From: Jeff Febus (jfebus@calvin.edu)
Date: Wed Oct 08 2003 - 21:54:35 EDT
CALVIN SPORTS REPORT FOR WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2003
MEN'S SOCCER
OLIVET * Calvin traveled to the home of the Olivet Comets Wednesday afternoon and came away witih a handful of first-time performances as the Knights claimed a 5-1 victory. The victory by Calvin (7-4, 3-1 MIAA) was its first road win of year while sophomore Matt Cosnek (Hopewell, PA) scored his first collegiate hat-trick for the Knights.
Cosnek got the Knights rolling in the first half with his first goal hitting the back of the net just 32 seconds into the match. Freshman Maurice Wright (Wauwatosa East) fed Cosnek with the leading pass. The Comets did not back down and they tied the game at 1-1 with a goal in the 15th minute, scored off the foot of freshman Tren Bronsink.
Wright did not let Olivet (3-9 overall, 1-4 MIAA) hang on to the tie much longer however when he ripped in a shot off a Joel Vande Kopple (Grand Rapids Christian) pass in the 18th minute. Freshman David Holwerda (Grand Rapids Christian) scored his second goal of the season, ripping in an unassisted shot in the 29th minute to complete the first half scoring.
Calvin continued to pepper the Olivet goal in the second half, but could not find the net until Cosnek scored unassisted at 78:58. Cosnek added the Knights' final insurance goal in the 87th minute from a Joel Veldhouse (Sioux Falls Christian) pass.
Calvin outshot Olivet 41-4 throughout the match, and while Olivet's only shot on goal went in, only 22 of Calvin's shots made it on net.
Sophomore Joe Westra (Grand Rapids Christian HS) went the distance for the Knights in goal but did not have a save.
With the win, Calvin moved into a second place with Kalamazoo in the MIAA standings, two points back of league-leading Hope which edged the Hornets 1-0 Wednesday afternoon.
Calvin will hit the pitch this Saturday when it hosts Hope following the women's soccer game, which starts at noon. Both of Saturday's game will be aired via RealAudio on the Calvin web site at: WWW.Calvin.edu/sports with Josh Miller and Ross Weener calling the action.
OTHER MIAA MEN'S SOCCER SCORES WEDNESDAY
Alma 5, Adrian 1
Hope 1, Kalamazoo 0
Albion 3, Tri-State 0
MIAA MEN'S SOCCER STANDINGS THROUGH 10-8-03
Hope 4-0
Calvin 3-1
Kalamazoo 3-1
Albion 2-1
Alma 1-3
Olivet 1-4
Adrian 0-4
MEN'S AND WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
The Calvin men's and women's cross country teams remain nationally-ranked but both teams have slipped a few notches in the latest NCAA Division III Top-25 Cross Country Polls.
In the men's poll, Calvin is now ranked fourth, down two spots from a week ago while the Calvin women are now ranked fifth, also a two-spot drop from a week ago.
Wisconsin-Oshkosh has regained the top spot in the men's national poll as the Titans received all eight first place votes. In the women's poll, Middlebury is ranked number-one for the second straight week, receiving seven first place votes.
Both Calvin cross country teams return to action on Friday when they compete at the Michigan Intercollegiates hosted by Grand Valley State University the Rolling Hills Golf Course in Hudsonville. The competition is scheduled to begin at 4:00 p.m. on Friday.
NCAA Division III Men's Cross Country Poll #5
October 7, 2003
Rank School Region Points
1 Univ. of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Midwest 200 (8)
2 North Central College (Ill.) Midwest 190
3 Univ. of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Midwest 182
4 Calvin College (Mich.) Great Lakes 173
5 Willamette Univ. (Ore.) West 171
6 Univ. of Wisconsin-La Crosse Midwest 162
7 Keene State College (N.H.) Northeast 151
8 Haverford College (Pa.) Mideast 145
9 Nebraska Wesleyan Univ. Central 137
10 Tufts Univ. (Mass.) Northeast 123
11 Wartburg College (Iowa) Central 122
12 State Univ. of New York-Geneseo Atlantic 110
13 The College of New Jersey Atlantic 109
14 Carleton College (Minn.) Central 91
15 St. Lawrence Univ. (N.Y.) Atlantic 85
16 Elizabethtown College (Pa.) Mideast 81
17 Univ. of St. Thomas (Minn.) Central 67
18 Pomona-Pitzer Colleges (Calif.) West 49
19 Grinnell College (Iowa) Central 46
20 Emory Univ. (Ga.) South 44
21 Univ. of Chicago (Ill.) Midwest 41
22 Albion College (Mich.) Great Lakes 40
23 Williams College (Mass.) Northeast 26
24 Augustana Univ. (Ill.) Midwest 23
25 Colorado College West 17
Others Receiving Votes
Univ. of Puget Sound (Wash.) West 7
Carnegie-Mellon Univ. (Pa.) Mideast 5
Amherst College (Mass.) Northeast 3
NCAA Division III Women's Cross Country Poll #5
October 7, 2003
Rank School Region Points
1 Middlebury College (Vt.) Northeast 199 (7)
2 Williams College (Mass.) Northeast 193 (1)
3 Univ. of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Midwest 183
4 Univ. of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Midwest 177
5 Calvin College (Mich.) Great Lakes 166
6 State Univ. of New York-Geneseo Atlantic 158
7 Trinity College (Conn.) Northeast 149
8 Univ. of Wisconsin-La Crosse Midwest 147
9 Wartburg College (Iowa) Central 138
10 Nebraska Wesleyan Univ. Central 104
Willamette Univ. (Ore.) West 104
12 The College of New Jersey Atlantic 101
13 Dickinson College (Pa.) Mideast 96
14 Haverford College (Pa.) Mideast 90
15 Amherst College (Mass.) Northeast 89
16 Emory Univ. (Ga.) South 87
17 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges (Calif.) West 82
18 Luther College (Iowa) Central 78
19 Allegheny College (Pa.) Mideast 55
20 Ithaca College (N.Y.) Atlantic 54
21 Wesleyan Univ. (Conn.) Northeast 46
22 Washington Univ. (Mo.) Midwest 37
23 Bowdoin College (Maine) Northeast 19
24 Mount Union College (Ohio) Great Lakes 14
25 College of St. Benedict (Minn.) Central 12
Others Receiving Votes
St. Lawrence Univ. (N.Y.) Atlantic 9
Univ. of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Midwest 7
DePauw Univ. (Ind.) Great Lakes 4
Baldwin-Wallace College (Ohio) Great Lakes 1
Carleton College (Minn.) Central 1
Jeff Febus
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Calvin College
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