CSR (Men's Tennis Falls to Kalamazoo/Softball Swept at Hope)

CALVIN SPORTS REPORT FOR APRIL 13, 2011
 
Men's Tennis Falls to Kalamazoo;
Softball Swept at Hope
 
MEN'S TENNIS
Kalamazoo 6, Calvin 3
 
By Sports Information Student Assistant Mitch Blankespoor
 
The Calvin men’s tennis team headed into Wednesday’s matchup with the
Kalamazoo Hornets with an undefeated MIAA conference record. They were aiming
to pull off an upset against a Kalamazoo men’s tennis program that has won 72
consecutive MIAA titles. . The Knights fell to Kalamazoo 6-3, despite taking a
2-1 lead early in the match.
 
The doubles matches started off well for Calvin. Roland Eldridge and Preston
Phillips were up 3-2 against Nate Eddy and Mark Denenfeld, but could not hold
the lead and fell 8-4 at the first doubles flight. The second doubles team of
Andrew DeVlieger and Phil Reinken got up an early break and held on to defeat
Steve Hanselman and Clay Bartelt 8-6. Calvin finished off the doubles by
winning at third doubles be a score of 8-4. Brian DeMaagd and Loukas Peterson
defeated Alex Dornbos and Tom Cafmeyer.
 
Calvin took a 2-1 lead into singles play. Unfortunately for Calvin, singles
is the huge strength of the Hornets. Nate Eddy defeated Andrew DeVlieger 6-3,
6-3 despite the Calvin senior playing well. Mark Denenfield defeated Roland
Eldridge 6-1, 6-1. Brian DeMaagd fell to Alex Dombos 6-1, 6-1. Calvin kept
themselves in the match with a win at fourth singles by Preston Phillips. He
beat Tom Cafmeyer 6-3, 7-5. The Hornets clinched that match by winning 4-6,
6-1, 6-1 at fifth singles and 6-0, 6-2 at sixth singles.
 
“I thought we came out with fire and gave Kalamazoo a challenge right away,”
said Calvin men’s tennis coach John Ross. “We knew we had to win two or three
singles flights to have a chance to win the match because Kalamazoo’s strength
is in its singles lineup.”
 
The loss moves Calvin to 10-7 on the season and 2-1 in the conference. The
Knights will return to action when they face Trine on Saturday.
 
MIAA MEN'S TENNIS STANDINGS THROUGH 4-13-11
 
Kalamazoo 4-0
Alma 3-1
Calvin 2-1
Hope 2-1
Trine 0-2
Albion 0-3
Adrina 0-3
 
SOFTBALL
 
HOLLAND - Calvin dropped both ends of a doubleheader at rival Hope Wednesday
afternoon, falling 5-4 and 6-0.
 
Calvin used a late rally in game one to tie the game 4-4 and had runners in
scoring position in the top of the seventh but could not take the lead. Hope
then scored an unearned run in the bottom of the seventh to win the game. All
five of Hope's runs in game one were unearned as the Knights committed six
errors. Calvin collected seven hits in game one including a two-run homer by
freshman Lina Avila in the sixth. The homer was the sixth of the spring for
Avila and brought the Knights within a run at 4-3. In the top of the seventh,
senior Sass VanRooyen reached base on a double and later scored on an infield
error. Sophomore Shelby Mast took the loss for the Knights despite a strong
effort as she struck out five and scattered five hits in 6.1 innings of work.
 
In game two, Hope broke out to quick lead with four runs in the top of the
fourth. The Flying Dutch added two more runs in the fifth to close out the
scoring. Calvin was limited to three hits including two from sophomore Hannah
DeWeerd. Avila took the pitching loss for Calvin with Mast five innings of
relief that included three strikeouts without a walk.
 
Calvin (4-18 overall, 2-4 MIAA) returns to action on Thursday when it hosts
Finlandia University in a non-conference doubleheader at 3:30 p.m.
 
MIAA SOFTBALL STANDINGS THROUGH 4-13
 
Alma 9-1
Hope 5-1
Adrian 8-2
Albion 3-3
Trine 2-2
Calvin 2-4
Saint Mary's 1-5
Olivet 0-6
Kalamazoo 0-6
Received on Wed Apr 13 22:17:35 2011