CSR (Women's Basketball Upsets Hope/Swim Teams Split With Wayne State)

CALVIN SPORTS REPORT FOR JANUARY 13, 2007 (Part Two)

Women's Basketball Upsets Hope - Snaps 44-game Win Streak of Flying Dutch
Swim Teams Split Against Wayne State

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Calvin 60, Hope 57

HOLLAND -- The 44-game win streak of the Hope women's basketball team is over
and the Calvin women's basketball team is now in sole possesion of first place
in the MIAA standings.

In a meeting of nationally-ranked teams Saturday night at Hope's DeVos
Fieldhouse, Calvin topped the Flying Dutch 60-57, snapping Hope's 44-game win
streak. It also marked the first-ever loss by a Hope basketball team at the
DeVos Fieldhouse. Heading into Saturday night's game, the Hope women had posted
a 19-0 record at the facility while the Hope men's basketball team had recorded
a 25-0 mark in the building. The Hope women's basketball team entered
Saturday's game ranked number-one in the latest Division III Coaches Top-25
poll and second in the most recent D3hoops.com Top-25 poll.

Ranked 11th in the latest D3hoops.com Top-25 poll and 12th in the coaches'
poll, Calvin (13-1 overall, 7-0 MIAA) also moves into sole possession of first
place in the MIAA standings, one game ahead of Hope (14-1 overall, 6-1 MIAA).

A year ago, Calvin dropped all three meetings against eventual national
champion Hope with all three defeats coming by double-digit margins.

"This was a great win for our team confidence but it is also just one game,"
cautioned fourth-year Calvin women's basketball coach John Ross. "It puts us in
first place in our league which is where we want to be but we also have another
big game coming up against Olivet on Wednesday. Olivet has a very talented team
so we'll need to regain our focus quickly."

After controlling play for most of the first half, Saturday's Calvin-Hope
women's basketball game turned into a nailbiter with the Knights pulling out
the big stops down the stretch.

With just over a minute to play and the game tied at 54, Hope had a chance to
take a lead but misfired on a shot and Calvin sophomore guard Kelly Trewhella
(Rockford HS) was able to sneak in from the backside to grab a rebound. After a
Calvin timeout, Trewhella was able to get free near the right elbow and sank a
15-foot jumper off a feed from junior Nikki Zimmerman (Traverse City West HS)
to put the Knights up 56-54 with 49 seconds remaining. Hope then misfired on a
shot from in close and Zimmerman was able to corral the loose and was quickly
fouled. Zimmerman fouled by sinking both free throws and then added two more
with nine seconds left on the clock to give the Knights a 60-54 advantage. Hope
countered with a long three-pointer by junior Jordyn Boles with two seconds
left on the clock but Calvin was able to run off the remaining time on a long
inbounds pass to sophomore Kristi Brummel (South Christian HS).

"I think our defense really set the tone for this game and I also thought we
did a very good job on the boards," said Ross. "When you can play strong
defense and win the rebounding battle, you usually have a good chance to win
the game."

Hope entered the game ranked fifth nationally in rebound margin (12.2) but
Calvin was able to outrebound the Flying Dutch 41-39 on Saturday night. Calvin
turned the ball over 19 times but committed just six turnovers in the second
half including just one turnover inside the final four minutes of play.

Calvin took a 20-7 lead with just 6:33 left in the first half but Hope
countered with a 12-6 run to trail just 26-19 at the break.

The Flying Dutch continued to chip away into the Calvin margin and took their
first lead of the game at 34-33 on a pair of free throws by junior Stacy Warsen
at the 12:19 mark of the second half. The lead then changed hands three times
over the next five minutes with Calvin then building a 52-46 advantage on a
jumper by sophomore Marcia Harris (Grand Rapids Christian HS) with just over
five minutes left to play. Hope came back with an 8-2 run however capped by a
jumper by senior Ellen Wood that tied that score at 54 with 1:45 left, setting
up a frantic final minute of play.

Calvin was led in scoring by senior Lisa Winkle (South Christian HS) who scored
13 points and grabbed 14 rebounds along with four blocked shots to notch her
37th collegiate double-double including her seventh double-double of the year.
Harris added 12 points and seven rebounds while Zimmerman had 11 points, four
boards and three assists. Freshman Allison Griswold (Lansing Christian HS)
chipped in with nine points including a pair of timely three-point shots.
Junior Rachael Willett (Rockford HS) also hauled down seven rebounds including
six on the defensive glass.

Hope was led in scoring by junior Lindsay Lange who tossed in 15 points off the
bench while Wood had 13 points and eight rebounds. Calvin shot just 36.7
percent overall but held Hope to 34.5 percent shooting including just 29.6
percent shooting in the first half. Hope also turned the ball over 21 times
including 14 times in the first half.

Saturday's game marked the 89th meeting between Calvin and Hope in women's
basketball with Calvin now holding a 60-29 series lead.

OTHER MIAA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL SCORES ON SATURDAY
Olivet 75, Alma 63
Saint Mary's 72, Kalamazoo 40
Tri-State 74, Adrian 69

MIAA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL STANDINGS THROUGH 1-13-07

Calvin 7-0
Hope 6-1
Olivet 4-3
Saint Mary's 4-3
Alma 3-4
Albion 3-4
Kalamazoo 2-6
Adrian 2-6
Tri-State 1-7

MEN'S AND WOMEN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING

The Calvin men's and women's swimming and diving teams split dual meets on
Saturday against visiting Wayne State University at the Bergsma Natatorium. In
the men's meet, Calvin was defeated by Wayne State 143-90. In the women's meet,
Calvin defeated Wayne State 124-119.

A longer recap will be sent out later this weekend. Full results can be found
on-line at: http://www.calvin.edu/sports/mswimdiv/Results06/WayneResults.htm

Jeff Febus
Sports Information Director
Calvin College
(616) 526-6169 Office
(616) 526-8551 Fax
Received on Sun Jan 14 00:44:27 2007