CALVIN SPORTS REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 4, 2005
Volleyball Headed to MIAA Tournament Finals Against Hope:
Swim Teams Split With Olivet;
Calvin/Hope Hockey on RealAudio;
Lisa Winkle Named Pre-Season All-American by D3hoops.com
VOLLEYBALL
HOLLAND - For the sixth time in seven years, the Calvin women's volleyball
team is headed to the MIAA Tournament finals.
The Knights advanced to Saturday's MIAA Tournament final with a 30-18,
30-13, 31-29 victory over Alma Friday night at the Hope College Dow Center.
Calvin (27-8) will face rival Hope (27-7) in Saturday's final slated to start
at 4:00 p.m.
Hope advanced to the championship final with a 30-24, 27-30, 19-30, 30-27,
16-14 victory over Adrian in Friday's second semifinal match.
Calvin's victory over Alma (15-18) featured little drama until the third
game when the Knights fell behind 19-12 after rolling games one and two.
Calvin mounted a comeback, reeling off seven unanswered points to tie the game
at 19. Alma countered with the next two points to take a 21-19 lead but Calvin
came back with a three-point run to take its first lead of the game at 22-21.
With Calvin leading 27-26, Alma ripped off three straight points to build a
29-27 advantage and appeared ready to force a fourth game. Calvin senior
Christine Hendricks (Cincinnati, OH) followed with a clutch kill down the
middle and the Knights then benefited from an Alma hitting error that tied the
game at 29. The Knights then picked up a service ace and a kill to close the
match out in three games.
Hendricks led the Knights with 17 kills, 11 digs and an attack percentage of
.424. Junior Lorilyn Vogel (Orange City, IA) was close behind with 14 kills
and an attack percentage of .414 while senior Katie Schultz (Escondido, CA) had
10 kills and nine digs.
Sophomore Molly Krikke (Greenwich, OH) chipped in with eight kills while
freshman libero Lauren DeGroot (Tulare, CA) had 16 digs and freshman defensive
specialist Stacie Lippert (St. Louis HS) 14 digs. Sophomore setter Katie
Zondervan (Lakewood, CA) tossed out 48 assists and in the process broke a
Calvin single-season record for assists, building her season total to 1,642
assists, breaking the previous record of 1,625 assists set by Sara Ahrenholz of
Prinsburg, Minnesota in 1999.
Calvin is now 15-3 in MIAA Tournament play including 6-1 in MIAA Tournament
semifinal matches. The Knights will be facing Hope for the fourth time in the
MIAA Tournament finals with Calvin holding a 2-1 record against Hope in the
finals.
Saturday's MIAA Tournament Final will be broadcast via RealAudio through the
Calvin web site at: http://www.calvin.edu/sports/ram/calvinsports.ram with Nick
Bolt calling all of the action.
MEN'S AND WOMEN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING
The Calvin men's and women's swimming and diving teams split a pair of
MIAA dual meets on Friday night with visiting Olivet. In the men's
competition, Olivet secured a 144-99 victory over Calvin while the Calvin women
recorded a 147-95 victory over the Comets.
The Calvin women are now 2-0 in MIAA dual meet competition while the Calvin
men are 1-1.
Junior Becky Weima (Grand Rapids Christian HS) led the way in the women's
meet for the Maroon and Gold, winning the 50 freestyle (24.20) and the 500
freestyle (5:15.20). Her time in the 50 free was an NCAA III B' cut
qualifying time. Weima also swam the anchor leg on Calvin's 400 freestyle
relay team that took first place with a time of 3:41.20. She was joined on the
relay by sophomore Stephanie Duncan (Long Grove, IL), freshman Julie Wolfe
(Westerville, OH) and sophomore Kat Vinson (Kaneohe, HI). Freshman Erica Deur
(Holland Christian HS) was also a double-winner taking first place on both the
one (234.35) and three-meter (249.45) boards.
Other individual winners for the Calvin women included Duncan in the 200
freestyle (2:01.26), junior Alex Wilson (Ellsworth, OH) in the 200 IM (2:17.13)
and senior Abby Johnson (Grand Haven HS) in the 200 butterfly (2:17.75).
Calvin's 400 medley relay team of junior Liz Ingebrigtsen (Bensenville, IL),
Wilson, Johnson and freshman Cara VanWoerkom (Calvin Christian HS) also took
first place with a time of 4:11.61.
In the men's competition, Calvin picked up first place in six events led by
senior Luke Bagnall (Marshalltown, IA) who took first place in the 200 IM
(2:02.56) and 200 backstroke (2:04.08). Freshman Keith Conrad (Wheaton, IL)
won the 1,000 freestyle (10:21.31) while junior Andrew Resseguie (Holland
Christian HS) was a winner in the 50 freestyle (22.04). In addition, freshman
Jacky Ryfiak (Grand Rapids Christian HS) won the three-meter diving competition
(236.50) while Calvin's 400 freestyle relay team of Andrew Resseguie, junior
Peter Tuuk (Grand Rapids Christian HS), sophomore John Boumgarden (Naperville,
IL) and Bagnall took first with a time of 3:16.55.
Both Calvin swim teams return to action tomorrow when they host Wheaton in
non-conference dual meets slated to start at 1:00 p.m.
CALVIN/HOPE HOCKEY GAME AT VAN ANDEL ARENA TO AIR VIA RealAudio
Calvin and Hope will face off in ice hockey Saturday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. in
downtown Grand Rapids at the Van Andel Arena. The game will be broadcast via
RealAudio through the Calvin web site at:
http://www.calvin.edu/ram/calvinsports2.ram Nathan Bierma will call the
play-by-play while Phil de Haan will offer expert commentary.
LISA WINKLE NAMED PRE-SEASON ALL-AMERICAN BY D3HOOPS.COM
Calvin College junior Lisa Winkle has been named a third team pre-season
All-American by D3hoops.com. Earlier this fall, Winkle was named a pre-season
All-American by the Women's DIII Newsletter. The complete list of pre-season
All-America list by d3hoops.com can be found at:
http://www.d3hoops.com/tow/wompreallam06.htm
A 6-0 forward, Winkle averaged 16.1 points and 8.5 rebounds a game last year
in helping Calvin reach the Elite Eight of the NCAA III Tournament and finish
25-5 overall. Calvin is scheduled to open its season on November 18 when it
faces Simpson College of Iowa at the Wisconsin Lutheran Tip-Off Tournament. The
game will feature a pair of teams that reached the NCAA III Tournament a year
ago. Calvin is also scheduled to face Division II Grand Valley State
University on November 15 at Grand Valley. The game will serve as an official
game for Grand Valley but will be an exhibition game for the Knights.
Jeff Febus
Sports Information Director
Calvin College
(616) 526-6169 Office
(616) 526-8551 Fax
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