From: Jeff Febus (jfebus@calvin.edu)
Date: Sat Sep 21 2002 - 22:00:33 EDT
CALVIN SPORTS REPORT FOR September 21, 2002
WOMEN’S SOCCER
Freshman Noell Berghuis (Unity Christian HS) celebrated her 19th birthday in
style as she scored the coveted hat trick in a 7-1 victory over the Adrian
Bulldogs. Prior to Saturday’s game, Calvin had scored just one goal in its
last 205 minutes of play. Calvin would need only seconds to score in
Saturday’s match as Berghuis stole the opening kickoff and took it the full
length to score 13 seconds into the game. The Berghuis goal was only three
seconds off the NCAA III record for the fastest goal from the start of a game.
The record is 10 seconds, shared by Laine Montgomery of Goucher (set in 2000
against Gallaudet) and Brooke Davis of Oneonta State of New York (set in 2001
against Scranton of Pennyslvania).
Sloppy play and miscommunication plagued the first half for both teams. Adrian
was able to score in the 27th minute to tie the game at 1-1 going into the
half.
The second half was a new story for the Knights as they celebrated two Berghuis
goals in the first five minutes and twenty seconds, one of which was on a pass
from senior Tricia Dyk (Western Michigan Christian). The rest of the game
belonged to Dyk as she scored one of the final four goals and assisted on the
other three. Other goal scorers for the Knights were freshman Kara Zuidema
(Escondido Calvin Christian) in the 63rd minute, sophomore Colleen Ford (Charles
A. Sprague) in the 74th minute and senior Stephanie Kooima (Unity Christian) in
the 77th minute. Sophomore Linnea Butler (Capital) earned an assist on
Calvin’s second goal.
Senior goalkeeper Leah Vander Ploeg (Unity Christian) went the distance for the
Knights earning four saves in the victory. Dyk extended her team leading
statistics in scoring and assists to four and eight respectively.
Calvin ups its season record to 4-3 and its league record to 1-1. The Bulldogs
fall to 3-2 overall and 0-2 in the league.
The Knights will be back in action this Tuesday as they host the Albion
Britons. The kickoff is slated for 4:00 p.m., with the real audio radio
broadcast beginning about fifteen minutes prior to kickoff.
OTHER MIAA WOMEN’S SOCCER SCORES SATURDAY
Alma 2, Olivet 1
Hope 2, Kalamazoo 1
Albion 4, St. Mary’s 2
MIAA WOMEN’S SOCCER STANDINGS THROUGH 9-21
Albion 2-0
Alma 2-0
Hope 2-0
Calvin 1-1
St. Mary’s 1-1
Adrian 0-2
Kalamazoo 0-2
Olivet 0-2
MEN’S SOCCER
Calvin snapped a two-game losing streak and picked up its first MIAA victory of
the year in the process with a 9-0 win at Adrian Saturday afternoon.
Calvin (5-3-0 overall, 1-1 MIAA) held a 5-0 halftime lead and outshot the
Bulldogs (1-6 overall, 0-1 MIAA) 30-2. Sophomore Joel Veldhouse (Sioux Falls,
SD) picked up two goals and an assist on the afternoon to extend his point
streak to eight games. Veldhouse has a team-leading nine goals and 21 points on
the year. Picking up a goal and an assist on the afternoon for Calvin were
sophomore Joel VandeKopple (Grand Rapids Christian HS), junior Mike Standfest
(Elk Rapids HS) and freshman John VanWylen (Grand Rapids Christian HS).
Also picking goals on the afternoon were junior Dave DeBoer (Western Michigan
Christian High School), senior Charles Telep (Sewickley, PA), senior Aaron Bouw
(Unity Christian HS) and sophomore Scott McPheeters (Flint Carman-Ainsworth HS).
Junior Ryan Smith (Thornapple-Kellogg HS), junior Sam DeYoung (Western Michigan
Christian HS) and freshman Matt Cosnek (Hopewell, PA) also picked up assists in
the match.
Senior goaltender Justin Bouw (Unity Christian HS) picked up the shutout in
goal for Calvin, collecting one save.
Calvin returns to action on Tuesday when it travels to Albion for a 4:00 p.m.
MIAA contest.
OTHER MIAA MEN’S SOCCER SCORES SATURDAY
Alma 3, Olivet 1
Hope 6, Kalamazoo 1
MIAA MEN’S SOCCER STANDINGS THROUGH 9-21
Alma 2-0
Hope 2-0
Albion 1-0
Calvin 1-1
Adrian 0-2
Kalamazoo 0-2
Olivet 0-2
VOLLEYBALL
For the second time in less than 20 hours Calvin picked up a key conference
win. Albion was the latest victim of the Knights, bowing in three games 30-21,
30-12, 30-23. On Friday night, Calvin defeated Kalamazoo 21-30, 30-18, 23-30,
30-27, 15-8.
The victory keeps the Knights (10-3 overall, 4-1 MIAA) just one game back of
MIAA leading Alma College while the Britons fall to 5-10 overall and 1-4 in the
MIAA.
Leading the way for the Knights was sophomore outside hitter Kathy Brenneman
(North Muskegon) who recorded 12 kills and eight digs. Following on her heals
were sophomore Kara Kuipers (Unity Christian), and seniors Cassie Christopher
and Melissa Pell. Kuipers added seven kills and four blocks while Christopher
hammered seven kills and 15 digs. Pell completed the steady front line with six
kills and two service aces. Senior setter Laura Tucker (Holland Christian)
dished out 35 assists and sophomore Michelle Huyser (Window Rock, AZ) added two
service aces in a nice showing off the bench.
Calvin will return to action on Tuesday night at 7 p.m. as it plays host to St.
Mary’s College.
MIAA WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL STANDINGS THROUGH 9-21
Alma 5-0
Calvin 4-1
Kalamazoo 4-1
Adrian 3-2
Hope 2-3
Albion 1-4
Olivet 1-4
St. Mary’s 0-4
MEN’S GOLF
A strong top-to-bottom finish allowed Calvin to gather first place honors at
MIAA Tournament #3 Saturday afternoon. The outing was hosted by Alma at the Pine
River Country Club and the Knights took a liking to the course as they posted a
first place total of 303 strokes in the seven-team field, four strokes ahead of
second place Olivet.
The finish also moved Calvin into fourth place in the overall team standings,
six strokes back of third place Alma.
Junior Matt Kelly (Western Michigan Christian) led the Calvin surge with a
sizzling round of 73 that placed him in a three-way tie for second place.
Senior Tony Karsten (Holland Christian) was close behind with a score of 74 that
was good for fifth place individually. Junior Ryan Brandsma (Hindsale, IL) and
sophomore Mike Bratt (Lynden, WA) solidified Calvin’s finish with rounds of
78, placing them in a four-way tie for 14th place.
Senior Mike Sherman (Grand Rapids Christian) rounded out Calvin’s finishers
with a round of 83. Alden Hoksbergen of Hope earned medalist honors Saturday
with a round of 71.
Calvin coach Jim Timmer was pleased with his team’s performance, particularly
the play of Bratt who served as the “fourth man” Calvin had been searching
for. “We had an excellent team performance,” said Timmer. “Matt Kelly is
really stepping up when we need him and Tony Karsten played liked a senior
leader. Ryan Brandsma has been Mr. consistent for us this year and he was there
again today.’
“The big key for us though was the play of Mike Bratt,” continued Timmer.
“We’ve been searching for a fourth guy to step up for us and Mike has the
ability to be that player. I challenged him recently to step into that role and
he responded.”
Calvin returns to action on Wednesday when it competes at the fourth MIAA
tournament of the year. The tournament will be hosted by Kalamazoo at the
Indian River Golf Club.
MIAA TOURNAMENT #3 TEAM SCORES
Calvin 303
Olivet 307
Alma 308
Hope 310
Adrian 313
Kalamazoo 318
Albion 320
MIAA MEN’S GOLF STANDINGS THROUGH 9-21
Hope 920
Olivet 922
Alma 949
Calvin 955
Adrian 961
Olivet 975
Olivet 1012
WOMEN’S GOLF
Calvin finished sixth at the second MIAA tournament of the year with a team
score of 408 strokes. The Knights served as host Saturday as the tournament was
held at Calvin’s home course – the Thornapple Pointe Golf Club. St.
Mary’s took first place team honors with a score of 338 strokes with
Courtney Rheinhardt of Alma, Stacy Chapman of Albion and Stef Simmerman of St.
Mary’s tying for medalist honors with rounds of 81.
Calvin was led by freshman Annie Huizenga (Unity Christian HS) who came up with
a score of 95 while sophomore Dawn Svenskeson (Scandia, MN) had a round of 99
for the Knights. Freshmen Anne Prins (Unity Christian HS) and Jenni Anderson
(Chisago City, MN) were next for Calvin with rounds of 107 while freshman
Margaret Tassaro (Carnegie, PA) had a score of 108 and freshman Linnea Vincent
(Grand Rapids Christian) a score of 120 to round out Calvin’s finishers.
Calvin returns to action on Wednesday when it competes at the Aquinas College
Tournament held at the Scot Lake Country Club.
MIAA TOURNAMENT #2 TEAM SCORES
St. Mary’s 338
Albion 347
Hope 351
Alma 371
Olivet 390
Calvin 408
Adrian 440
Kalamazoo 450
MEN’S AND WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY
KENOSHA, WI – The nationally-ranked Calvin men’s and women’s cross
country teams came up with excellent performances in their season debuts
Saturday afternoon at the Midwest Collegiate Cross Country Meet hosted by the
University of Wisconsin-Parkside.
In the men’s competition, eighth-ranked (NCAA III) Calvin finished second
with 86 points, 43 points behind second-ranked (NCAA III) Wisconsin-Oshkosh.
Defending NCAA III national champion Wisconsin-LaCrosse took third with 95
points. Calvin also finished ahead of ninth-ranked Wayne State of Michigan
(NCAA II) which finished fifth with 136 points.
In the women’s competition, third-ranked Calvin (NCAA III) took fourth with
127 points, finishing only behind nationally-ranked teams from Northern Michigan
(6th in NCAA II), Cedarville of Ohio (#1 in NAIA and defending NAIA National
Champions) and Wayne State of Michigan (14th in NCAA II). Calvin also finished
ahead of 16th-ranked Wisconsin-Parkside (16th in NCAA II), Indiana Wesleyan (5th
in NAIA), Roberts Wesleyan (10th in NAIA) and Wisconsin-Oshkosh (17th in NCAA
III).
In the men’s race, only 14 seconds separated Calvin’s top five runners and
only 16 seconds separated its top six. Sophomore David Haagsma (South Christian
HS) stepped to the forefront to lead the Calvin pack as he finished 15th with a
time of 26:17. He was followed by junior Tim Avery (Rochester, NY) who was
16th (26:19), junior Kris Koster (Grand Rapids Christian HS) who was 22nd
(26:29); sophomore Kyle Carrick (Snohomish, WA) who was 23rd (26:30) and
sophomore Hendrik Kok (Lynden, WA) who was 25th (26:31).
Rounding out Calvin’s top-seven were sophomore Brian Maat (Holland Christian)
in 27th place (26:33) and junior Matt Edwards (Grand Blanc HS) in 32nd (26:42).
Junior Brian Paff (National City, CA) finished just behind Edwards in 33rd place
with a time of 26:42. Other Calvin finishers in the top-50 included senior Josh
Vanderwiele (Midland Park. NJ) in 36th (26:49), sophomore Andy Yazzie (Rehobath,
NM) in 39th (26:54), sophomore Jeff Engbers (Whitinsville, MA) in 46th (27:01)
and freshman Jesse Kleinjan (Chino, CA) in 50th (27:08).
Sergio Reyes of Cedarville claimed first place honors with a time of 25:21.
In the women’s race, Calvin 53 seconds separated Calvin’s top-five . The
Knights were paced by the one-two punch of juniors Jessie Lair (Southfield
Christian HS) and Sarah Hastings (Traverse City Central HS) as Lair was ninth
(18:49) and Hastings 11th (18:57). Senior Rachel Baber (Brandon, WI) was
Calvin’s third finisher, placing 32nd in 19:24 while senior Jodi VerMeulen
(Holland Christian HS) was 40th (19:37). Freshmen Rachel Reed Oak Park, IL) and
Camille Medema (Grand Rapids Christian HS) also contributed with strong debuts
as Reed was 45th in 19:42 and Medema 47th in 19:43. Senior Katie Van Beek
(Grand Rapids Christian HS) rounded out Calvin’s top-seven with a time of
20:03 that was good for 60th place.
Both teams will now prepare for the MIAA Jamboree next Saturday at St. Mary’s
College.
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