CALVIN SPORTS ROUNDUP FOR OCTOBER 12, 2008
Women's Golf Eighth at MIAA Tournament - Ninth in Final Standings
WOMEN'S GOLF
BATTLE CREEK -- The Calvin women's golf team finished eighth at the 36-hole
MIAA Tournament, firing a team score of 412 strokes on day two of the
tournament - finishing with a final tournament score of 832 strokes. The MIAA
Tournament was held at the Bedford Valley Country Club. Calvin shaved eight
strokes off its Friday score on Saturday led by junior Kelli Visser (Grand
Rapids/Grand Rapids Christian HS) who fired a second day score of 92 to finish
with a two-day total of 190 (98-92) to finish in 24th place individually.
Junior Emily Tuuk (Grand Rapids/Grand Rapids Christian HS) also had a strong
day two, firing a round of 95 to finish with a score of 193 (98-95). Next for
Calvin was freshman Kelsey Kolk (Jenison/Unity Christian HS) with a round of
105 on Saturday for a two-day total of 204 (99-105). Rounding out Calvin's
finishers was freshman Katy Berghuis (Wyoming/Calvin Christian HS) with a 120
for a two-day total of 245 (125-120).
With its MIAA Tournament score, Calvin finished with a final season total of
2,470 strokes to finish ninth in the final MIAA standings.
Individually, Visser placed 23rd in the final MIAA individual standings with a
season average of 93.8 strokes per round, ranking as the 12th-best
single-season average in Calvin’s women’s golf history. Tuuk placed 26th in
the final league standings with an average of 94.8 strokes per round which
ranks 16th on the all-time Calvin single-season list.
Olivet took first place at the MIAA Tournament and also captured the overall
MIAA title for the third straight year.
Rosie O'Conner of Saint Mary's was the tournament medalist with a two-day
score of 161 strokes (83-78). O'Conner also finished as the overall season
(MVP) medalist.
MIAA TOURNAMENT TEAM SCORES
OLIVET 681
SAINT MARY'S 685
HOPE 705
KALAMAZOO 747
ALBION 750
ALMA 761
TRINE 762
CALVIN 832
ADRIAN 856
FINAL OVERALL MIAA TEAM STANDINGS
OLIVET 1977
SAINT MARY'S 2034
HOPE 2053
ALBION 2194
TRINE 2218
KALAMAZOO 2220
ALMA 2268
ADRIAN 2454
CALVIN 2470
SEE CALVIN WOMEN’S GOLF PHOTO GALLERY FROM MIAA TOURNAMENT:
http://www.calvin.edu/gallery/MIAA-Tournament-2008
Jeff Febus
Sports Information Director
Calvin College
(616) 526-6169 Office
(616) 526-8551 Fax
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