CALVIN KNIGHT SPORTS REPORT FOR OCT. 22, 2011
Men's Soccer Takes Out Trine - Expands Lead in MIAA Standings;
Women's Soccer Shuts Out Saint Mary's;
Volleyball Picks Up Wins Over Alma and Finlandia;
Swim Teams Open Up Seasons at MIAA Relays
MEN'S SOCCER
Calvin 4, Trine 1
By Sports Information Student Assistant Andrew Knot
The Knights improved their league-best record to 13-3-1 overall and 9-1-1 in
conference with a 4-1 dismantling of Trine on Saturday.
Trine issued the Knights their lone conference loss earlier in the year, with
a 2-0 result in Angola, Indiana.
The Thunder got on the board first when Foster Webb capitalized on a defensive
miscue in the 22nd minute. But Calvin responded quickly; in the 24th minute,
junior Chris Nance got free on the right flank and worked his way to the top of
the 18, where he put a shot on net. Sophomore Zach Willis came streaking onto
the shot and redirected it past keeper Nick Thon to equalize for the Knights.
The game entered halftime tied at one.
Calvin found some continued offense in the second half when Willis, after
receiving the ball from senior Justin Ahearne put a shot towards the far post.
Senior Tyler Vegter crashed the post and drilled the ball into the net, giving
Calvin its first lead of the match.
Later in the half, freshman Dino Duratovic set up Nance on a vertical through
ball. Already past the defense, Nance darted towards net and put a shot past
Thon from the top of the 18. Senior Brad Heethuis joined the goal club when,
after stumbling over the ball in the box, he directed a shot towards the side
netting. From there, Calvin closed out the match with a 4-1 victory.
“After the first 20 minutes our midfield stepped up and outplayed theirs,”
said Coach Chris Hughes. “We also got great pressure from the striker line.”
Calvin hosts Albion on Tuesday at 4:00.
WOMEN’S SOCCER
Calvin 5, Saint Mary’s 0
Calvin got back on the winning track with a 5-0 victory at Saint Mary’s
Saturday afternoon. Calvin led 2-0 at halftime and received five saves from
sophomore goalkeeper Ashton Hearn to post the shutout victory. Calvin is now
8-9-0 overall and 8-5-0 in the MIAA. The Knights remain six points behind
Kalamazoo for fourth place in the MIAA standings.
Calvin got on the scoreboard in the 11th minute on senior Kara Zondervan’s
goal as she ripped in a shot off a pass from junior Francesca Smith. Junior Liz
Cancel then put the Knights up 2-0 five minutes later on a shot from the top of
the box.
In the second half, sophomore Paige Rindels and freshman Sam Osterhaven
scored unassisted goals while Smith scored off an assist from Cancel in the
83rd minute of play to close out the scoring.
Calvin will travel to Olivet next Wednesday for a 4 p.m. conference match.
VOLLEYBALL
By Sports Information Student Assistant Mitch Blankespoor
ALMA, MI – The Calvin College women’s volleyball team came to Alma’s Art Smith
Arena with its perfect season on the line. The Knights first squared off
against the Scots of Alma College. Almost a month ago, the Calvin rolled over
Alma 25-14, 25-17, 25-13. This time around, each team would be without a key
player; sophomore outside hitter Megan Korber for Calvin and sophomore setter
Erika VanHavel for Alma. The result, however, was the same. Alma failed to
score 15 points in any set as Calvin downed the Scots by scores of 25-12,
25-14, 25-12.
Calvin hit a .357 clip as a team while holding the Scots to -.011. The
Knights had eight team blocks and served as many aces.
Junior Lizzie Kamp (Chicago Christian HS) led the Knights scoring 11 kills
including four kills in five points in the third set. She also included eight
digs. Senior Erin Vander Plas (Northern Michigan Christian) was the other
Knight scoring double digit kills with ten. She chipped in four blocks as
well. Senior middle blockers Rebecca Kamp (Chicago Christian HS) and Renee
DeHaan (Grand Rapids Christian HS) scored eight and five kills respectively.
DeHaan contributed five blocks. Sophomore setter Megan Rietema (Grand Rapids
Christian HS) dished out 33 assists. Senior libero Kelly Gordon (South
Christian HS) had 15 digs.
The Scots were led by senior Shelby Gray who recorded six kills. Junior
Kelsee Miles dished out 17 assists.
“Alma is a good team. They can give anyone a game.” Head coach Amber Warners
reflected. “I was very pleased with the intensity we came out with today. We
took Alma out of its game right away.”
The Knights took the court three hours later against the Finlandia University
Lions. The match was over very quickly. It took the Calvin just 44 minutes to
dismantle the Lions in straight sets by scores of 25-7, 25-5, 25-4.
Calvin hit a .500 clip, while holding Finlandia to .222. The Knights
outblocked the Lions nine to zero.
Calvin used a balanced attack to defeat Finlandia. Sophomore Morgan Hahn
(Delta HS) and junior Rebecca Ratkov (Anchor Bay HS) lead scored seven kills.
Ratkov also added five blocks. Freshmen Ellie Diepersloot (Chowchilla HS)
added seven kills of her own. Megan Rietema dished out 21 assists despite
playing two sets. Kelly Gordon assumed the setting duties for the Knights in
the final set scoring six assists. She also added six service aces, several of
which came in a 16-point service run to close out the match. Gordon and
freshmen Elise Biesboer (Timothy Christian HS) dug out six balls.
“Every player on this team has a great work ethic. It was nice to see
everyone get on the court, especially those who don’t normally get to see the
floor.” Warners commented after the match.
Top-ranked Calvin (26-0, 13-0 MIAA) returns to action this Wednesday when the
Trine Thunder come to the Van Noord Arena.
MEN’S AND WOMEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING
HOLLAND – The Calvin men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams opened up
their seasons on Saturday at the MIAA Relays held at the Holland Aquatic
Center. The competition was unscored and featured several relays that are not
otherwise used in collegiate competition.
In the men’s competition, Calvin posted a win in the 200 butterfly relay with
the quartet of sophomore Peter Johnson, sophomore Andrew Mitchell, freshman
Brandon Vagt and junior Mark Rushlow recording a tie of 1:36.63. Calvin’s 3x500
freestyle relay team of junior Mathias Bares, freshman Travis Vincent and
freshman Alex Bauwmann won with a time of 15:25.07.
On the women’s side, Calvin took first place in the 200 butterfly relay with
the team of senior Rachel Bos, junior Shelby Cloyd, junior Rachel Colasurdo and
sophomore Maria Sedjo clocking in with a time of 1:52.89. Calvin’s 3x500
freestyle relay team of freshman Kathryn Wrobel, junior Stephanie Fox and
junior Shelby Cloyd also won with a time of 16:16.09 while its 4x100 IM relay
team of Colasurdo, junior Elizabeth Counsell, junior Savannah VanWormer and Fox
took first in a time of 4:19.33.
Both Calvin teams will host Grand Valley State in non-conference dual meets
this coming Friday night at Calvin’s Venema Aquatic Center.
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