CSR (Men's Tennis Captures Pair of Wins in WI/Hockey Bows to Rival Hope)

SPORTS REPORT (PART THREE) FOR February 21, 2004

CALVIN MEN'S TENNIS

KOHLER, WI * The Calvin men's tennis team opened its dual match season with a pair of non-conference victories Saturday afternoon as the Knights defeated Wisconsin foes Lakeland and St. Norbert. Both matches were held at the Sports Core Tennis Center in Kohler, Wisconsin. Calvin returns to action on March 3 when it travels to Albion for a conference match scheduled to begin at 4:00 p.m..

Calvin 7, Lakeland 0
At Kohler, WI

SINGLES-1. Kevin VanHaitsma d. Turrki Berrada 6-0, 6-0; 2. Jon Miedema d. Derrick Cherney 6-1, 6-3; 3. Mark Betten d. Charlie Stockman 2-6, 6-2, 10-8; 4. Dan Volkema d. Rocky Koeing 6-0, 6-2; 5. David Bratt d. Chris Thill 6-1, 6-0; 6. Ryan DeNooyer d. Ross Lubinski 6-0, 6-1.

DOUBLES-1. VanHaitsma/Volkema d. Berrada/Lubinski 8-0; 2. Miedema/Betten d. Cherney/Charley Stockman 9-7; 3. Ryan DeNooyer/David Sneller d. Koeing/Thill 8-5.

Calvin 5, St. Norbert 2
At Kohler, WI

SINGLES-1. Aaron Sunday (SNC) d. VanHaitsma 7-6, (7-3), 6-3; 2. Miedema © d. Andrew Winters 7-5; 6-0; 3. Dean Verstegen (SNC) d. Betten 6-7 (3-7), 6-2, 6-4; 4. Volkema © d. Mike Schmitz 6-0, 6-0; 5. Bratt © d. Andy Knutson (SNC) 6-4, 6-4; 6. Sneller © d. Ed Perry 6-2, 6-1.

DOUBLES-1. VanHaitsma/Volkema d. Knutson/Sunday 8-4; 2. Miedema/Betten © d. Winters/Verstegen 8-5; 3. DeNooyer/Sneller © d. Schmitz/Josh Palka 8-0.

MEN'S CLUB ICE HOCKEY

JACKSON - Calvin's 25-game win streak is over. Ranked number one in the latest ACHA Division III club hockey standings, Calvin suffered its first defeat of the year on Saturday evening, falling to rival Hope 6-2 in the Midwest Collegiate Hockey Conference Tournament Championship game.

Calvin had topped the Flying Dutchmen in three earlier meetings this year but on Saturday night, it was all Hope as it jumped out a 2-0 lead through one period and led 3-0 heading into the final period of play. Calvin came back to cut the lead to one on third period goals by Dan Veeneman (Grand Rapids Christian HS) and Elijah DeGroot (Sarnia, ON) but Hope cut short the Knight comeback with three unanswered goals to claim the win.

"Hope really took it to us tonight," said Calvin head coach Mike Petrusma. "Give them credit. They played great and had us on our heels all night. Hopefully we can learn from the loss heading into the national tournament."

Calvin and Hope could meet again in the ACHA Division III National Tournament scheduled for March 3-6 in Phoenix, Arizona. Both teams have received bids to the national tournament and are placed in opposite pools but could meet in a potential national championship game.

For a schedule of the upcoming ACHA Division III National Tournament go to: http://clubs.calvin.edu/hockey/schedule.html#playoffs

For a story on the Calvin/Hope hockey rivalry, go to: http://www.mlive.com/sports/advancenewspapers/index.ssf?/base/sports-1/107522989719610.xml

To help fund its upcoming trip to the national tournament in two weeks, the Calvin hockey team will be helping the servers at Russ' 2750 - 28th St. SE, this coming Monday, February 23 from 4:30-8:00 p.m.. The public is invited to come out for dinner at the Russ' location and help support the Knights!!

Jeff Febus
Sports Information Director
Calvin College
(616) 526-6169 Office
(616) 526-8551 Fax
Received on Sun Feb 22 00:58:10 2004