CALVIN SPORTS REPORT FOR APRIL 20, 2005
MEN'S AND WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD
The Calvin men's and women's track and field teams wrapped up MIAA dual meet crowns on Wednesday with dual meet victories over Albion and Adrian at Calvin Field.
In the men's competition, junior Nate Meckes (Bay City) sparkled once again, winning the discus, shot put and javelin throws. His winning throw in the discus of 177-11 was an NCAA III automatic qualifying mark while also breaking his own school record by one inch. Meckes also uncorked his second-best effort of the season in winning the shot put with a throw of 57-10 ½. His winning throw of 179-1 in the javelin was a season-best and just over nine feet away from an NCAA III provisional qualifying mark. Meckes was part of a powerful one-two punch in the discus as junior Justin Grasmeyer (Norwalk, CA) took second with an NCAA III provisional qualifying mark of 160-7.
Junior Chris Friebel (Shelby, OH) also had a big day for Calvin. Slowed by injuries this spring, Friebel captured the 100 meters (10.98) and anchored Calvin's 400 meter relay team to a first place and season-best time of 42.58. He also took second in the 200 meters with a time of 22.30.
Sophomore Todd Schuster (Denver, CO) also enjoyed a big afternoon, winning the 800 meters with a career-best time of 1:54.25. Distance events were a strength for the Knights as senior Jeff Engbers (Whitinsville, MA) won the 1,500 meters (4:05.05), sophomore Tim Finnegan (Los Alamos, NM) won the 5,000 meters (15:25.79) and sophomore Harrison Jorritsma (Beamsville, ON) won the 3,000 meter steeplechase (9:52.28).
Other winners for the Calvin men included freshman Kelby McClelland (Mercer, PA) in the 110 high hurdles (15.62), sophomore Eric DeVries (Unity Christian HS) in the pole vault (12-0) and junior Tim Zwiers (Pella, IA) in the triple jump (45-6 ¼). The marks by DeVries and Zwiers were both career-best performances.
On the women's side, senior Lisa Nanninga (Grand Rapids Christian HS) continued to shine as she ripped off the second-best throw of her career in the shot put in winning with a mark of 46-0. She is one of only three NCAA III women's shot put throwers to hit the 46-foot mark this spring. Another individual who came up with a career-best effort in a field event was sophomore Kelly Zwier (Kalamazoo Christian HS) who popped off a winning leap of 17-10 ¾ in the long jump with sophomore teammate Lisa Winkle (South Christian HS) close behind with a mark of 17-6.
In the high jump, junior Kim Vanderzee (Shoreline, WA) matched a career-best in winning the event with an NCAA III provisional qualifying mark of 5-7.
Freshman Sarah Wittingen (East Grapids HS) was also a double-winner, taking first in the 100 meter hurdles (15.10) and 400 meter hurdles (1:04.51) with her 400 meter hurdles time just missing an NCAA III provisional qualifying performance.
Other individual winners for Calvin included sophomore Lorilyn Vogel (Orange City, IA) in the triple jump (35-8), junior Missy Smith (Grand Rapids Christian HS) in the pole vault (10-6), freshman Jenny Zylstra (Lombard, IL) in the 5,000 meters (19:48), sophomore Lydia Singer (Wilmington, DE) in the 1,500 meters (5:03.20), junior Camille Medema (Grand Rapids Christian HS) in the 800 meters (2:24.68), senior Sue Abbring (Highland, IN) in the 400 meters (57.44), sophomore Lisa Geelhoed (Grand Rapids Christian HS) in the 100 meters (13.23) and sophomore Kate VanderLaan (Grand Rapids Christian HS) in the 200 meters (26.48).
The MIAA dual meet standings are worth one-half of the final league crown. The MIAA Field Day makes up the remaining half of the league title.
Both Calvin teams will now prepare to compete at the Eastern Michigan Invitational on Friday.
FINAL MIAA MEN'S TRACK AND FIELD DUAL MEET STANDINGS
Calvin 6-0
Albion 5-1
Hope 4-2
Alma 2-4
Tri-State 1-3
Adrian 0-4
Olivet 0-4
FINAL MIAA WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD DUAL MEET STANDINGS
Calvin 6-0
Hope 5-1
Albion 4-2
Alma 3-3
Adrian 0-4
Olivet 0-4
Tri-State 0-4
MEN'S TENNIS
For the first time since 1998, Calvin defeated Hope, 7-2, in a
conference dual match. Hope had won each meeting for the past six
years and last year, Hope defeated Calvin 7-2. Calvin is 14-2 for the
season and 5-0 in the MIAA, while Hope is 10-6 overall and 4-2 in the
MIAA.
"It looked a little bleak at the beginning [of the match], but our guys
really fought back. That's really, really great," said head coach John
Ross. "To win this many singles, the guys really stepped up and played
some good tennis matches. It's a great win for our program, and I'm
really happy for our guys."
Calvin will travel Wisconsin for a pair of non-conference matches on Saturday and will then travel to Kalamazoo next Tuesday for a conference match.
Calvin 7, Hope 2
at Calvin
Doubles
(C) Miedema/Tilton d. Wagenmaker/Phillips 7-6, 7-5
(C) VanHaitsma/Siebenschein d. Ruemenapp/Reed 7-6(3), 7-5
(H) Dody/Dustin Ruch d. Volkema/DeNooyer 4-6, 6-4, 7-5
Singles
(C) Jon Miedema d. Jason Wagenmaker 6-3, 6-1
(H) Andy Ruemenapp d. Kevin VanHaitsma 3-6, 7-6(3), 6-1
(C) Rafael Siebenschein d. Andy Phillips 7-6(2) 7-5
(C) Ricky Tilton d. Robert Dody 6-1, 4-6, 6-2
(C) Dan Volkema d. Nate Reed 6-1, 6-2
(C) Mike Goorhouse d. Brandon King 6-0, 3-6, 6-2
MIAA MEN'S TENNIS DUAL MATCH STANDINGS THROUGH 4-20-05
Calvin 5-0
Kalamazoo 4-0
Hope 4-2
Albion 3-3
Tri-State 1-4
Alma 1-5
Adrian 0-4
WOMEN'S COLLEGE TENNIS
Calvin suffered a 6-3 defeat at MIAA co-leader Albion Wednesday afternoon to dip to 8-5 overall and to 3-2 in the MIAA dual match standings.
Calvin split the six singles flights but doubles play proved to be pivotal as the host Britons (15-4 overall, 6-0 MIAA) swept all three flights.
Picking up singles victories for Calvin on Wednesday were senior Rachel Pater (South Christian HS), junior Annie Huizenga (Unity Christian HS) and sophomore Allyson Logan (Fort Wayne, IN).
Calvin returns to action tomorrow when it hosts Aquinas in a non-conference match at 3:00 p.m. The Knights will also journey to Olivet on Saturday for a conference match scheduled to be played at Michigan State University.
Albion 6, Calvin 3
at Albion
SINGLES-1. Katie Tornga (A) d. Amy Zeilstra 6-1, 6-3; 2. Rachel Pater (C) d. Betsy Netherton 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-1; 3. Annie Huizenga (C) d. Emily Stocker 6-4, 6-5; 4. Rachel Seiter (A) d. Kari Lipinski 6-3, 6-0; 5. Allyson Logan (C) d. Karen Dumas 6-1, 6-0; 6. Emily Gundersen (A) d. Kim Bosscher 6-2, 1-6, 6-3.
DOUBLES-1. Tornga/Stocker (A) d. Zeilstra/Pater 6-2, 6-4; 2. Dumas/Seiter (A) d. Huizenga/Lipinski 4-6, 6-1, 6-4; 3. Nehterton/Gundersen (A) d. Logan/Emily Oosterhouse 7-6 (4), 6-0.
MIAA WOMEN'S TENNIS DUAL MATCH STANDINGS THROUGH 4-20-05
Albion 6-0
Hope 5-0
Kalamazoo 4-1
Calvin 3-2
Alma 1-4
Olivet 1-4
St. Mary's 1-4
Tri-State 0-6
SOFTBALL
A doubleheader split at Tri-State has dropped Calvin into third place in the MIAA standings behind Hope and Alma. The Knights (18-10 overall) are now 8-2 in conference play while Hope is 10-2 and Alma 9-1.
Calvin opened its doubleheader with Tri-State Wednesday in strong fashion, rapping out 13 hits in recording a 6-2 victory. in game two however, the Knights were limited to just four hits as they were defeated 3-1.
In the opener Wednesday, senior Kara VanKooten (Anchorage, AK) went the distance in picking up her ninth victory of the year against five defeats. VanKooten struck out three and walked just one while scattering seven hits. Calvin grabbed an early 3-0 lead with two runs in the first and one in the second. Senior Abby Konyndyk (Grand Rapids Christian HS) and junior Jeanne Cole (Mason County Eastern HS) led the way with three hits apiece with both players collecting doubles. Seniors Bridget O'Malley (Fairfax, VA) and Rachelle Heyboer (Fremont HS) also collected two hits apiece
In game two, Cole extended her hitting streak to 11 games with a double, leading off the bottom of the first. Cole then stole third and scored on an error to tie the game at 1-1. Tri-State (15-14 overall, 7-5 MIAA) came back with two runs in the top of the third, piecing three hits together. Meanwhile, Calvin went hitless in the third, fourth, fifth and sixth innings. Sophomore Erin Conrad (Calvin Christian HS) broke the drought with a lead-off double in the bottom of the seventh but was stranded as the next three Calvin batters were retired.
Heyboer (3-3) took the loss as she gave up seven hits in seven innings of work. Courtney Schuttrow (7-4) picked up the complete-game victory for the Thunder as she struck out one and walked three.
Calvin will now prepare to travel to Albion on Saturday for a conference twinbill scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m. The softball doubleheader will be aired via internet broadcast on the Albion web site at: http://media.albion.edu/sports2
MIAA SOFTBALL STANDINGS THROUGH 4-20-05
Alma 9-1
Hope 10-2
Calvin 8-2
Olivet 6-4
Tri-State 7-5
Albion 5-7
Adrian 3-9
Kalamazoo 2-8
St. Mary's 0-12
Jeff Febus
Sports Information Director
Calvin College
(616) 526-6169 Office
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