CSR (Calvin Sports Report for October 25, 2008)

CALVIN SPORTS REPORT FOR OCTOBER 25, 2008

Women's Soccer Rolls To Win at Trine;
Men's Soccer Gains Ground in MIAA Standings With 2-1 Win Over Kalamazoo;
Volleyball Wins Three In Arizona;
Women’s Swimming Defeats Saint Mary’s

WOMEN'S SOCCER
Calvin 8, Trine 0

ANGOLA, IN -- The nationally-ranked Calvin women's soccer team closed out the
round robin portion of its conference schedule on Saturday with a 8-0 win at
Trine University. Ranked fourth nationally, the Knights have gained the top
seed for the upcoming MIAA Tournament and will host Saint Mary's in a first
round game next Saturday at noon. While Calvin has already completed its round
robin schedule, six other MIAA schools will complete their round robin
schedules on Wednesday next week.

Calvin led 3-0 at halftime and then used three second half goals from junior
Natalie Veurink (Spring Lake/Western Michigan Christian HS) to put the game
away.

Senior Elizabeth Ribbens (Tinley Park, IL/Victor J. Andrew HS) also scored
twice for Calvin and in doing so, moved into 11th place on the Calvin career
list for goals (35) and into ninth place in career points (102).

Also scoring for the Knights on Saturday were senior Liz VanRees
(Muskegon/Western Michigan Christian HS) and junior Emily Ottenhoff (Palos
Heights, IL/Chicago Christian HS). VanRees added two assists on the afternon
while with sophomores Mindy Capisciolto (Hudsonville/Unity Christian HS) and
Stephanie Malburg (Grand Rapids/Forest Hills Northern HS) also picked up
assists.

Calvin outshot Trine 38-0 with juniors Alyssa Bergsma (Walker/Calvin Christian
HS) and Kayla Sulzer (St. Charles, MO/Whitfield HS) combining on the shutout in
goal.

Calvin returns to action on Tuesday when it travels to WHAC-leading Madonna
University for a non-conference match at 4:00 p.m. Madonna is currently ranked
21st in the latest NAIA Top 25 poll.

MIAA WOMEN'S SOCCER STANDINGS THROUGH 10-25-08

Calvin 8-0-0 (24 points)
Alma 6-1-0 (18 points)
Hope 5-2-0 (15 points)
Adrian 4-3-1 (13 points)
Albion 4-3-0 (12 points)
Kalamazoo 2-4-1 (7 points)
Olivet 2-5-0 (6 points)
Saint Mary's 1-6-0 (3 points)
Trine 0-8-0 (0 points)

MEN’S SOCCER
Calvin 2, Kalamazoo 1
(written by Chaz Amidon)

GRAND RAPIDS -- The Knights staved off a late-game push by Kalamazoo and
outlasted the seventh-place Kalamazoo College Hornets at Zuidema Field, picking
up their 11th consecutive victory, winning by a score of 2-1.

Freshmen Tyler Vegter (Hudsonville/Unity Christian) and Miles Colago (Anoka,
Minn./Anoka HS) came off the bench to net goals for first-place Calvin (13-3-0,
10-0-0) - each of whom scored against Kalamazoo when the two teams first met
back on Sept. 30.

“That shows the depth we have in our program,” said Calvin coach Chris
Hughes. “That’s where our first goal came from. It worked out nicely.”

Vegter sparked Calvin’s offense with a strike in the 34th minute,
capitalizing off a deflected shot that was initially uncorked by sophomore Kurt
Van Sickel (Pittsburgh, Penn./Trinity Christian), who was awarded the assist.

The Knights amended their 1-0 lead in the second half as Colago fielded a
corner kick from Scott Hooker (Hudsonville/Unity Christian) that weaved through
Kalamazoo’s box, tapping in a weak side goal past Hornet goalkeeper Josh
Wahlstrom.

Trailing 2-0 in the 89th, Kalamazoo converted on a corner kick - the
Hornets’ only opportunity from the corner all game - sent by Dane Carey
with only 1:35 remaining. The goal was given credit to Steve Hagerman.

“Kalamazoo came out to play,” said Hughes. “They battled all 90 minutes.
We knew they were going to be an aggressive team, a fast team, and so we were
expecting it.”

Calvin goalkeeper Darrin Cline (Grandville/Grandville HS) was able to fend off
a pair of late-game through balls sent from the Kalamazoo backfield to solidify
the win for the Knights.

The Knights received more good news following their 10th straight conference
win, as second-place Hope (12-2-2, 8-2-0) fell to Trine (7-9-0, 5-5-0) in a 2-1
battle in Angola, Indiana. Hope’s loss gives Calvin a six-point lead in the
MIAA standings head into next week’s slate of conference games.

Calvin will host fourth-place Olivet (7-8-1, 5-5-0) on Tuesday, Oct. 28 before
trekking to the lakeshore for round two of its rivalry match-up with Hope on
November 1.

MIAA MEN'S SOCCER STANDINGS THROUGH 10-25-08

Calvin 10-0-0
Hope 8-2-0
Albion 6-4-0
Olivet 5-5-0
Trine 5-5-0
Adrian 3-7-0
Kalamazoo 2-8-0
Alma 1-9-0

VOLLEYBALL

CHANDLER, AZ - Calvin upped its season record to 20-4 with three
non-conference victories in Arizona on Saturday. Calvin has now reached the
20-win plateau 14 consecutive years.
The Knights opened the day with a 25-18, 25-15, 25-19 victory at Southwestern
College (AZ) behind the play of freshman Rebecca Kamp (Orland Park, IL/Chicago
Christian HS) who had eight kills while junior Sara Kramer (Dyer, IN/Illiana
Christian HS) and freshman Erin VanderPlas (Cadillac/McBain Christian HS) had
six kills apiece. Senior setter Lauren DeGroot (Tulare, CA/Central Valley
Christian HS) had 20 assists while sophomore setter Carolyn Nelson (Milan/Milan
HS) was strong off the bench with 10 assists in just one set of action. Junior
Kelsey Sears (Traverse City/Traverse City West HS) also had 13 digs.

Calvin then journeyed over to Chandler Valley Christian High School where it
met Embry-Riddle University in a pair of matches.

In the first match, Calvin handed Embry-Riddle a 25-15, 25-16, 25-16 defeat
behind 15 kills from Kamp and 30 assists from DeGroot.

The Knights then topped Embry-Riddle match number-two, winning by scores of
25-11, 25-15, 25-19. Kamp had 15 kills and junior Rachel DeYoung
(Hudsonville/Unity Christian HS) five kills. Nelson got the start and was
stellar with 20 assists. Kamp also had two solo blocks and five block assists
while Kramer, DeYoung and senior Jessica Garlick (Portage/Kalamazoo Christian
HS) all had one solo block.

Calvin returns to action on Wednesday when it hosts Albion at 6:30 p.m. at the
Huizenga Tennis and Track Center in an MIAA match,

WOMEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING

NOTRE DAME, IN - The Calvin women’s swimming and diving team opened its
2008-09 campaign with a 157-122 dual meet victory at Saint Mary’s Saturday
afternoon.

Calvin took first place in nine events led by senior Cara VanWoerkom
(Wyoming/Calvin Christian HS) and junior Emily Roberts (DeKalb, IL/DeKalb HS)
who were both double-winners. VanWoerkom won the 50 freestyle (26.04) and 100
freestyle (56.02) while Roberts won the 100 breaststroke (1:09.82) and 100
butterfly (1:02.06).

Other individual winners for Calvin included junior Laura Price (Warren,
PA/Warren HS) in the 1000 freestyle (11:22.37), Jo VanderLinde (Grand
Rapids/Grand Rapids Christian HS) in the 200 backstroke (2:03.51), senior Erica
Deur (Holland/Holland Christian HS) on the one-meter diving board (268.20),
junior Maggie Vail (Portage/Portage Northern HS) in the 200 meter breaststroke
(2:30.10) and senior Jordan Scott (Oakville, ON/Kings Christian Collegiate) in
the 500 freestyle (5:31.33).

Calvin returns to action next Friday when it competes in a non-conference dual
meet at Grand Valley State at 6:00 p.m.

Full results from the Calvin/Saint Mary’s match can be found on-line at:
http://www3.saintmarys.edu/files/revised_smc_vs_calvin_results.pdf

Jeff Febus
Sports Information Director
Calvin College
(616) 526-6169 Office
(616) 526-8551 Fax
Received on Sat Oct 25 23:31:18 2008