CSR (Tennis Teams Have Busy Fridays/Softball Swept by Hope)

CALVIN SPORTS REPORT FOR APRIL 4, 2008

Men's Tennis Wins Two in Friday Action;
Women's Tennis Splits Matches at Midwest Invitational Tournament;
Softball Swept by Hope

MEN'S TENNIS

ROCKFORD -- The Calvin men's tennis team picked up a pair of victories on Friday at the MVP Fitness Center, defeating Grand Rapids Community College and Alma College by scores of 9-0. Calvin's win against Grand Rapids Community College will not count on its final overall record however as it did not come against a four-year institution. Calvin's win over Alma was a conference win, bumping the Knights' conference mark to 2-0 and its overall mark to 6-3.

Calvin is back in action on Tuesday, traveling to nationally-ranked Kalamazoo for a conference match.

Calvin College 9, Grand Rapids Community College 0
Apr 04, 2008 at Rockford, MI

Singles competition
1. Marcus Zeilstra (CALVINM) def. Pat Snyder (GRCC) 6-1, 6-2
2. Matthew De Vlieger (CALVINM) def. Kyle Vyncke (GRCC) 6-1, 6-3
3. Andrew De Vlieger (CALVINM) def. Jeff Karasinski (GRCC) 6-3, 6-0
4. Andrew Rescorla (CALVINM) def. Marcelo Souza (GRCC) 6-2, 6-2
5. Roland Eldridge (CALVINM) def. Zack Chapin (GRCC) 3-6, 6-1, 10-7
6. Nick Steenstra (CALVINM) def. Tile Akaa (GRCC) 6-1, 6-1

Doubles competition
1. Matthew De Vlieger/Andrew De Vlieger (CALVINM) def. Pat Snyder/Kyle Vyncke (GRCC) 8-0
2. Roland Eldridge/Andrew Rescorla (CALVINM) def. Zack Chapin/Jeff Karasinski (GRCC) 8-3
3. Mike Goorhouse/Nick Steenstra (CALVINM) def. Marcelo Souza/Mitch Kruizenga (GRCC) 8-0

Calvin College 9, Alma College Scots 0
Apr 04, 2008 at Rockford, MI

Singles competition
1. Ricky Tilton (CALVINM) def. Josh Sanders (ALMA-M) 6-1, 6-3
2. Marcus Zeilstra (CALVINM) def. Chris Noel (ALMA-M) 6-0, 6-2
3. Steve DeMaagd (CALVINM) def. Dan Fraser (ALMA-M) 6-2, 6-2
4. Mike Goorhouse (CALVINM) def. Tom Hardin (ALMA-M) 6-1, 6-1
5. Matthew De Vlieger (CALVINM) def. Kace Lovejoy (ALMA-M) 6-0, 6-1
6. Andrew De Vlieger (CALVINM) def. Alex Montoye (ALMA-M) 6-0, 6-0

Doubles competition
1. Steve DeMaagd/Marcus Zeilstra (CALVINM) def. Chris Noel/Kace Lovejoy (ALMA-M) 8-1
2. Ricky Tilton/Mike Goorhouse (CALVINM) def. Josh Sanders/Tom Hardin (ALMA-M) 8-0
3. Andrew De Vlieger/Andrew Rescorla (CALVINM) def. Dan Fraser/Alex Montoye (ALMA-M) 8-3

WOMEN'S TENNIS

MADISON, WI -- Competing at the rugged Midwest Invitation Tournament, Calvin split a pair of matches on Friday, falling to Wisconsin-Whitewater 5-4 and bouncing back to defeat St. Mary's of Minnesota 5-1.

Calvin's match against Wiconsin-Whitewater featured a pair of regionally-ranked teams going head-to-head as Whitewater came in ranked ninth in the central region and Calvin ranked 11th. Calvin opened the match by winning two of the three doubles points with sophomore Jill VanVeen (Grand Rapids Christian HS) and freshman Kaitlin Spoelhof (Holland Christian HS) winning at No. 2 doubles and sophomores Elisabeth Geenen (Holland Christian HS) and Rachel DeGroot (Lombard, IL) winning at No. 3 doubles.

Whitwater (16-5) came back to take four of the six singles points to pull out the win. Calvin's two singles victories came from freshman Melissa Oosterhouse (Grand Rapids Christian HS) at No. 1 singles and sophmore Rachel Strikwerda (Holland Christian HS) at No. 4 singles. Calvin then bounced back with a 5-1 victory over St. Mary's College of Minnesota in a match that was concluded when the outcome was decided.

Calvin swept the three doubles points with Oosterhouse and Strikwerda winning at No. 1 doubles, Spoelhof and VanVeen at No. 2 doubles and Geenen and DeGroot at No. 3 doubles. Singles victories went to Geenen at No. 3 singles and freshman Michelle Busscher (Western Michigan Christian HS) at No. 5 singles. Calvin (10-3) is scheduled to return to action on Saturday for a pair of matches at the tournament.

Wisconsin-Whitewater 5, Calvin College 4
Apr 04, 2008 at Madison, WI

Singles competition
1. Melissa Oosterhouse (CALVINW) def. Ingrid Stensvaag (UWWHITE) 6-2, 5-7, 10-5
2. Lauren Fahl (UWWHITE) def. Kaitlin Spoelhof (CALVINW) 6-2, 1-6, 10-1
3. Kara Amundson (UWWHITE) def. Elisabeth Geenen (CALVINW) 6-3, 6-0
4. Rachel Strikwerda (CALVINW) def. Tiffany Dawson (UWWHITE) 1-6, 6-4, 10-8
5. Amy Siemon (UWWHITE) def. Michelle Busscher (CALVINW) 4-6, 6-2, 10-6
6. Jenny Wohayn (UWWHITE) def. Kelsey Bushhouse (CALVINW) 6-0, 7-5

Doubles competition
1. Lauren Fahl/Tiffany Dawson (UWWHITE) def. #12 Melissa Oosterhouse/Rachel Strikwerda (CALVINW) 9-7
2. Jill VanVeen/Kaitlin Spoelhof (CALVINW) def. Ingrid Stensvaag/Amy Siemon (UWWHITE) 9-8 (10-8)
3. Elisabeth Geenen/Rachel DeGroot (CALVINW) def. Kathleen Kappel/Emily Kappel (UWWHITE) 8-3

Calvin College 5, St. Mary's of Minnesota 1
Apr 04, 2008 at Madison, WI

Singles competition
3. Elisabeth Geenen (CALVINW) def. Brittney Nielsen (STMRYMN) 6-2, 6-2
5. Michelle Busscher (CALVINW) def. Abby Cooper (STMRYMN) 6-0, 6-3
6. Courtney Spartz (STMRYMN) def. Kelsey Bushhouse (CALVINW) 6-0, 6-3

Doubles competition
1. Melissa Oosterhouse/Rachel Strikwerda (CALVINW) def. Val Meschke/Kayla Lenz (STMRYMN) 8-3
2. Kaitlin Spoelhof/Jill VanVeen (CALVINW) def. Sara Clements/Abby Cooper (STMRYMN) 8-0
3. Elisabeth Geenen/Rachel DeGroot (CALVINW) def. Courtney Spartz/Brianna Placek (STMRYMN) 8-1

SOFTBALL
Hope 4, Calvin 2
Hope 8, Calvin 0

KENTWOOD -- Calvin dropped a pair of games to Hope on Friday afternoon at the Gainey Athletic Complex, falling 4-2 and 8-0 in a game that was shortened to five innings because of the mercy rule.

In the opener, Calvin (4-14 overall, 0-6 MIAA) jumped out to a 2-1 lead on run-scoring doubles by junior Brittany Moriarity (Muskegon Mona Shores HS) and senior Cori VanKoevering (Unity Christian HS) in the first inning. Hope (12-5 overall, 3-1 MIAA) came back to tie the score with a run in the fourth and took the lead with single runs in the fifth and seventh innings.

Calvin picked up six hits in the loss with senior Sam Ehlert (Rockford HS) going 2-for-3 for the Knights. Junior Loren Scarbrough (Antioch, IL) and freshman Jacqueline Kirkman (Salem, OH) also had hits for Calvin.

Junior Kristin Folkerts (Grand Rapids Christian HS) took the loss for the Knights, striking out one and walking one.

In game two, Hope scored two runs in the first, two in the second, two in the third and two in the fourth to cruise to the win. Hope outhit Calvin 9-1 with VanKoevering collecting the lone hit for the Knights. Sophomore Mandy Johnson (Northpointe Chrisitan HS) took the loss for Calvin to fall to 1-3 on the year.

Calvin is back in action on Saturday as the Knights travel to Naperville, Illinois, for a pair of games. Calvin will face Wheaton (IL) at 11:00 a.m. (CST) and North Central at 1:00 p.m. (CST).

Jeff Febus
Sports Information Director
Calvin College
(616) 526-6169 Office
(616) 526-8551 Fax
Received on Fri Apr 4 23:35:23 2008