REPORT FOR MAY 3 (Part 3)
MEN'S TENNIS
Calvin closed out the MIAA Championships with a third place point total of 39.5
points to finish third in the final league standings. The third place finish is
a two-spot improvement over Calvin's 2001 finish. Kalamazoo captured the MIAA
team championship for an unprecedented 64th straight year.
Calvin took third at three singles flights led by freshman Kevin VanHaitsma
(Unity Christian) who took third at number-one singles with a 6-2, 7-6 victory
over Alma's Matt Piper in the flight one third place match.
Junior Tom Zeilstra (Hinsdale, IL) also took third at number-two singles,
defeating Albion's Brian Reed 6-2, 6-1 in the third place match. At number-five
singles, junior Nate Kraai (Grand Rapids Christian) was a winner over Albion's
Zak Eskau 6-0, 6-2 in the third place match. Junior Jon Meyer (Orange, CA) also
reached the third place match at number-three singles but fell to Albion's Matt
Brady 6-4, 6-3.
In doubles, VanHaitsma and Zeilstra took third at number-one singles, defeating
Albion's number-one doubles tandem 7-6, 4-6, 6-2. At number-three doubles,
Calvin's team of Kraai and junior Dave Bartels (Kalamazoo Christian) defeated
Alma's tandem 6-4, 6-2 in the third place match.
VanHaitsma was then named to the All-MIAA 1st team while Zeilstra was named to
the All-MIAA 2nd team.
MIAA TOURNAMENT STANDINGS
Kalamazoo 109
Hope 89
Calvin 39.5
Albion 33.5
Alma 29.5
Adrian 0
Final MIAA MEN'S TENNIS STANDINGS
1. Kalamazoo
2. Hope
3. Calvin
4. Albion
5. Alma
6. Adrian
WOMEN'S TENNIS
Calvin closed out the MIAA Championships with a fourth place total of 62
points, allowing the Knights to move into a fourth place tie with Hope in the
final league standings. St. Mary's repeated as MIAA champion with a first place
total of 93 points.
In singles play, junior Sally Skodinski (South Bend, IN) reached the
championship finals in flight one before falling to Meaghan Clark of Kalamazoo
6-2, 6-3 in the final. In flight two singles, freshman Erica Baic (Traverse
City) took fifth place while freshman Rachel Pater (South Christian) took fourth
at flight three singles, falling to to Kalamazoo's Caitlin Kelly 6-2, 6-2 in the
third place match. At flight four singles, sophomore Renee VanDommelen
(Sheboygan, WI) took fifth, defeating Alma's Sarah Keller 6-2, 6-2 in the fifth
place match. Senior Trisha Plaisier (Kalamazoo Christian) then took third at
flight five singles, defeated Kalamazoo's Jessa Margoni 6-2, 6-2 in the third
place match.
Freshman Laura Mans (Holland Christian) was also a winner in the third place
match at flight six singles, defeating Sara Sheline of Adrian 6-1, 6-1.
In doubles, Skodinski and Baic took third at flight one doubles while Mans and
Pater took third at flight two doubles. Plaisier and VanDommelen added a fifth
place finish at flight three doubles.
Skodinski was then named to the All-MIAA 1st team for the first time in her
career while Baic was named to the All-MIAA 2nd team.
FINAL STANDINGS AT MIAA WOMEN'S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
St. Mary's 93
Kalamazoo 78
Albion 67
Calvin 62.5
Hope 55
Adrian 29
Alma 27.5
Olivet 11.5
FINAL MIAA WOMEN'S TENNIS STANDINGS
1. St. Mary's
2. Albion & Kalamazoo
4. Calvin & Hope
6. Adrian & Alma
8. Olivet
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