CSR (Calvin Track and Field Teams Perform Well at Rhodes Invitational)

CALVIN SPRING SPORTS ROUNDUP FOR MARCH 20, 2010
 
Women's Tennis Now 5-1 After Win Over Stevens Point;
Baseball Splits with Western Connecticut State;
Track and Field Teams Perform Well at Rhodes Invitational
 

WOMEN'S TENNIS

The regionally-ranked Calvin women’s tennis team picked up a 9-0 victory over
Wisconsin-Stevens Point in the opener of its spring trip to Orlando, Florida.
The Knights wasted little time in improving their overall record to 5-1. Calvin
returns to action on Monday for a pair of matches, facing Otterbein at noon and
regionally-ranked Colby College at 5:30 p.m.

Calvin 9, Wisconsin-Stevens Point 0
Orlando, FL
 
DOUBLES
1 Melissa Oosterhouse/Kaitlin Spoelhof d. Rachel Ben/Chelsea Allbaugh 8-2
2. Rachel Strikwerda/Jill VanVeen d. Emily Riordan/Kaitlyn King 8-5
3. Elisabeth Geenen/ Rachel DeGroot d. Monica Preisig/Allison Fortier 8-1
 
SINGLES
1. Oosterhouse d. Rachel Ben 6-1, 6-0
2. Spoelhof d. Allbaugh 6-1, 6-4
3. Geenen d. Riordan 6-1, 6-0
4. Strrikwerda d. King 6-1, 6-2
5. Michelle Busscher d. Kaylei Sorensen 6-1, 6-4
6. DeGroot d. Preisig 6-2, 6-4
 
BASEBALL

VERO BEACH, FL – The Calvin baseball team picked up its first victory of the
year on Saturday in defeating Western Connecticut State 13-8 in the second game
of a non-conference doubleheader.
 
In the opener, Calvin (1-3) suffered a 3-1 defeat despite a strong pitching
performance from senior Ben Sietsema (Northpointe Christian HS). Sietsema (0-2)
struck out seven batters in the loss. Sophomore Scott Tipton (Stow, OH) and
senior Kyle Gurzynski (Ludington HS) both went 2-for-3 for the Knights in the
loss.
 
In game two, Calvin cruised behind a strong pitching performance from junior
Peter Steiner (1-0) who went the first five innings and limited Western
Connecticut State to just one run. Calvin led 13-3 through six innings but
Calvin’s bullpen gave up five in the seventh inning to make the game a bit more
interesting.
 
Sophomore Tyler Berger (Grand Rapids Christian HS), junior Andrew Bosma
(Holland Christian HS) and freshman Ben Cok (Grand Rapids Christian HS) all had
two hits apiece in the game two win. Berger and Bosma both had triples.
 
Calvin is back in action on Monday when it faces Grinnell College in a
doubleheader beginning at noon.
 
MEN’S AND WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD
 
MEMPHIS, TN – The Calvin men’s and women’s track and field teams both had
strong starts to their outdoor seasons at the Rhodes College Open Invitational
on Saturday.
 
On the women’s side, fresh off her national championship performance in the
400 meters the week before at the NCAA III Indoor Track and Field
Championships, junior Rachel Boerner (Bergenfield, NJ) came up with an NCAA III
automatic qualifying time of 1:01.64 that was good for second place on
Saturday, only behind Talisha Lee of Mississippi State University.
 
The Calvin women also had NCAA III provisional qualifying times from senior
Jessica Koster (Grand Rapids Christian HS) in the 10,000 meters (36:42.39),
senior Elizabeth Smit (Kirkland, WA) in the 3,000 meter steeplechase
(11:00.32), Calvin’s 4x400 meter relay team (3:55.00), junior Leigha Oberle
(Grand Rapids Christian HS) in the discus (141-11) and junior Sarah Reasoner
(Cambridge, MN) in the discus (136-8) and shot put (43-9 ¾).
 
Highlights for the Calvin men included junior Joel Klingenberg (Hamilton, ON)
placing fourth in the javelin (173-11), senior Brad Stroner (Lakewood HS)
placing 16th in the 100 meters (11.20) and 200 meters (22.81). Senior Caleb
Rottman (Fargo, ND) taking fourth in the high jump (6-4 ¾), senior Aaron
Goodman (Milwaukee, WI) taking second in the 3,000 meter steeplechase (9:25.05)
and junior Ben Van Wyk (Sussex, NJ) taking third (9:26.00), junior Alex Wrobel
(Arden Hills, MN) taking eighth in the 800 meters (1:58.08), senior Kelby
McClelland taking seventh in the 110 high hurdles (15.62) with Rottman eighth
(15.83), sophomore Nick Kramer (Dyer, IN) taking fourth in the 5,000 meters
(14:49.76) and sophomore Dan Kerr (Petoskey HS) placing third in the 10,000
meter run (31:58.65).
 
Full meet results can be found on-line at:
http://www.rhodeslynx.com/documents/2010/3/20/RhodesOpen2010_results57.pdf?id=1484
Received on Sun Mar 21 01:14:27 2010