From: Jeff Febus (jfebus@calvin.edu)
Date: Wed Oct 30 2002 - 19:06:34 EST
CALVIN SPORTS REPORT FOR OCT. 30, 2002
WOMEN'S SOCCER
Calvin picked up its fifth shutout victory of the year with a 1-0 win over
visiting St. Mary's Wednesday afternoon at Calvin Field, improving to 11-6-2
overall and 8-3-2 in the MIAA.
Calvin dominated the first half by outshooting St. Mary's 7-1 and scored the
game's only goal in the 14th minute of play. Calvin junior Becky Welsh
(Delaware, OH) picked up her fourth goal on the play that was set up by two
well-timed passes from seniors Tricia Dyk (Western Michigan Christian) and
Stephanie Kooima (Unity Christian). Dyk ignited the play with a rush up the
middle and when pressed by the defense, slid a pass to Kooima on the right wing.
Instead of firing a shot, Kooima then slid a pass through the St. Mary's
back-line with Welsh one-timing the Kooima pass top shelf to give the Knights a
1-0 lead.
Dyk nearly scored on two separate occasions later in the first half but her
first shot off a rush through the St. Mary's defense slid just wide while her
second chance was stopped by a strong save from St. Mary's goaltender Maureen
MacDonald.
In the second half, St. Mary's began to press the attack and came up with a
handful of quality scoring chances. The best opportunity for the Belles came
with under seven minutes left to play when sophomore striker Jen Concannon broke
free for a clean shot from the Calvin 15-yard line. Concannon's shot flew just
over the crossbar however, keeping the Knights in front. Earlier in the second
half, St. Mary's hit the far goalpost with a hard shot on the ground.
Calvin finished the game with a 15-5 shots at goal advantage while senior
goaltender Leah VanderPloeg (Unity Christian HS) came up with two saves in goal
for the Knights in collecting her 19th career shutout victory including her 35th
career victory in goal. MacDonald came up with five saves in defeat for the
Belles (7-9-2 overall, 5-6-2 MIAA).
Calvin will close out its season on Saturday when it travels to Kalamazoo for a
game scheduled to begin at noon.
OTHER MIAA WOMEN'S SOCCER SCORES Wednesday
Adrian 1, Alma 1 (2OT)
Albion 4, Kalamazoo 0
Hope 6, Olivet 0
MIAA WOMEN'S SOCCER STANDINGS THROUGH 10-30-02
Hope 10-2-1 (21 points)
Albion 10-2-0 (20 points)
Calvin 8-3-2 (18 points)
St. Mary's 5-6-2 (12 points)
Adrian 5-7-1 (11 points)
Kalamazoo 5-8-0 (10 points)
Alma 4-7-2 (9 points)
Olivet 0-12-0 (0 points)
MEN'S SOCCER
Calvin outshot cross-town rival Aquinas 20-10 but came up on the short end of
the scoreboard as the visiting Knights dropped a 1-0 non-conference decision
Wednesday afternoon.
Aquinas (14-4-0 overall) scored the only goal of the game on a penalty kick by
Tijs VanLier 6:49 into the match,
Aquinas goaltender Zach Fales then came up with eight saves for the Saints to
keep Calvin (11-7-1 overall) off the scoreboard. Sophomore Joel Veldhouse
(Sioux Falls, SD) led Calvin with four shots including three shots at goal while
freshman Knoa Knapper (Clarkston) also cranked a pair of shots on goal.
Senior goaltender Justin Bouw (Unity Christian HS) picked up three saves in
defeat for Calvin.
Calvin will close out its season on Saturday when it hosts Kalamazoo at 1:30
p.m. at Calvin Field. Kalamazoo can still gain a share of the MIAA title with a
win over the Knights but Hope sewed up the MIAA's automatic bid to the NCAA III
Tournament Wednesday with a victory over Olivet Wednesday. Hope owns a
tie-breaker edge over Kalamazoo for the automatic qualifying spot.
OTHER MIAA MEN'S SOCCER SCORES 10-30-02
Kalamazoo 2, Albion 0
Hope 4, Olivet 0
Alma 1, Adrian 0
MIAA MEN'S SOCCER STANDINGS THROUGH 10-30-02
Hope 10-2-0 (20 points)
Kalamazoo 9-2-0 (18 points)
Alma 7-3-1 (15 points)
Calvin 6-4-1 (13 points)
Albion 5-6-0 (10 points)
Olivet 1-10-0 (2 points)
Adrian 1-11-0 (0 points)
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