CALVIN SPORTS REPORT FOR FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 2005
MEN'S TENNIS
HOLLAND * After one day of competition at the MIAA Tournament, Kalamazoo has put itself in position to claim its 67th straight MIAA title. Meanwhile a three-way fight for second place between Calvin-Albion-and-Hope is underway with Calvin holding a slight edge in the three-way struggle.
Calvin advanced three individuals to championship finals in the singles competition on Friday while advancing one doubles team into a championship final.
Albion has two players scheduled to compete in singles finals on Saturday including one doubles team while Hope has one singles player and one doubles team in championship play on Saturday.
Kalamazoo is represented in the championship rounds in all six singles flights and all three doubles flights.
Advancing to Saturday's championship singles finals for Calvin on Friday were junior Rafael Siebenschein (Lynden, WA) at No. 3 singles; freshman Ricky Tilton (Lancaster, PA) at No. 4 singles and sophomore Dan Volkema (Holland Christian HS) at No. 5 singles. Siebenschein will face Alex Kempster of Kalamazoo in Saturday's No. 3 singles final with Tilton slated to face Matt Harding of Kalamazoo at No. 4 singles and Volkema scheduled to meet David Atallah of Kalamazoo at No. 5 singles.
In addition, Calvin's No. 3 doubles team of junior Ryan DeNooyer (Kalamazoo Christian HS) and Volkema advanced to Saturday's championship final where it will face the Kalamazoo tandem of Kempster and Drew Brown.
Hope College is hosting the MIAA Tournament with play scheduled to begin Saturday morning at 9:00 a.m.
WOMEN'S TENNIS
KALAMAZOO * Calvin advanced two individuals to championship finals in singles flights and one doubles tandem to a championship final on the first day of competition at the MIAA Tournament, hosted by Kalamazoo College.
Advancing to Saturday's championship finals for Calvin on Friday were senior Rachel Pater (South Christian HS) at No. 2 singles and sophomore Kari Lipinski (Grand Rapids Baptist HS) at No. 4 singles. Pater will face Betsy Netherton of Albion in Saturday's No. 2 championship final with Lipinski set to face Vicky Seiter of Albion at No. 4 singles.
All three of Calvin's doubles teams picked up victories on Friday to advance to semifinal play on Saturday. Action picks up again on Saturday at 8:30 a.m.
BASEBALL
ADRIAN * Big Jim Deters got Calvin off on the right foot in the opener of a three-game weekend series at league-leading Adrian. Pitching under the lights of Adrian's Riverside Park, the 6-4 right-hander struck out 12 batters in leading Calvin (12-16 overall, 10-6 MIAA) to a 6-3 victory over the regionally-ranked Bulldogs (19-12 overall, 9-4 MIAA).
The pitching victory bumped the career pitching record of Deters (Kalamazoo Christian HS) to 24-6 and his MIAA career mark to 17-3. Deters is now tied for first place in the MIAA career list for victories (conference games only) with Olivet's Chris Gumper (1993-1996) and Albion's Eric Johnson (1993-1996). Deters is also now tied for fourth place on the MIAA career list for pitching decisions (20).
In addition, Deters has 284 career strikeouts overall as well as an MIAA-leading 199 career strikeouts in league play.
Calvin's victory Friday night allowed the Knights to stay in the MIAA title chase as they moved to within a game-and-a-half of the Bulldogs who still have two league series to play beyond its weekend set with Calvin. Hope (10-6 MIAA) also kept pace with Calvin as it defeated Tri-State 7-3 on Friday afternoon.
Ranked seventh in the latest Mideast Regional poll, Adrian jumped out to a 3-0 lead with three runs in the bottom of the third but the Knights struck back with three runs in the top of the fourth, using a pair of wild pitches and an RBI groundout by junior catcher Mike Aggen (Evergreen Park, IL) to plate three runners.
In the top of the fifth, Calvin junior Kyle Snoeyink (Calvin Christian HS) led off with a triple and scored on another wild pitch to give the Knights a 4-3 lead. The lead would hold the remainder of the game with Calvin adding a pair of insurance runs with two outs in the top of the ninth.
The Calvin rally began when junior Mark Tigchelaar (Grand Rapids Christian HS) was hit by a pitch and continued with an infield single by senior Josh Vriesman (Denver, CO). Junior Tyler VanEps (Denver, CO) then delivered a clutch two-run RBI double to centerfield that gave Calvin a 6-3 lead.
In the bottom of the ninth, Adrian's leadoff man reached base on a single but the Bulldogs were retired on two flyouts and a spectacular game-ending catch by VanEps at shortstop on a line drive headed to the outfield.
Calvin's offensive attack was paced by sophomore Mark Asma (Kalamazoo Christian HS) who went 3-for-5 at the plate and scored a run.
Calvin and Adrian are scheduled to face each other in a doubleheader on Saturday at 1:00 p.m.
MIAA BASEBALL STANDINGS THROUGH 4-29-05 GAMES
Adrian 9-4
Calvin 10-6
Hope 10-6
Olivet 10-8
Albion 9-9
Alma 8-8
Tri-State 4-9
Kalamazoo 3-13
Jeff Febus
Sports Information Director
Calvin College
(616) 526-6169 Office
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