CSR (Women's Basketball Picks Up First Round NCAA III Tournament Win/Friday Spring Sports Roundup)

CALVIN SPORTS REPORT FOR MARCH 4, 2011
Women's Basketball Picks Up First Round NCAA III Tournament Win;
Friday Spring Sports Roundup
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Calvin 73, La Roche 37
By Sports Information Student Assistant Derek Neice
After defeating rival Hope College in the MIAA Tournament Championship to
clinch an automatic bid to the NCAA III Tournament, the Calvin Knights defended
its home turf and won a decisive first round NCAA III Tournament victory over
La Roche College, defeating the Red Hawks by a score of 73-37.
Calvin will face the University of Chicago in a second round game Saturday at
7 p.m. Chicago defeated Hanover 76-62 in the initial first round game Friday.
Despite being subbed out a majority of the second half, sophomore Carissa
Verkaik (Holland, MI) led the Knights with what was just shy of a triple double
with 19 points, 11 rebounds, and 9 blocks.
The Knights shot 40.4 percent from the field for the game on 23 of 57
shooting. Other key contributors for Calvin was sophomore Ally
Wolffis(Muskegon, MI) who added 10 points and 5 boards, and sophomores Julia
Hildbrands (Grand Rapids, MI) and Michalea Breuker (Fremont, MI) who both had 8
points.
“We did a great job putting pressure defensively on the perimeter and our post
did a really good job,” coach Ross said after the game. “That makes the
offense flow a lot easier and it was a really good game for us.”
“One of our main goals is to hold teams to a low score,” Verkaik added. “And
then once we do that we were very patient on offense which helped a lot too.”
In the first half the Knights rolled out to an early 8-0 lead and then used a
15-0 run to increase the lead to 23-2. At the break Calvin lead by a huge
score of 35-8, shooting 40.7 percent from the field and holding the Red Hawks
to a meager 11.1 percent.
In the second half the Knights again went on roll, using an 11-0 run to lead
46-8. Calvin then had the privilege of substituting its starters out to rest,
and the Knights were able to coast to the finishing score of 73-37.
The win pushes Calvin to 25-4 overall while La Roche, making its first time
NCAA Tournament in school history, drop to 23-5.
Saturday, the Knights will again host in the second round game against the
Maroons of the University of Chicago, who defeated Hanover College earlier on
Friday in the Van Noord Arena.
“Chicago is really good but we’re excited to play at home,” Ross said. “We’re
really comfortable in this arena and it’s a great blessing to have such a great
facility to play in.”
That game will kick off at 7 p.m.
SPRING SPORTS ROUNDUP FOR 3-4-11
Women's Tennis - Calvin defeated Davenport 6-3 Friday afternoon at the
Huizenga Tennis & Track Center to move to 1-2 on the year.
Box Score - http://www.calvin.edu/sports/womens/tennis/results/2011/caldv3.htm
(more to come Saturday).
Baseball - Dropped both ends of a doubleheader at Centre College Friday night,
falling 4-2 and 4-1. - More to come Saturday.
Game One Box Score:
http://www.centre.edu/web/athletics/baseball/box_scores/1011/cal-cen1.htm
Game Two Box Score:
http://www.calvin.edu/sports/mens/baseball/results/2011/cal-cen2.htm
MEN'S AND WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD
Calvin competed at the North Central Last Chance Meet Friday night. Sophomore
Greg Whittle won the mile run with an NCAA III Indoor Automatic qualifying time
of 4:11.98. On the women's side, senior Rachel Boerner won the 400 meters with
an NCAA III Indoor automatic qualifying time of 56.38. More to come on
Saturday.
Meet Results:
http://www.calvin.edu/sports/mens/track/Results/2011/Results4.HTM?id=1299
 
Received on Sat Mar 5 00:36:57 2011