November 3, 2000
VOLLEYBALL
For the second consecutive year, Calvin advanced to the MIAA Tournament
championship final as the Knights defeated the Scots 13-15, 15-3, 15-11,
15-2 Friday night in an MIAA Tournament semifinal match at Hope's Dow
Center. It also marked the second consecutive year that Calvin has
defeated Alma in MIAA Tournament semifinals.
Ranked fifth in the Great Lakes Region, Calvin (27-7) will meet Hope
Saturday night at 7 pm in the MIAA Tournament final at the Hope Dow
Center. Hope defeated Kalamazoo 15-7, 15-10, 15-13 in the other MIAA
Tournament semifinal Friday night.
After dropping the opening game, Calvin roared back in game two behind
an aggressive serving attack and held firm control the rest of the
match. The Knights finished the contest with a Calvin single-match
record 20 service aces. Senior Rhonda Volkers of Holland Christian High
School led the Calvin serving attack with six aces while junior Sara
Ahrenholz (Prinsburg, MN) had five aces and freshman Tricia Balkema
(Highland, IN) had four aces. Seniors Alicia DeGroot (Tulare, CA) and
Ann Wiersma (Vista, CA) along with sophomores Melissa Pell (Fremont) and
Sarah Rottman (Holland Christian) and freshman Deb Frieswyk (Holland
Christian) added one service ace apiece.
Wiersma also picked up a match-high 18 kills along with 10 digs while
Volkers had 15 kills and nine digs. Pell also came up with 12 kills
with Balkema chalking up 11 digs and DeGroot 10 digs. In addition,
Ahrenholz collected 46 assists.
Alma was led by Stacey Moyer who came up with 14 kills while Jaime
Lippert had 26 assists.
"We were a little nervous in the first game but were then able to regain
our focus," said Calvin women's volleyball coach Mary Schutten. "We
regained our confidence with an aggressive serving attack. It was a
great team effort. We're looking forward to tomorrow night and we'll be
playing to win."
Calvin is the defending MIAA Tournament champion. A year ago, Calvin
defeated Hope 15-6, 9-15, 15-13, 11-15, 15-10 in the MIAA Tournament
final.
MEN'S AND WOMEN'S SWIMMING
Both Calvin swim teams opened their dual meet season with non-conference
victories over visiting Wayne State Friday evening at the Bergsma
Natatorium. In the men's competition, Calvin defeated Wayne State
137-102 while the Calvin women defeated the Tartars 126-111.
In the women's competition, Calvin took first place in five events.
Sophomore Katie Nagelkirk (Holland Christian) led the Knights with
victories in the 100 freestyle (55.34) and 200 freestyle (2:02.70).
Junior Erin Kloostra (Grand Rapids Christian) captured first in the 50
freestyle (25.40) and joined Nagelkirk and sophomores Deb Knott (Holland
Christian) and Anne Kuiper (Houghton) in the 200 medley relay to post a
first place time of 1:55.40. In addition, freshman Sara TerHaar
(Bradenton, FL) took first place on the one-meter diving board with a
score of 169.4. Kuiper also provided a highlight in the 400 IM as she
took second with a time of 4:46.30, missing a school record by just
four-hundreths of a second.
In the men's competition, Calvin took first place in nine events.
Junior Chris Veltman (Duarte, CA) and freshman Brad White (Dayton, OH)
were both double-winners for the Knights as Veltman took first in 200
freestyle (1:49.23) and 500 freestyle (5:00.98). White was a winner in
the 50 freestyle (22.14) and 100 freestyle (48.54). Other individual
winners for the Calvin men included sophomore A.J. Penninga (Grand
Rapids Christian) in the 400 IM (4:25.83); sophomore Jake VanderPlas
(Palo Alto, CA) in the 100 backstroke (56.66) and freshman Dan Hekman
(Calimesa, CA) in the 1,650 freestyle (17:49.85).
Calvin also swept both relay events as Penninga, White, sophomore Ryan
Johnson (Grand Haven) and freshman Mike Dallas (Rockford) won the 200
medley relay (1:41.53) while Hekman, Veltman, VanderPlas and junior
Jordan Zacharia (Annondale, CA) won the 800 freestyle relay (7:27.14).
Both Calvin teams return to action tomorrow when they travel to Albion
for the MIAA dual meet openers for both teams with action slated to
start at 1:00 pm.
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