Written by Barry Poe of the Sioux City Journal.  Can be found here:

http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/sports/college/article_b03ccfac-a283-5e23-b448-ab83b9c9c3db.html

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Scenarios–Volleyball didn’t get help last night and enter today’s match with #3 ranked Northwestern in 4th place in the GPAC.  Doane beat Briar Cliff last night and Hastings turned away Dana 3-1.

Today a win by Dordt over Northwestern locks of 4th and potentially 3rd if Doane loses to Morningside in Crete.  A Dordt loss coupled with a Hastings loss to Midland Lutheran keeps the Defenders in 3rd while a Dordt loss with a Hastings win drops Dordt to 5th.  Twists and turns along the way, that’s for sure!

Men’s soccer…..a win gets them into a sixth place tie with Briar Cliff and they have the tie breaker with the Chargers.  A tie keeps them in seventh place while a loss drops them into 8th–allowing the team they are playing to vault them into a tie with Briar Cliff for sixth.

Women’s soccer….. a win coupled with a Dakota Wesleyan loss today to Dana makes the Defenders co-champs with Dakota Wesleyan holding the number one seed by virtue of a win over Dordt earlier this season.  A tie keeps the Defenders in second while a loss to Midland Lutheran today allows the Warriors to jump to 2nd with Dordt dropping to 3rd.

Meaningful contests indeed……post-season next week!