On Oct. 5, Men’s and Women’s Soccer traveled to Sioux Center, Iowa to compete against Dordt University, where both teams walked away with a loss.
Starting in the first half of the Men’s game, the Defenders’ Phil Appeit scored the first goal of the game in minute 11’. In minute 22’ senior Ameer Madden would tie the game up after receiving a pass from senior Hugo Santos. The Defenders Nolan Karel, would be shot another goal in minute 37’ to put the Defenders in the lead. But just two minutes later, senior Guillem Colom would tie the game again after a penalty kick, which ended the first half of the game 2-2.
Going into the second half, the Defenders got back into the lead after Appeit shot his second goal of the game in minute 53’. The Defenders’ Marco Laenen made the final goal of the game in minute 58’, which ended the game 2-4.
The Tigers had 11 shots in the game, six of which were on goal, while the Defenders had 14 shots, eight of which were on goal. Senior Samuel Montanez, the goalkeeper for this game, made four saves.
Switching over to the Women’s game, in minute 26’ of the first half, the Defenders’ Maria Zylstra shot the first goal of the game which brought the Defenders into the lead. Going into minute 45’, the Defenders’ Karinna Tel scored the second goal of the game after she attempted to shoot from the far post. Which ended the first half of the game with 0-2.
Going into the second half of the game, the Defenders’ Eliza Evans scored the last goal of the game, which put the final score 0-3. The Tigers had four total shots with two of them on the goal while the Defenders had 14 total shots with eight on the goal. Sophomore Virginia Johnson, who was the goalkeeper for the game, had a total of five saves in the game.
On Oct. 9, the Women’s team will travel to Omaha to take on the College of Saint Mary, with kickoff starting at 3:00 p.m. On Oct. 12, the Men’s team will take on Dakota Wesleyan University at home, with kickoff set for 5:15 p.m.
