CKSR (Volleyball Team Tops Trine - Lizzie Kamp Feature Story / Women's Soccer Team Defeats Olivet Behind Cancel Hat-Trick)

CALVIN KNIGHT SPORTS REPORT FOR OCT. 26, 2011

Volleyball Team Tops Trine - Lizzie Kamp Feature Story;
Women's Soccer Defeats Olivet Behind Hat-Trick From Liz Cancel
VOLLEYBALL
Calvin 3, Trine 0
(by sports information student assistant Andrew Knot)
The Knights stayed perfect on the season with a straight set victory of Trine
in Van Noord Arena on Wednesday. The Knights won in three sets by scores of
25-13, 25-13, 25-15.
Calvin started the match with strong serving. Aces from senior Kelly Peterson
and sophomore Megan Rietema in the first set’s early stages to give the Knights
a 13-6 lead. Rietema would follow that up with two more aces on her service
run to extend Calvin’s lead. The Knights also showed flashes of defensive
prowess in the set when senior Kelly Gordon punched a dig to Rietema, who
tipped on the second contact to earn a kill for the Knights. Senior Erin
Vander Plas tipped on set point to take the first set for the Knights.
In the second set, the Knights jumped out to a 7-3 lead and a cutting angle
shot that junior Lizzie Kamp placed inside the 10 foot drew a time out from
Thunder Coach Jamie Wozniack. In the later stages of the set, Rietema and
Rebecca Kamp teamed up on consecutive block assists to take the score to 23-12.
 The Knights would take the next two points to clinch the set.
The Thunder didn’t go down without a fight in the match’s final set, but the
Knights front line proved to be too much in the end. Renee De Haan put up a
solo block on a back row attack from Carlynne Searles. Trine would keep
possession alive, but Lizzie Kamp ended the point with an emphatic putdown at
the net. Lizzie Kamp followed that up with two more kills to bring the match
to set point and the Knights took the set 25-15.
Lizzie Kamp led the Knights with 9 kills while Renee De Haan and Rebecca Kamp
each had six. Rietema had 27 assists for the Knights and sophomore Jen
Pluymert and Lizzie Kamp led the way with seven digs. Calvin had six service
aces as a team.
With the victory, the Knights improve to 27-0 on the year and 14-0 in
conference. Calvin next squares off with archrival Hope in Holland on Friday.

MIAA VOLLEYBALL STANDINGS THROUGH 10-26-11

Calvin 14-0
Hope 13-1
Alma 11-5
Trine 8-7
Kalamazoo 7-7
Adrian 5-9
Saint Mary’s 5-10
Olivet 2-12
Albion 0-14
MORE VOLLEYBALL

Calvin College sports information student assistant Derek Neice recently
caught up with Calvin junior Lizzie Kamp and filed the following feature story:
http://www.calvin.edu/sports/news/comments/lizzie-kamp-excels-during-junior-campaign-for-calvin-volleyball-team/

WOMEN’S SOCCER
Calvin 6, Olivet 2

OLIVET – Calvin kept its MIAA Tournament hopes alive with a 6-2 victory at
Olivet Wednesday night. Calvin is now three points behind Hope but can still
qualify for the four-team league tournament with victories over Hope and
Kalamazoo over the next six days.

Junior Liz Cancel notched her first collegiate hat-trick on Wednesday night,
scoring three goals including a key blast with seconds left in the first half
that gave the Knights a 2-1 halftime lead. Cancel added two more goals just a
1:24 apart in the second half that helped the Knights take a 5-2 lead.

Also scoring for the Knights were sophomore Paige Rindels, sophomore Danielle
Carter and freshman Samantha Osterhaven. Cancel now has 11 goals on the year
while Osterhaven has nine, Rindels five and Carter four.

Sophomore Ashton Hearn and freshman Lauren Merz split time in goal for the
Knights with Merz picking up one save. Calvin held a 27-5 shots at goal
advantage in the win.

Calvin is now 9-9 overall and 9-5-0 in league play. Calvin will travel to Hope
on Saturday for a contest slated to start at noon.

MIAA WOMEN’S SOCCER STANDINGS THROUGH 10-26-11 GAMES

Adrian 12-2-0
Alma 11-3-1
Kalamazoo 11-4-0
Hope 10-4-0
Calvin 9-5-0
Saint Mary’s 4-9-0
Olivet 3-11-0
Trine 1-11-2
Albion 0-12-1
Received on Wed Oct 26 23:21:20 2011