The Dordt Defenders travel to face Waldorf on the road this Saturday night in a 7pm faceoff. Waldorf plays its home contests at the Mason City Arena in Mason City, Iowa.
COVERAGE
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Dordt 2025-26 Season Stats
Waldorf 2025-26 Season Stats
WALDORF
2025-26 Record Overall: 13-20
- Waldorf competes in the ACAH Division 1
- The Warriors were outscored 123-94 last season
- Zak Molstad | 15g | 15a
- Dominic Toews | 11g | 15a
- Audan Caple | 11g | 7a
- Vaughn Holbeche | 5-6 w-l | 3.48goals allowed average | 495 saves | 723 minutes
- Andrew Tworkowski | 6-5 w-l | 3.85 goals allowed average | 505 saves | 732 minutes
DORDT
2025-26 Record: 28-5
- Dordt competes in the ACHA Division 3.
- The Defenders have outscored teams 237-74
- Dordt competes in the MACHA Silver West and finished as regular season runner-up to Nebraska-Omaha. Dordt won the postseason conference tournament for the second year in a row.
- Rylan Veenstra | 33 goals | 40 assists
- Mason Spejcher | 27 goals | 28 assists
- Reuben Horneman | 32 goals | 23 assists
- Zach Espenson | 13 goals | 27 assists
- Nick Espenson | 16 goals | 19 assists
- Isaac Baart | 14 goals | 19 assists
- Mason Carrels |16 goals | 18 assists
- Tegan Doelman | 18 goals | 22 assists
- Levi Loken | 8 goals | 20 assists
- Andrew Benson | 16 goals | 21 assists
- Tim Nanson | 16-4 w-l | 1.11 goals allowed average | 344 saves | 977 minutes played
LAST TIME
Dordt advanced to the ACHA Division 3 National Championship field for the second year in a row and finished 1-2 in pool play with a 3-2 win over Purdue and 6-4 and 3-1 losses to Nebraska-Omaha and Calvin respectively. The Defenders won the MACHA Tournament with wins over Olivet Nazarene (6-1), Arkansas (5-1) and Nebraska-Omaha (2-0) from February 20-23. Dordt three losses in regular season play came to Waldorf (5-3) and Nebraska-Omaha (6-2, 3-1). The Defenders had a 19-game winning streak at one point.
HISTORY
Dordt and Waldorf opened the season on September 6 and Waldorf prevailed 5-3. It's the only meeting of the two teams since 2017 with
Rylan Veenstra,
Isaac Baart and
Tegan Doelman scoring.
2025-26 MACHA SILVER WEST
| Team |
Win |
Loss |
T |
| Nebraska-Omaha |
30 |
5 |
0 |
| Dordt |
27 |
3 |
0 |
| Kansas |
13 |
7 |
1 |
| Creighton |
10 |
6 |
0 |
| Nebraska |
4 |
23 |
0 |
NEXT
Dordt will travel to Fremont on Wednesday, September 16 in its next action and follow that with a contest at Nebraska on September 18. Dordt opens the season on Friday, October 9 against Arkansas with a pair of games on Friday and Saturday.
