CSR (Men's Tennis Takes Two In Orlando/Softball Swept in Tucson)

CALVIN SPORTS REPORT FOR MARCH 23, 2006

Men's Tennis Defeats Hamline and Otterbein;
Softball Swept by William Jewell and Doane

MEN'S TENNIS TAKES TWO IN ORLANDO

ORLANDO, FL * Calvin upped its record to 6-2 including 4-0 on its spring trip with victories over Hamline University (MN) and Otterbein College (OH) Wednesday afternoon and evening. The Knights are scheduled to compete against Grinnell College (IA) today.

Calvin 8, Hamline 1
At Orlando, FL

SINGLES*1. Ricky Tilton (C) d. Ben Watkins 6-4, 6-1; 2. Rafael Siebenschein (C) d. Jon Henning 7-5, 6-4; 3. Marcus Zeilstra (C) d. Jon Breimhorst 6-0, 7-5; 4. Andy Carlson (H) d. Ryan DeNooyer 6-2, 6-0; 5. Dan Volkema (C) d. Andrew Vande Linde 6-3, 7-6 (8-6); 6. Michael Goorhouse (C) d. Patrick Hueller 4-6, 6-1, 6-2.

DOUBLES*1. Tilton/Zeilstra (C) d. Watkins/Henning 8-5; 2. Siebenschein/Goorhouse (C) d. Breimhorst/Carlson 8-3; 3. Volkema/Ryan Sneller (C) d. Casey O'Donnell/Heuller 8-0.

Calvin 9, Otterbein 0
At Orlando, FL

SINGLES*1. Ricky Tilton d. Jacob Lauber 6-1, 6-3; 2. Marcus Zeilstra d. Tyler Stephen 6-4, 7-5; 3. Ryan DeNooyer d. Adam Warner 6-1, 6-0 ; 4. Eric Bratt d. Jeremy Smith 6-1, 6-1; 5. Steve DeMaagd d. R.J. Lindquist 6-1, 6-1; 6. Ryan Sneller d. Justin Whitehill by default.

DOUBLES*1. Ryan Sneller/Volkema d. Lauber/Stephen 8-2; 2. Siebenschein/Goorhouse d. Warner/Smith 8-0; 3. DeNooyer/DeMaagd d. Judah Snyder/Whitehill 8-0.

SOFTBALL SWEPT IN TUCSON

William Jewell 6, Calvin 2
Doane 14, Calvin 1

TUCSON, AZ * Calvin slipped to 3-4 on the year with a pair of losses on Wednesday, falling 6-2 to William Jewell (KS) and 14-1 to Doane College (NE).

In the loss to William Jewell, Calvin managed just four hits. William Jewell broke a 1-1 tie with four runs in the bottom of the fourth and added an insurance run in the fifth. Calvin committed three errors which led to five unearned runs.

Senior Jeanne Cole (Mason County Eastern HS) had Calvin's lone extra-base hit with a double. Junior Ruth Anna Spooner (Twin Falls, ID) took the loss for Calvin to fall to 1-3 on the year. Spooner walked one and struck out one in 3.2 innings of work.

Calvin's game against Doane was shortened to five innings because of the mercy rule. Doane scored four runs in the first, one in the third, sixth in the fourth and three in the fifth. Calvin's lone run was scored in the bottom of the first on a sacrifice fly by junior Erin Conrad (Calvin Christian HS) that plated Cole who led off the Calvin half of the inning with a single.

Freshman Kristin Folkerts (Grand Rapids Christian HS) went all five innings for Calvin in the pitcher's circle and took the loss to fall to 2-1 on the year.

Calvin is scheduled to face William Jewell for the third time this week on Thursday afternoon.

Jeff Febus
Sports Information Director
Calvin College
(616) 526-6169 Office
(616) 526-8551 Fax
Received on Thu Mar 23 14:03:20 2006