Box Score The Dordt University men's soccer team finished the regular season with a 2-2 draw against Northwestern in a conference match played tonight in Orange City, Iowa.
With the tie, the Defenders earn a point and finish tied with Morningside for second place in the GPAC standings with 20 points. Dordt secures the No.2 seed in the upcoming GPAC Tournament by way of their 2-0 win against the Mustangs earlier this season (Oct.14).
The Defenders extend their unbeaten streak to seven matches and are 10-5-3 this season.
Northwestern opened the scoring with a goal by Conal Shields, his first of the season, at the five minute mark. Dordt trailed 1-0 at the break and was outshot by the host Raiders 5-2.
The Defenders came back with their first goal just minutes into the second half off a corner kick by
Vincent Croney that was not cleared by Northwestern, came to the foot of
Ike D'Silva who then shot it towards goal and was redirected by
Joseba Zabala to tie the score at 1-1.
Dordt surged ahead during the 65th minute when D'Silva played a ball into the box that was flicked back by
Tate Hansen and was touched into the back of the net by
Julian Janssen.
Less than five minutes later, Jovany Kabongo netted the equalizer for Northwestern off an assist by Bram Zwinkels.
By the Numbers:
- Dordt outshot Northwestern 12-7 with a 7-6 advantage on-goal
- seven different players had one shot each for the Defenders
- Sean Christensen made four saves in the first half (45:00); Alvaro Boned played the final 45 minutes of the second half
- Kabongo led Northwestern with two shots on-goal
- Edoardo Alessandrini made five saves for NWC
Notes:
- Zabala is tied with Pablo Martin for the team lead in goals scored with eight
- D'Silva recorded his fourth assist of the season, third most on the team
- Janssen netted his second goal of the season
- Dordt pushed its unbeaten streak to seven matches (5-0-2)
- the Defenders earn the No.2 seed in the upcoming GPAC Tournament
- the Defenders second place finish is their best in program history
