CSR (Volleyball Defeats Kalamazoo/Swimming & Diving Teams Fall to Grand Valley State)

Calvin Sports Report for Oct. 29, 2010
Volleyball Moves Back into Tie for First Place in MIAA Standings With Win Over
Kalamazoo;
Swimming and Diving Teams Drop Dual Meets With Grand Valley
VOLLEYBALL
Calvin 3, Kalamazoo 0 (25-21, 25-14, 25-17)
By sports information student assistant Andrew Knot
The Knights continued to roll in the MIAA, with another three set victory over
Kalamazoo on Friday night.
In the first set, Calvin couldn’t pull ahead of the Hornets, and even trailed
for much of the early portions of the set. Kalamazoo went up 16-15 before
Coach Amber Warners called a timeout to collect her team. The Knights rattled
off four consecutive points and took what looked to be a commanding lead, but
Kalamazoo came back to tie the game at 20. Calvin then opened a lead and
finished the set with a 25-21 victory.
Calvin came out strong in the second set. Sophomore Jen Pluymert went on a
serving run, giving the Knights a 12-6 lead before surrendering the serve.
Kalamazoo cut the deficit to 13-10 but the Knights finished the set off with a
25-14 victory.
Calvin opened the final set with some big attacks from their middle hitters.
Juniors Renee DeHaan and Rebecca Kamp had big kills up the middle to give
Calvin an early lead. Calvin didn’t look back from there, taking the final set
25-17 off of an Erin VanderPlas attack.
Statistically, DeHaan led the Knights with 12 kills. Freshman Megan Rietema
had 31 Calvin’s 35 assists on the night. Rebecca Kamp played a role in 5
blocks and Kelly Peterson had 7 digs in the back row.
“I thought our passes were really good tonight. Our defense played well,”
said Warners.
Calvin closes out the regular season by hosting Alma tomorrow night. On that
match-up, Warners said, “One of our goals is to win the league. To do that
we’ll have to play well tomorrow.”
MIAA VOLLEYBALL STANDINGS THROUGH 10-29-10
Calvin 14-1
Hope 14-1
Alma 12-3
Kalamazoo 10-6
Olivet 6-9
Trine 5-10
Adrian 4-11
Saint Mary's 3-12
Albion 0-15
MEN'S AND WOMEN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING
The men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams were in action Friday night,
hosting Grand Valley State in a non-conference dual meet. The visiting Lakers
came out on top in both competitions, winning the men’s meet 144-86 and the
women’s meet 166-72. The Knights are back in action on Saturday, traveling to
Alma for 1 p.m. dual meets.
In the men’s meet, Calvin freshman Andrew Krafft (Fort Wayne, IN) swept both
diving competitions, winning the one-meter board with a score of 267.10 and the
three-meter board with a score of 292.80, less than six points off Calvin’s
school record of 298.50 set by Bill VanEe in 1985. Other first place
performances for the Calvin men included sophomore Stephen Kraft (Warsaw, IN)
in the 200 breaststroke (2:15.11) and freshman Andrew Mitchell (Iron Mountain,
MI), freshman Casey Harless (DeWitt, MI), freshman Adam Alexander (Holland
Christian HS) and sophomore Devin Heitz (Brockport, NY) in the 400 freestyle
relay with a time of 3:25.07.
On the women’s side, sophomore Samantha Klaasen (Holland Christian HS) had a
good showing, placing fourth on the one-meter board (228.15) and fourth on the
three-meter board (219.20). Freshman Elise Kauffman (Sugarland, TX) also had a
big night, finishing third on the three-meter (226.80) and sixth on the
one-meter (208.10). Calvin also went one-two in the 200 breaststroke with
sophomore Elizabeth Counsell (Indianapolis, IN) taking first (2:29.47) and
sophomore Rachel Colasurdo (Chesapeake, VA) taking second (2:35.07). Calvin’s
400 freestyle relay team of sophomore Stephanie Fox (Kentwood, MI), senior
Kendra Kinzer (Fort Wayne, IN), senior Monica Bessler (Sandusky, OH) and
sophomore Rachel Bos (Unity Christian HS) also took first place in a time of
3:45.78.
The Knights are back in action on Saturday, traveling to Alma for 1 p.m. dual
meets.
Received on Fri Oct 29 23:31:32 2010