From: Jeff Febus (jfebus@calvin.edu)
Date: Tue Sep 24 2002 - 22:40:35 EDT
Calvin Sports Report for September 24, 2002
WOMEN'S SOCCER
Over the past three years, overtime has been unkind for the Calvin women's
soccer team but on Tuesday, the Knights made overtime the right time as they
recorded a dramatic 4-3 overtime win over two-time defending MIAA champion
Albion at Calvin Field.
The victory snapped Albion's 19-game MIAA regular season win streak and also
snapped a four-game losing streak to the Britons. In addition, it lifted Calvin
back into the MIAA title hunt as the Knights improved to 2-1 in the MIAA and 5-3
overall while Albion dropped to 6-2 overall and 2-1 in the MIAA.
Calvin is now locked in a three-way tie for second place in the league
standings with Hope and Albion, one point behind 2-0-1 Alma. Calvin will host
Alma Saturday at noon.
Albion entered Tuesday's contest ranked fourth in the Great Lakes Region
while Calvin was ranked 10th.
Albion got on the scoreboard first as Jayne Godlew broke loose on a quick
counterattack and ripped a shot that deflected off a Calvin defender, over
Calvin goaltender Leah VanderPloeg (Unity Christian HS) and into the net in the
28th minute of play. Calvin answered with a pair of goals less than a minute
apart to take a 2-1 lead. Freshman Noell Berghuis (Unity Christian) ignited the
first goal with a corner kick that found the foot of senior forward Tricia Dyk
(Western Michigan Christian). Dyk jumped on the bouncing corner kick and popped
it into the far corner to tie the game in the 32nd minute. Less than a minute
later, Berghuis stole an Albion back-pass and rifled a shot into the net to put
the Knights up 2-1.
Calvin maintained its lead until Albion senior Stacy Supanich broke free on
another quick Albion counterattack and slipped a shot into the upper left hand
corner to tie the score at 2-2 in the 59th minute. Supanich struck again in the
74th minute on a one-on-one carry into the Calvin box. Pressed by a Calvin
defender, Supanich sent a chip over the outstretched arms of VanderPloeg and
into the net to give the Britons a 3-2 advantage with 16:43 left in regulation.
Calvin would answer just over a minute later however on a well-scripted play
that began with junior Dana Haan (Lynden, WA) bringing the ball up the left
wing. Moving to the tip of the Albion box, Haan delivered a perfect pass to Dyk
racing up the middle. The pass allowed Dyk to break free and she made no
mistake with the opportunity as she tucked a low hard shot past Albion
goaltender Erica Williams into the left-hand corner of the goal to tie the score
at 3-3 with 15:25 left to play.
Neither team would score the remainder of regulation sending the match into
overtime. Albion dominated the opening minutes of the overtime session,
pressuring with a pair of corner kicks. With less than a minute left in the
first 10-minute overtime session, Calvin brought the ball into Albion territory
and gained a corner kick try with 21 seconds left. Moving quickly, Calvin
senior Stephanie Kooima (Unity Christian HS) sent a well-placed strike to junior
Sara Derrico () in the top half of the box. Derrico redirected the corner to
the edge of the goalmouth and Calvin senior Lindy VanHaitsma (Unity Christian
HS) responded by tapping a bounding ball with her left foot that hopped over the
diving attempt of Williams and into the net with just 11 seconds left on the
clock.
The "golden goal" was the first of the year for VanHaitsma. It also marked
Calvin's first overtime victory since 1998.
With her pair of goals, Dyk boosted her MIAA career total to 44 goals and her
career MIAA points total to 114 points. Dyk is now sixth on the all-time MIAA
list for goals and points.
Albion outshot Calvin 18-15 but VanderPloeg came up with seven saves in goal
for the Knights while Williams have five saves for the Britons.
OTHER MIAA WOMEN'S SOCCER SCORES TUESDAY
Kalamazoo 2, Olivet 1
Adrian 1, Hope 0
Alma 2, St. Mary's 2
MIAA WOMEN'S SOCCER STANDINGS THROUGH 9-24-02
Alma 2-0-1
Albion 2-1-0
Calvin 2-1-0
Hope 2-1-0
St. Mary's 1-1-1
Adrian 1-2-0
Kalamazoo 1-2-0
Olivet 0-3-0
MEN'S SOCCER
Despite holding a 12-8 shots at goal advantage, Calvin suffered its first
shutout defeat of the year falling 1-0 at Albion Tuesday afternoon in an MIAA
matchup. The loss dropped the regionally-ranked Knights to 5-4-0 overall and to
1-2 in the MIAA.
Calvin also held a 9-1 edge in corner kicks but could not capitalize. The only
goal of the match came in the 18th minute of play as Albion's Brett Bonjernoor
sent a pass into the Calvin box that deflected off a defender and into the
Calvin goal. The Britons made the lone goal hold up to gain the win.
Albion (4-4-0 overall, 2-0-0 MIAA) used the strong play of goaltender Tavio
Palazzolo who picked up seven saves for the Britons. Calvin senior Justin Bouw
(Unity Christian HS) picked up five saves for the Knights in defeat.
Calvin returns to action on Saturday when it journeys to Alma for a 1:30 p.m.
match.
OTHER MIAA MEN'S SOCCER SCORES TUESDAY
Kalamazoo 3, Olivet 2
Hope 6, Adrian 1
MIAA MEN'S SOCCER STANDINGS THROUGH 9-24
Hope 3-0-0
Albion 2-0-0
Alma 2-0-0
Calvin 1-2-0
Kalamazoo 1-2-0
Adrian 0-2-0
Olivet 0-3-0
VOLLEYBALL
Calvin stretched its win streak to five with a 30-12, 30-23, 30-26 win over
visiting St. Mary's (IN) Tuesday night at the Calvin Fieldhouse. The Knights
are now 11-4 overall and 5-1 in the MIAA.
Senior Melissa Pell (Fremont) led Calvin with 14 kills and five blocks while
senior Cassie Christopher tallied nine kills and five service aces. Seniors
Sarah Rottman and Laura Tucker of Holland Christian High School also had solid
efforts with Rottman chalking up four service aces and Tucker 31 assists.
Junior libero player Trisha Balkema (Highland, IN) led the Calvin back-line
effort with 19 digs.
Calvin will now prepare for upcoming Wittenberg Invitational scheduled for
Friday and Saturday. Calvin will open the tournament on Friday at 2:00 p.m.
against Mount Union which handed the Knights a 3-1 defeat on September 14.
Calvin will then meet Case Western Reserve at 4:30 p.m.. On Saturday, Calvin
will face host Wittenberg at 11:30 a.m. with championship round play slated for
later Saturday afternoon.
MIAA WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL STANDINGS THROUGH 9-24-02
Alma 5-0
Calvin 5-1
Kalamazoo 4-1
Adrian 3-2
Hope 2-3
Albion 1-4
Olivet 1-4
St. Mary's 0-5
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