CALVIN SPORTS REPORT FOR SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2004 (Part One)
MEN'S SOCCER
OLIVET - With two games left in the MIAA season, Calvin remains in the thick
of the MIAA title chase. The Knights remain three points behind league-leading
Hope after gaining a 4-0 victory at Olivet Saturday afternoon. The shutout is
the 14th of the year for Calvin.
Hope maintained its grip on first place in the conference standings with a 1-0
overtime victory over Alma Saturday afternoon. Hope (11-0-0 MIAA) must travel
to Kalamazoo on Wednesday while Calvin will host Tri-State. Calvin (16-1-1
overall, 11-1-0 MIAA) will then host Hope next Saturday at 2:00 p.m. in the
regular season finale for both teams.
Senior Joel Veldhouse (Sioux Falls, SD) provided the offensive spark in
Saturday's win over the Comets as he collected his third hat trick of the
season and the fourth of his collegiate career.
Veldhouse scored his first two goals in the opening seven minutes of the game,
staking Calvin to a 2-0 halftime lead. Veldhouse then gave the Knights a 3-0
lead on a goal in the 66th minute with junior Matt Cosnek (Hopewell, PA)
closing out the scoring with a goal in the 77th minute of play.
Veldhouse, Cosnek and sophomore Nick Capisciolto (Unity Christian HS) were
also credited with assists on the afternoon.
Veldhouse now has 18 goals on the year which ranks seventh on the Calvin
single-season list.
Junior Joe Westra (Grand Rapids Christian HS) and freshman Dave Fortosis
(Wheaton, IL) combined on the shutout in goal for the Knights with Westra
collecting three saves while Fortosis had none. Olivet's Will Drogt had 15
saves in goal for Olivet.
Calvin also finished with a 33-7 shots at goal advantage.
Wednesday's game against Tri-State will begin at 3:00 p.m. with the game
airing via RealAudio through the Calvin web site at: www.Calvin.edu/sports
MIAA MEN'S SOCCER STANDINGS THROUGH 10-30-04
Hope 12-0 (36 points)
Calvin 11-1-0 (33 points)
Kalamazoo 7-5-0 (21 points)
Alma 6-6-0 (18 points)
Albion 6-6-0 (18 points)
Tri-State 2-9-1 (7 points)
Adrian 2-10-0 (6 points)
Olivet 1-10-1 (4 points)
WOMEN'S SOCCER
SOUTH BEND, IN - With one week left in the regular season, Calvin is right on
the heels of league-leading Hope as the Knights trial the league-leading Flying
Dutch by a single point.
Both teams recorded victories on Saturday with Calvin (12-5-1 overall, 11-2-1
MIAA) gaining a 2-1 victory at St. Mary's while Hope (11-1-2) secured a 3-0
win over Adrian.
Calvin will host Adrian on Tuesday in a game scheduled to begin at 3:00 p.m.
while Hope will host Kalamazoo at the same time on Tuesday. On Saturday,
November 6, Hope will travel to Alma while Calvin will journey to Kalamazoo
with both games slated to start at noon.
A year ago, a similar scenario unfolded as Hope held a slim lead heading into
the final week of the regular season and would eventually win the league title
by a single point.
In Calvin's victory over St. Mary's on Saturday, Calvin received goals
from sophomore Jill Capel (Unity Christian HS) and junior Kara Zuidema
(Escondido, CA) while Carolyn Logan scored the lone goal for St. Mary's.
Capel now has 20 goals on the season including 18 in league play. Capel's
18-goal total matches the eight-best single-season total in MIAA (conference
games only) women's soccer history.
MIAA WOMEN'S SOCCER STANDINGS THROUGH 10-30-04
Hope 11-1-2 (35 points)
Calvin 11-2-1 (34 points)
Albion 9-4-2 (29 points)
Kalamazoo 9-4-1 (28 points)
St. Mary's 8-6-1 (25 points)
Alma 6-7-1 (19 points)
Olivet 5-9-0 (15 points)
Adrian 0-13-1 (1 point)
Tri-State 0-13-1 (1 point)
VOLLEYBALL
The two-day Calvin College Midwest Volleyball Invitational came to a close
this afternoon with Alma College (4-0 in tournament) finishing in first place,
winning the championship match over second place Hope College (3-1), 30-25,
30-27, 30-22. Calvin finished in third place with a 3-1 record for the
weekend.
The Knights (24-8) defeated Hanover College in their first match of the
afternoon 30-19, 30-14, 30-18. Calvin was led in attacking by sophomore
Kristen Kalb (Stow Munroe Falls) with a .579 hitting percentage. Kalb had 11
kills and no errors in 19 attempts. Senior Kara Kuipers (Unity Christian)
helped the offense with eight kills and no errors. Freshman Katie Zondervan
(Valley Christian) dished out 40 assists, while senior Kristin DeGroot (Central
Valley Christian) had nine digs.
Calvin finished out the invitational in the third place match against Aquinas
in which the Knights recorded a victory 30-19, 31-29, 30-18. Junior Christine
Hendricks (Turpin) had 18 kills to lead the Knights. Kuipers had 13 kills to
go with her five blocks. Senior Megan VanDommelen (Sheboygan County Christian)
matched Kuipers' number in blocks with five of her own. Zondervan had 47
assists and DeGroot had 20 digs.
Kara Kuipers represented the Knights on the All-Tournament team with totals of
45 kills, 16 blocks and two aces for the weekend. It marks the third
all-tournament appearance of the season for Kuipers and the sixth of her
collegiate career.
The MIAA tournament will begin for Calvin College this Tuesday when it hosts
Saint Mary's College (IN) at 7:00 p.m.
FINAL STANDINGS for Midwest Volleyball Invitational
1st Place: Alma (4-0)
2nd Place: Hope (3-1)
3rd Place: Calvin (3-1)
4th Place: Aquinas (2-2)
5th Place: Hanover (2-2)
6th Place: Waynesburg (1-3)
7th Place: Wheaton (1-3)
8th Place: Defiance (0-4)
ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM for Midwest Volleyball Invitational
Kristin Judson, Alma
Erin Fralic, Alma
Shawna Buche, Hope
Kara Kuipers, Calvin
Renee Vessey, Aquinas
Lorelle Marker, Waynesburg
Tournament MVP -- Kristin Judson, Alma College
2004 MIAA First Round Tournament Pairings
Monday, November 1st
#8 seed- Olivet will host #9 seed - Tri-State
Tuesday, November 2nd
#1 seed - Alma will host winner of Olivet/Tri-State
#2 seed - Calvin will host #7 seed - Saint Mary's
#3 seed - Kalamazoo will host #6 seed - Albion
#4 seed - Hope will host # 5 seed - Adrian
ALL GAMES WILL START AT 7:00PM
Jeff Febus
Sports Information Director
Calvin College
(616) 526-6169 Office
(616) 526-8551 Fax
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