CALVIN SPORTS REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 23, 2004
WOMEN'S SOCCER
Coming off of a hard-fought 2-2 double-overtime tie with rival Hope Tuesday
afternoon, the question for the Calvin women's soccer team heading into a
Thursday matchup with non-conference rival Ferris State University was whether
the Knights had any gas left in the tank.
The answer was a resounding "yes" as Calvin responded with a spirited 2-0
shutout victory over the NCAA Division II Bulldogs, allowing the Knights to
reach the .500 mark overall for the first time in the 2004 season.
The victory also made amends for a 3-1 defeat at Ferris State a year ago while
allowing the Knights to improve to 4-4-1 overall.
A pair of first-year players came up with their first collegiate goals in
Thursday's win as freshman Lindsay Hutchison (Arlington Hts, IL) scored in the
first half with freshman Lynn Marsh (North Vernon, VA) scoring the clincher in
the second half.
Calvin dominated the opening 45 minutes but was unable to score until the 34th
minute on a corner kick play. Sophomore Leah Scholten (Unity Christian HS)
sent the corner into the heart of the penalty box, allowing sophomore Jill
Capel (Unity Christian HS) to get a foot on the cross. Capel's touch sent the
ball right to the feet of Hutchison who made no mistake in depositing a low
hard shot into the left hand corner of the Ferris State goal.
In the 57th minute, Calvin took advantage of another corner kick opportunity
as Scholten sent another high-winding serve into the box. Scholten's ball was
punched out for Ferris State goalkeeper Carla Gilbertson but Marsh stepped in
front of the punch-out, collected the ball and rifled a shot into the right
hand corner of the net.
Ferris State (3-4-1 overall) would threatened in the final 15 minutes of play
but Calvin's backline spearheaded by sophomore sweeper back Tricia DeVries
(Grand Rapids Christian HS) kept the Bulldogs off the scoreboard.
Calvin finished the match with a 17-9 shots at goal advantage including an
11-3 advantage in the first half. Junior Linda Heilman (South Christian HS)
picked up three saves for the Knights in posting her first collegiate shutout
victory. Gilbertson had four saves in defeat for Ferris State.
Calvin will now break until September 29 when it journeys to Tri-State
University for a conference match.
MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
For the second straight week, the Calvin men's cross country team is ranked
number-one in the NCAA Division III Top-25 poll released this week. The
Knights received all seven first place votes in this week's poll after taking
second at the Sundodger Invitatiohjal hosted by the University of Washington in
Seattle last Saturday.
The Calvin women's cross country team received votes in this week's poll but
fell out of the top 25.
Both polls can be found on-line at: http://www.raceberryjam.com/indexcc.html
Both Calvin cross country teams will compete at an MIAA Jamboree hosted by
Hope Saturday morning at 11:00 a.m.
Jeff Febus
Sports Information Director
Calvin College
(616) 526-6169 Office
(616) 526-8551 Fax
Received on Thu Sep 23 23:10:40 2004
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