CSR (Men's Soccer Clipped by Hope/Men's Golf Fourth at MIAA Outing #7)

CALVIN SPORTS REPORT FOR OCTOBER 5, 2006

Men’s Soccer Clipped By Hope;
Men’s Golf Fourth at MIAA Outing #7 – Remains in Fifth Place in Overall Standings

MEN’S SOCCER
Hope 4, Calvin 2

HOLLAND – Capitalizing on its scoring opportunities, Hope handed visiting Calvin a 4-2 defeat Thursday afternoon at the Buys Athletic Complex. Calvin held an 18-14 shots at goal advantage including an 11-7 shots on goal advantage. Hope scored on two of its first three shots however to take an early 2-0 lead.

Patrick McMahon put Hope on the board in the 19th minute, heading in a corner kick from teammate Dan Tresslar. Seven minutes later, Hope’s Jack Abe broke free up the right wing and slipped a low shot just inside the far post to give the Flying Dutchmen (6-4-0 overall, 4-1-0 MIAA) a 2-0 lead.

Calvin (3-5-3 overall, 1-2-2 MIAA) came back to cut the deficit in half with a goal by freshman Alex McKenzie (Antioch, IL) in the 29th minute of play. McKenzie shook loose for the goal on a nifty move up the right wing and then beat a charging goalkeeper with a low hard shot. The goal was the first of McKenzie’s collegiate career.

Calvin continued to press in the opening 20 minutes of the second half but Hope senior goalkeeper Michael Ammerman was able to come up with several strong saves.

Hope then put the game out of reach, scoring a pair of goals just three minutes apart with Tresslar scoring in the 71st minutes and Joey Orr in the 74th minute. Calvin did manage to score a final goal with four seconds remaining as senior David Holwerda (Grand Rapids Christian HS) banged in a rebound shot originally struck by junior Jared Litty (Hudsonville HS).

Ammerman finished the game with nine saves while senior David Fortosis (West Chicago, IL) had three saves for the Knights.

Calvin returns to action on Saturday when it hosts Kalamazoo at 2:00 p.m.

MIAA MEN’S SOCCER STANDINGS THROUGH 10-5-06 GAMES

Albion 5-0-0
Hope 4-1-0
Kalamazoo 3-2-0
Adrian 2-1-1
Calvin 1-2-2
Tri-State 1-2-1
Olivet 1-4-0
Alma 0-5-0

MEN’S GOLF

HOLLAND – Calvin maintained its fifth place position in the overall MIAA standings by posting a fourth place team score of 310 strokes at the seventh MIAA outing of the year. The outing was hosted by Hope at the Wuskowhan Player’s Club on Thursday.

Host Hope took first place with a team score of 289 strokes followed by Alma in second with 304 and Tri-State in third with 309.

Calvin’s top individual finishers on Thursday were senior Jeff TenBrink (Kalamazoo Christian HS) and sophomore Brad Tindall (Vicksburg HS) with rounds of 77. Freshmen Aaron Hargett (Lakewood-Lake Odessa HS) and Jon Kuiper (Grand Rapids Christian HS) were close behind with rounds of 78 while freshman Kyle Harvey (Willard, OH) rounded out Calvin’s finishers with a round of 83.

Matt Lapham of Hope took medalist honors on Thursday with a round of 70.

Calvin will now prepare to host the eighth and final MIAA outing of the year. The outing will be held on October 16 at the Watermark Country Club beginning at 1:00 p.m.

TEAM SCORES AT MIAA OUTING #7

Hope 289
Alma 204
Tri-State 309
Calvin 310
Olivet 311
Albion 318
Kalamazoo 321
Adrian 328

STANDINGS AFTER SEVEN TOURNAMENTS

1. Hope 2045
2. Olivet 2106
2. Tri-State2106
4. Alma 2144
5. Calvin 2183
6. Albion 2226
7. Kalamazoo 2271
8. Adrian 2288

Jeff Febus
Sports Information Director
Calvin College
(616) 526-6169 Office
(616) 526-8551 Fax
Received on Thu Oct 5 23:00:54 2006