CALVIN KNIGHT SPORTS REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 1, 2011
Men's Soccer Falls to University of Rochester 3-1;
Women's Golf Has Strong Outing in Dual Match With Aquinas
MEN'S SOCCER
Calvin 3, Rochester 1
(written by University of Rochester SID Dennis O’Donnell)
ROCHESTER, NY – With contributions across the board – and two second half goals
– the University of Rochester men’s soccer team defeated Calvin College
(Mich.), 3-1, in the season opener for both teams.
This was the first round of Rochester’s Flower City Classic. In Thursday’s
other game, SUNY Fredonia defeated St. John Fisher, 1-0, on a penalty kick with
4 seconds remaining. Saturday, Calvin will play Fisher at 4:30 pm (EDT).
Rochester will play Fredonia at 7. Matchups were pre-determined.
The Yellowjackets (1-0) used goals from three different players to rally for
the win. Josh Richards scored the equalizer for Rochester at 8:56, knocking the
ball home from a yard off the line in a goalmouth scramble. Tom Sorrentino set
up the two second half goals for the Yellowjackets.
Less than six minutes into the second half, Rochester earned a throw-in along
the right sideline. Sorrentino threw it into the center of the box. Max
Eberhardt flicked it into the middle and Max Fan headed it into the left corner
of the goal at 50:23.
The Yellowjackets counterattacked for what turned out to be the clinching goal
at 78:48. Sorrentino directed the ball from the right sideline to Alex Swanger
on the right endline. He pushed it into the middle and Steve Zorn cracked a
rising shot under the crossbar from less than 10 yards out. Two minutes
earlier, Rochester’s Braden Adcock put the ball in front from left wing and
Swanger, shielded by Calvin’s Lawrence Murray, couldn’t get a toe to it to push
it into the goal.
Calvin sent waves of attackers on goal and came close a number of times. With
just under 20 minutes left in the first half, Murray hit a free kick into the
box and Brad Heethius headed it just past the post.
Once the score turned in Rochester’s favor with the Fan goal, Calvin focused
its energy. Joe Broekhuizen hit the right post in the 59th minute and the
Yellowjackets scrambled the ball away to the sidelines. Midway through the
second half, Travis Veater shot from a crowd in the goalmouth and Rochester
goalkeeper Scott Garfing made a save at the low right post. Garfing finished
with five saves. Michael Dolan had one save for Calvin and Colago cleared a
ball off the line less than 15 minutes into the match.
A minute later, Dino Duratovic centered the ball and Rochester back Jakob
Seidlitz steered it away from the middle.
Colago put the Knights (0-1) ahead after four minutes, diving to head home a
corner kick from Kyle Vela. That came at the end of a flurry of Calvin corner
kicks, set up when Broekhuizen got to a loose ball in the fourth minute and
whistled a shot on net that Garfing parried for a corner kick.
WOMEN'S GOLF
Aquinas 344, Calvin 353
COMSTOCK PARK - Calvin opened its 2011 fall season with a strong showing
Thursday afternoon in a non-conference dual match against Aquinas, firing a
team score of 353. Aquinas won the match with a score of 344 led by medalist
Abby Hagen with a round of 80.
A year ago, Calvin avaeraged just over 380 strokes-per-round as a team. On
Thursday, the Knights flashed strong potential with a deep lineup of golfers
led by freshman Jackie Richert who fired a round of 80 while sophomore Carlia
Canto had an 86 and freshman Lauryn Richert an 89. All three individuals are
graduates of Port Huron Northern High School. Junior Rachel Whitaker (Forest
Hills Northern HS) was next with a 94 while junior Elise Doezema (Grand Rapids
Christian HS) had a 95 and freshman Nicole Black (Kenowa Hills HS) had a 97.
Calvin returns to action next Tuesday when it competes at an invitational
hosted by North Central College in Naperville, Illinois.
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