammarland received a pass from Liadan Kavanagh at the top of the penalty area and placed her shot into the right corner of the goal for a 2-1 advantage.
The Mustangs added an insurance goal late in the second half when Jocelyn Fernandez Navarro curled a free kick from approximately 30 yards out into the upper-right corner to account for the final 3-1 margin.
By the Numbers:
- Morningside held a 20-8 advantage in total shots and an 11-7 edge in shots on goal.
- Maria Zylstra led Dordt with three shots, while Lexi Terpstra added two.
- Emerson Skuodas recorded six saves in goal for the Defenders.
- Jocelyn Fernandez Navarro paced the Mustangs with three shots.
- Kyla Syverson made five saves for Morningside.
Notes:
- Lexi Terpstra scored her second goal of the season.
- Brooke Marjama recorded her third assist of the year.
- Dordt is tied with Northwestern for ninth place in the GPAC standings with three matches remaining in the regular season
