CSR (Men's Soccer Shuts Out Tri-State - Gains Share of MIAA Lead/Showdown with Hope Next)

SPORTS REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 3, 2004

MEN'S SOCCER
(By Abby Zylstra & Jeff Febus)

Calvin will get a chance to play for an outright MIAA title on Saturday
afternoon when the Knights host the Flying Dutchmen of Hope College at 2:00
p.m.

The two long-time rivals are now deadlocked for first place in the MIAA
standings after a 5-1 Calvin victory over Tri-State and a 1-0 Hope loss at
Kalamazoo Wednesday afternoon.

The MIAA title and an automatic bid to the NCAA III Tournament will be on the
line in Saturday's game. A victory will give either team the outright league
crown and the MIAA's NCAA III Tournament bid. A tie would create a
co-championship between the two schools for the second straight year but would
also give Hope (15-4-0 overall, 12-1-0 MIAA) the league's NCAA III Tournament
bid based on a head-to-head tie-breaker situation.

In the first meeting of the year between the two teams, Hope claimed a 1-0
victory in Holland on October 12.

Ranked eighth nationally and second in the latest set of NCAA III Great Lakes
Regional Rankings, Calvin (17-1-1 overall, 12-1-0 MIAA) led 4-0 at halftime in
its victory over Tri-State Wednesday and held control throughout the match.

"It was a good game for our team," said head coach Chris Hughes. "Our
guys came to play."

The first goal came at the 6:10 minute mark. Senior Joel Veldhouse
[Souix Falls, SD] kicked a corner kick to junior Matt Cosnek [Hopewell,
PA]. Cosnek headed the ball into the net.

At the 18:29 minute of play, Veldhouse received a breakaway pass from junior
Levi Kool [Holland] to score the second goal of the game and his team-leading
19th of the year.

Cosnek scored his second goal of the game and eighth of the year at the 19:34
minute mark with another header chipped from sophomore Nate Kooi [Lynden, WA}.

Sophomore Phil VanRees [Muskegon] scored his first goal of the season in the
43:37 minute of play with a shot in the box from freshman A.J.
Dufendach [Grand Rapids].

The only goal in the second half came from Kool at the 55:16 minute mark off a
pass from Cosnek.

All together the Knights took 25 shots. Tri-State's goalkeeper Adam
Franczak saved nine shots at goal and Calvin's freshman Dave Fortosis
saved one of the two Tri-State attempts at goal.

"We needed a good game before Saturday," said Hughes. "We're looking
forward to Saturday's game. It will be a great opportunity for both teams.
I'm sure it will be played at a high-intensity level."

With a goal and an assist Wednesday, Veldhouse boosted his MIAA point total to
40 points which ranks ninth on the MIAA's all-time single-season scoring
list.

Saturday's game between Calvin and Hope will mark the 76th meeting between
the two rivals in men's soccer. Calvin leads the all-time series 40-28-7 but
Hope has won seven of the last eight meetings.

MIAA MEN'S SOCCER STANDINGS THROUGH 11-3-04

Calvin 12-1-0 (36 points)
Hope 12-1-0 (36 points)
Kalamazoo 8-5-0 (24 points)
Alma 7-6-0 (21 points)
Albion 7-6-0 (21 points)
Tri-State 2-10-1 (3 points)
Adrian 2-11-0 (6 points)
Olivet 1-11-1 (3 points)

Jeff Febus
Sports Information Director
Calvin College
(616) 526-6169 Office
(616) 526-8551 Fax
Received on Wed Nov 3 21:07:36 2004