CSR (Calvin To Stream Video of Games from Van Noord Arena/Mantel & Veltema Named to All-Tournament Team)

CALVIN SPORTS REPORT FOR DEC. 31, 2009
Calvin Reaches Partnernship With Stretch Internet To Stream Video of Calvin
Athletic Contest at Van Noord Arena;
Veltema and Mantel Named to All-Tournament Team at Grand Canyon Classic
STRETCH INTERNET ANNOUNCEMENT
Calvin is partnering with Stretch Internet and will be streaming live video
directly to its Web site from the Van Noord Arena in 2010.
The first video stream to be sent to the Calvin Web site will be the January
6, 2010, Calvin-Hope men’s basketball varsity game. Calvin will stream the
video and audio feed of the WGVU television broadcast for that game. Future
home games in both men’s and women’s basketball as well as women’s volleyball
will be a single-camera shot with house audio accompanying the video feed.
Calvin currently partners with Stretch Internet to provide audio broadcasts of
Calvin sporting events. Making the move to provide both audio and video
streaming with Stretch Internet is a positive move according to Calvin director
of marketing and communications Phil de Haan.
“We are very pleased to partner with Stretch Internet for video streaming of
our men’s and women’s athletic contests inside Van Noord Arena,” said de Haan.
“We recently were able to complete the necessary technical infrastructure
requirements for streaming video from Van Noord Arena and Stretch Internet was
a logical partner for us once we reached that point. We are excited to give
fans, parents and alumni a chance to view Calvin sporting events through the
internet. “
Making the first-ever video stream a Calvin-Hope basketball game is also
exciting said de Haan. “We know there is significant interest in the
Calvin-Hope basketball games for both our men’s and women’s teams. We are not
only excited to stream our men’s game with Hope on January 6, but also our home
women’s game against Hope on February 3.”
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Calvin College seniors John Mantel and Matt Veltema were named to the
all-tournament team of the Grand Canyon Classic Wednesday night.
Calvin posted a 2-1 record at the tournament, defeating Lewis and Clark 79-78,
edging Ohio Northern 70-67 in overtime and falling to Loras 78-61.
During the three games, Mantel averaged 11.0 points and 8.3 rebounds a game.
In Calvin's win over Ohio Northern, he notched his 10th collegiate
double-double with a 13-point, 13-rebound effort. He also became the 19th
player in Calvin men's basketball history to surpass the 1,000 point plateau
during the contest.
Veltema averaged 14.0 points a game during the tournament, connecting on 10 of
17 (.588) from three-point range. In Calvin's win over Lewis and Clark, he
connected on six three-pointers.
Mantel and Veltema have both received all-tournament honors twice this year
with Mantel also named to the Calvin Tip-Off All-Tournament team and Veltema
named to the all-tournament team of the Grand Rapids Sports Hall of Fame
Classic.
GRAND CANYON CLASSIC ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
Nate Green (Benedictine University)
Matt Veltema (Calvin College)
John Mantel (Calvin College)
Kelly Edwards (Lewis & Clark College)
Mike Gleason (Loras College)
Kyle Meyer (Ohio Northern University)
Derek Gossard (Southwestern College)
Ben Walker (Westminster College)
Weston Anderson (Westminster College)
Curt Hanson (University of Wisconsin – Platteville) - MOST OUTSTANDING PLAYER
Mike Shaw (University of Wisconsin – Platteville)
 
 
Received on Thu Dec 31 11:00:21 2009