CSR (Women's Soccer Shuts Out Adrian/Men's Soccer Ranked 4th/Men's X-Country Ranked #1)

CALVIN SPORTS REPORT FOR OCTOBER 5, 2004

WOMEN'S SOCCER

ADRIAN - An 8-0 victory at Adrian allowed Calvin to remain tied for first
place with Hope in the MIAA standings Tuesday afternoon.

Sophomore Sarah Weesies (Kalamazoo Christian HS) highlighted the afternoon
with her second collegiate hat trick, scoring all three of her goals in the
first half in helping stake Calvin to a 5-0 halftime lead.

Sophomore Jill Capel (Unity Christian HS) also continued her strong play up
front with a goal and three assists as she set up two goals for Weesies and
also a goal for former high school teammate Leah Scholten. A sophomore
midfielder, Scholten (Unity Christian HS) scored her first goal of the season
with just under two minutes left in the first half.

An own goal by Adrian allowed Calvin (7-4-1 overall, 6-1-1 MIAA) to take a 6-0
lead early in the second half with freshmen Lynn Marsh () and Kate Otten
(Sheboygan, WI) also collecting second half goals for the Knights.

Also gaining assists for Calvin were sophomores Lisa Campbell (Gull Lake HS)
and Jen Evans (Derry, PA).

Calvin outshot Adrian 22-12 with junior goaltender Linda Heilman (South
Christian HS) picking up one save for the Knights in registering her second
collegiate shutout victory.

Calvin returns to action on Saturday when it hosts Alma at noon. The game
will be broadcast via RealAudio through the Calvin web site at:
www.Calvin.edu/sports

MIAA WOMEN'S SOCCER STANDINGS THROUGH 10-5-04

Calvin 6-1-1 (19 points)
Hope 6-1-1 (19 points)
St. Mary's 5-2-1 (16 points)
Albion 4-2-1 (13 points)
Kalamazoo 4-3-1 (13 points)
Alma 3-4-1 (10 points)
Olivet 3-4-0 (9 points)
Adrian 0-7-1 (1 point)
Tri-State 0-7-1 (1 point)

MEN'S SOCCER

For the second straight week, the Calvin men's soccer team is ranked fourth
in the Division III Top-25 poll released by the National Soccer Coaches
Association of America.

The poll can be found at: http://www.nscaa.com/rank/20041005/D3M/0/index.html

The Knights also continue to hold the top spot in the latest set of Great
Lakes Regional rankings. The regional rankings can be found at:
http://www.nscaa.com/rank/20041005/D3M/GL/index.html

Calvin is currently 10-0-1 overall and 5-0-0 in the MIAA. The Knights return
to action on Wednesday when they host the Comets of Olivet at 4:00 p.m. The
game will be broadcast via RealAudio through the Calvin web site at:
www.Calvin.edu/sports

MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY

For the third consecutive week, the Calvin men's cross country is the
number-one ranked team in the Division III Top-25 poll. The Knights received
all seven first place votes in this week's poll which can be found online at:
http://www.raceberryjam.com/ncaaccpolls.html#nc3pollmen

North Central College (IL) is ranked second. Calvin and North Central went
head-to-head last Friday in the Gold Division of the Notre Dame Invitational
with Calvin placing third with 96 points while North Central was fourth with
133 points.

Calvin returns to action on Friday when it competes at the Michigan
Intercollegiates, scheduled to be hosted by Grand Valley State University in
Hudsonville at the Rolling Hills Golf Course. Competition is scheduled to
begin at 4:00 p.m.

Jeff Febus
Sports Information Director
Calvin College
(616) 526-6169 Office
(616) 526-8551 Fax
Received on Tue Oct 5 23:54:37 2004