NWU tied Dordt 1-1 in Men's Soccer

September 25, 2010

Nebraska Wesleyan and Dordt each scored one goal but that was all that each team could get in 110 minutes of action as the Prairie Wolves and Defenders tied 1-1 in GPAC men's soccer action on Saturday night (Sept. 25) at Abel Stadium in Lincoln.

NWU is now 2-6-1 overall and 1-1-1 in GPAC, while Dordt is 3-5-2, 1-2-1.

Both goals were scored within three minutes of each other in the first half. Dordt got on the board first when Scott VanWylen scored on a free kick.

Nebraska Wesleyan wasted little time in tying the game up as Chris Simley took a good pass from Colby Twist to knot the score at 1-1.

The biggest play of the match came in the final two minutes when Nebraska Wesleyan goalkeeper Scott Sutherland stopped a Dordt penalty kick which would have given the Defenders the victory.

Nebraska Wesleyan had a total of 18 shots with six on goal, while Dordt had 12 total shots. Sutherland recorded four saves on the night for the Prairie Wolves.