CSR (Calvin Saturday Sports Report for October 6, 2007)

CALVIN SPORTS REPORT FOR OCTOBER 6, 2007

Women's Golf 6th in Final MIAA Standings;
Men's Golf 6th in Final MIAA Standings;
Women's Soccer Edges Aquinas in Non-Conference Tilt;
Men's Soccer Remains Tied For First Place in MIAA After Win At Adrian

WOMEN’S GOLF

BATTLE CREEK – A big final day Calvin moved past Albion and into sixth place in
the final league standings on Saturday as it finished tied for fifth at the
MIAA Tournament held at the Bedford Valley Country Club with a two-day score of
739 (376-363). Calvin’s Saturday total of 363 was a season-best and helped the
Knights finished tied with Adrian for fifth place in the 36-hole, two-day
tournament. Adrian also moved past Albion in the final league standings,
placing 10 strokes behind Calvin.

Sophomore Emily Tuuk (Grand Rapids Christian HS) was Calvin's top finisher at
the MIAA Tournament with a two-day total of 176 (90-86), finishing in a tie for
17th place. Sophomore Kelli Visser (Grand Rapids Christian HS) was close behind
with a total of 178 (92-86) that was good for a tie for 21st place. Senior
Linnea Trippett (White Plains, NY) was the biggest story of the weekend for the
Knights as she fired the top two scores of her Calvin career, shooting 94 on
Friday and 86 on Saturday to finish 26th in the tournament (180). Sophomore
Julienne Louters (Grand Rapids Christian HS) also had a two-day total of 205
(100-105) while senior Erin Kammers (Belding HS) came in at 242 (121-121).

Olivet took first at the MIAA Tournament with a two-day total of 665. The
Comets also defended their overall MIAA crown with Tri-State finishing second.

MIAA TOURNAMENT WOMEN’S GOLF SCORES

Olivet 665
Tri-State 677
Saint Mary’s 697
Hope 700
Adrian 739
Calvin 739
Alma 753
Albion 775
Kalamazoo 810

FINAL OVERALL WOMEN’S GOLF STANDINGS

Olivet 1,653
Tri-State 1,711
Saint Mary’s 1,726
Hope 1,742
Alma 1,858
Calvin 1,888
Adrian 1,898
Albion 1,904
Kalamazoo 1,975

MEN’S GOLF

ANGOLA, IN – Calvin maintained its sixth place position in the final overall
MIAA standings, posting a team score of 307 at an MIAA Tournament hosted by
Tri-State University on Saturday at the Zollner Golf Club. Calvin’s score at
Saturday’s tournament was good for a four-way tie for fifth place along with
Kalamazoo, Alma and Adrian.

Hope took first place at Saturday’s tournament with a team score of 285 and in
doing so, wrapped up its fifth straight MIAA title, finishing 17 strokes ahead
of Olivet in the final MIAA standings.

Calvin was led on Saturday by freshman Eric Doezema (Grand Rapids Christian HS)
who fired a round of 71 that was good for a fifth place tie. Freshman Jess
Hendriksma (Grand Rapids Christian HS) was next with a round of 75 that put him
a tie for 12th place on Saturday. Rounding out Calvin’s finishers on Saturday
were sophomore Kyle Harvey (Willard, OH) with a 77, sophomore Jon Kuiper (Grand
Rapids Christian HS) with an 84 and sophomore Tyler Smies (Sheboygan, WI) with
an 87.

Thomas Yamoaka of Hope and Clint Miller of Tri-State shared medalist honors on
Saturday with rounds of 68.

MIAA TOURNAMENT #8 TEAM SCORES

Hope 285
Olivet 297
Tri-State 305
Albion 306
Adrian 307
Alma 307
Calvin 307
Kalamazoo 307

FINAL MIAA MEN’S GOLF STANDINGS

Hope 2,390
Olivet, 2,407
Albion, 2,484
Tri-State, 2,488
Alma, 2,510
Calvin, 2,572
Adrian, 2,608
Kalamazoo, 2,638

WOMEN’S SOCCER
Calvin 2, Aquinas 1
(Written by Bruce VanBaren ’09)

The Knights survived unseasonably warm temperatures to top non-conference rival
Aquinas College 2-1 at Aquinas.

"It was brutal out here [today]," Coach Mark Recker said. In fact, there was
two additional breaks added to the game to give the players and referees a
chance to rehydrate.

But despite the temperatures, both teams came out shooting. After Aquinas
(11-2-0) pressured the first three minutes of the game, Natalie Veurink (Spring
Lake/ Western Michigan Christian) rifled a Kellie Honderd (Hudsonville/ Unity
Christian) cross into the upper nNineteen seconds later, however, Aquinas's Rebecca Underwood split the Calvin
defense and found the back of the net for the equalizer.

Because of the temperatures, Recker was forced to go deep into his bench and
use a much different rotation than the Knights normally do in a close game.

"Seeing a different combination of players creates a different type of rhythm,"
Recker said. "It gives the defense a much different look; we'd like to keep
defenses under duress."

With nearly all of Calvin's offensive starters on the bench just before the
half, however, an Ashley Bolen (Urbana, IL/ Urbana) corner kick found the foot
of Emily Ottenhoff (Tinley Park, IL/ Chicago Christian) and Ottenhoff
redirected the ball inside the front post to give Calvin a 2-1 lead.

"Towards the end of the first half with a new lineup in there, there was a
sense of freshness," Recker said. "We wouldn't have gotten that corner kick
goal if we hadn't had that freshness, that was critical for us."

Calvin's five corner kicks today give them a total of 85 on the season to their
opponents' 32 and the advantage has become a key to its offensive attack.

Another advantage for Calvin's attack has been its depth and speed at the
striker position. Recker rotated five players up top today with Honderd,
Elizabeth Ribbens (Tinley Park, IL/ Victor J. Andrew), Veurink, Minday
Capisciolto (Hudsonville/ Unity Christian) and Stephanie Malburg (Grand Rapids/
Forest Hills Northern).

"Defenses get used to a certain style of a player, and players lose momentum if
they are being defended for a while," Recker said. "When I rotate different
players up there it gives defenses a much different look, it pushes the defense
to make adjustments."

Calvin's defense was once again steller and has now given up just four goals in
the last seven games, including no goals in conference games.

"They've made a comfortable adjustment to what we are trying to do," Recker
said. The players who are becoming more of marking backs are starting to be
more aggressive."

Recker especially had praise for Bolen

"Bolen is by far one of the best in our league. She can turn a ball in the
defense back into an attack with one kick."

Calvin outshot Aquinas 19 to 13 and goalkeepers Alyssa Bergsma and Kayal Sulzer
again split halves in the net, each collecting four saves. Bergsma allowed the
lone goal.

The Knights advance to 8-3-1 on the season with the non conference victory.
Calvin is 3-0-0 and in first place in the MIAA.

"Obviously our conference games mean more to me," Recker said. "But I think
it's a sense of integrity of performance that you want from you players that no
game is a low key game, you want that sense of pride in the outcome and this is
a team that is starting to want that."

MEN’S SOCCER
Calvin 6, Adrian 1

A year ago, Calvin’s first trip to Adrian’s brand new Performance Stadium
resulted in a 2-2 double-overtime tie. Calvin’s second trip to the
multi-million dollar facility proved more fruitful as the Knights scored a 6-1
victory over the host Bulldogs Saturday afternoon.

Since opening the year with a 1-3-1 record, Calvin (7-4-1 overall) has won six
of its last seven games including its last five. More importantly, the Knights
remain tied for first place in the MIAA standings with Kalamazoo at 5-1-0 in
league play.

Calvin scored four times in the first half with freshman Scott Hooker (Unity
Christian HS) getting the Knights on the board just 17 seconds into the match
on a feed from junior Dan VanSlyke (Grove City, PA). Senior Nick Capisciolto
(Unity Christian HS), freshman Kurt VanSickel (Pittsburgh, PA) and freshman
Jeff Grater (Stow, OH) followed with first half goals. Adrian came back with an
goal early in the second half but the Knights responded with goals by senior
Jared Litty (Hudsonville HS) and Capisciolto to close out the scoring.

Junior Anthony Gratson (Rochester Stoney Creek HS) picked up a pair of assists
for the Knights while junior A.J. Dufendach (Forest Hills VanSlyke and sophomore Luke Holtrop (Unity Christian HS) also were credited
with an assist on the afternoon.

Calvin returns to action on Tuesday when it hosts Tri-State at 4:00 p.m. The
game will be aired via RealAudio through the Calvin web site at:
http://www.calvin.edu/sports/ram/calvinsports.ram

MIAA MEN’S SOCCER STANDINGS THROUGH 10-6-07

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

Jeff Febus
Sports Information Director
Calvin College
(616) 526-6169 Office
(616) 526-8551 Fax
Received on Sat Oct 6 19:50:42 2007