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CALVIN KNIGHT SPORTS REPORT FOR MARCH 24, 2012

Baseball Splits Doubleheader at Trine;
Swimming and Diving Wraps Up Competition at NCAA III Championships - Men Finish
26th;
Track and Field Athletes Receive MIAA Athlete of the Week Honors

BASEBALL

ANGOLA, IN - The Calvin baseball team picked up a victory in the opener of an
MIAA doubleheader at Trine University Saturday afternoon, winning 9-7. Calvin
built an 8-1 lead only to see Trine roar back to within a run at 8-7 heading
into the seventh.

Calvin tacked on an insurance run in the top of the seventh however as junior
Tyler Tos ripped an RBI single to make it 9-7. Tos (Walnut Creek, CA) finished
the game 4-for-5 at the plate with four RBIs.

In the bottom of the seventh, Trine (6-6, 011 MIAA) put runners on second and
third with two outs but lefthander Cory Laster (Ludington) was able to
extinguish the threat on a fly-out to centerfield to pick up his second save of
the season. Senior Joe Lambers (Grosse Pointe) picked up the win for Calvin
(6-6, 1-1 MIAA) to run his season record to 3-1. Lambers struck out three and
walked two. Senior Scott Tipton (Stow, OH) also had three hits and two RBI’s on
the day. Calvin built an 8-1 lead by scoring two runs in the second, four in
the third and two in the fourth before Trine scored two in the fifth and four
in the sixth to make the game interesting.

In game two, Calvin suffered a hard-luck 1-0 defeat as the host Thunder scored
the game’s only run in the bottom of the sixth inning. Sophomore pitcher Grant
VanderWall (South Christian HS) took the loss despite a strong pitching
performance.
VanderWall (2-1) allowed just three hits in six innings of work but two of the
three hits came in the sixth inning and combined with an error, allowed the
Thunder to take a 1-0 lead. In the seventh, Calvin placed the tying run on
second base with two outs could not bring the runner home.
The two teams play again on Monday in a doubleheader at Calvin slated to start
at 2 p.m.

MEN'S AND WOMEN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING

Calvin concluded competition at the NCAA III Swimming and Diving Championships
on Satuday. In the morning prelims, junior Mark Rushlow (Goshen, IN) took 47th
in the 100 freestyle (46.64) while junior Elizabeth Counsell (Indianapolis, IN)
placed 21st in the 200 breaststroke (2:22.53). Neither finish was enough to
advance to the evening finals however.

Calvin did place in the final men's team standings thanks to a pair of
All-America performances by sophomore Andrew Krafft (Fort Wayne, IN) in the
diving competition. The Calvin men placed 26th with 30 points.

MEN'S AND WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD

ROYAL OAK, Mich. – For the first time in its history, the Michigan
Intercollegiate Athletic Association is recognizing outstanding athletes in
track and field with its Athlete of the Week award.

The MIAA has announced its first recipients of those awards for the 2012
season. Each week, the conference will name an outstanding performer in track
events and field events.

For the week of March 17, Calvin’s Nick Kramer is men’s Track Athlete of the
Week, while the Knights’ Jodi Hoekstra is women’s Track Athlete of the Week.
Calvin’s Aaron Meckes is the men’s Field Athlete of the Week, while Hilary
Banning of the Knights is women’s Field Athlete of the Week.

Kramer, a senior from Dyer, Ind. (Illiana Christian HS), led a Calvin sweep of
the first three places in the men’s 10,000 meters at the Rhodes, Tenn., Open,
as he ran a time of 30:16.42.
 
Hoekstra, a senior from Homer Glen, Ill. (Chicago Christian HS), won the
women’s 10,000 meters at the Rhodes Open with a time of 37:01.90.
 
Meckes, a junior from Bay City (Saginaw Valley Lutheran HS), won the men’s shot
put at the Rhodes Open with a toss of 50 feet, 4 inches, and finished second in
the discus with a throw of 150 feet, 5 inches.

Banning, a sophomore from Whitinsville, Mass. (Whitinsville Christian HS),
placed third in the women’s triple jump at the Rhodes Open with a jump of
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