CLARKE COLLEGE HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT
PREVIEW
Calvin (3-4) will return to action on December
27 when it
opens play at the eight-team Clarke College
Holiday
Tournament in Dubuque, Iowa.
Calvin will face a Division III opponent in its
first round game
as the Knights take on Wisconsin-Platteville
(4-4) at 2:00 pm
(EST). The tournament will open on the 26th
with host Clarke
(2-5) taking on Mount Mercy (4-9) at 7:00 pm
(EST). The
remainder of the first round games will be
played on the 27th
with Iowa Wesleyan (1-9) taking on Viterbo of
Iowa (9-3)
and Trinity-International (5-7) taking on
Concordia of
Nebraska (8-3). Viterbo is the top-seed while
Concordia is
the second seed. Viterbo won the tournament
championship
two years ago and has a 6-3 liftime record in
the tournament.
Calvin will be making its first appearance in
the Clarke
Holiday Tournament.
Under the direction of head coach Kim Gall, the
Knights
opened the year by winning three of their first
four games but
have since lost three straight, falling to
North Central (IL),
Olivet Nazarene and Cornerstone. A year ago,
Calvin used a
veteran look in its starting lineup as the
Knights were led by
four senior starters. This year, Calvin is
without a senior on its
roster for the first time since the 1985-86
season.
Calvin will be competing in its third
tournament of the year as
the Knights opened the season by winning the
Wisconsin-Lutheran Tip-Off Tournament which
included a
55-48 first round win over Clarke. The Knights
also finished
second at North Central's Pat Pasko Memorial
Tournament
December 1 & 2.
Calvin is led by sophomore tri-captain Jennifer
Plakmeyer
(Calvin Christian) who averages 13.9 points and
4.1 rebounds
a game. She is also averaging 3.8
assists-per-game and is
connecting on 35.3 percent of her field goal
attempts.
Plakmeyer is currently seventh in the MIAA in
scoring
average; third in assists-per-game; eighth in
free throw
percentage (.808) and ninth in three-point
field goal
percentage, and steals-per-game (1.9).
Plakmeyer was
named the tournament MVP at the
Wisconsin-Lutheran
Tip-Off Tournament and was named to the
all-tournament
team at the Pat Pasko Memorial Tournament.
Plakmeyer is one of several Calvin players
among the MIAA
statistical leaders. Sophomore Emily Mejeur
(Kalamazoo
Christian) is currently eighth in three-point
field goal
percentage (.378) while sophomore Emily Beard
(Southfield
Christian) is second in blocked shots-per-game
(1.3) and
freshman Andrea MacDonald (Allendale) eighth
(0.7). In
addition, Calvin sophomore Tricia Dyk (Western
Michigan
Christian) leads the MIAA in steals-per-game
(3.3) while
junior Tara Bergsma (Calvin Christian) is
second (3.1). Dyk
was named to Wisconsin-Lutheran All-Tournament
team
while Beard was an all-tournament selection at
the Pat Pasko
Tournament.
Wisconsin-Plattville is coming off of a 70-61
defeat to Viterbo
on December 15 which snapped a two-game Pioneer
win
streak. Plateville is led in scoring by senior
guard Laurie
Buechel who averages 18.1 points a game. Junior
forward
Crystal Stietz is also in double-figures,
averaging 12.3 points
and 5.1 rebounds a game while 6-1 freshman
center Tifanie
Brady averages 10.6 points and 6.3 rebounds a
game.
The Clarke Holiday Tournament will conclude on
December
30 with the championship game scheduled for
6:00 pm (EST)
and the consolation game slated for 2:00 pm
(EST). The fifth
place game will be played on December 29 at
2:00 pm (EST)
with the seventh place game set to be played on
the 29th at
10:00 am (EST).
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