CKSR (Softball Swept at Saint Mary's/Women's Golf Ties for Third at Hope Invite/Men's Tennis Topples Trine)

CALVIN KNIGHT SPORTS REPORT FOR APRIL 5, 2012

Softball Swept at Saint Mary’s;
Women’s Golf Ties for Third at Hope Invitational;
Men’s Tennis Topples Trine

SOFTBALL

NOTRE DAME, IN – Calvin suffered a pair of hard-luck defeats at Saint Mary’s
Thursday afternoon, falling 1-0 and 7-5 in the MIAA opener for the Knights.

In game one, Saint Mary’s (15-7 overall, 2-2 MIAA) scored a run in the bottom
of the seventh inning to claim the win. Calvin had two runners aboard in the
sixth but could not score. In the top of the seventh, Calvin placed runners on
first and third with one out but again failed to score. In the bottom half of
the inning, Saint Mary’s used a single, a Calvin error and then a double to
bring home the game-winning run. Sophomore Lina Avila (2-7) took the loss,
striking out two and walking one while scattering six hits.

In game two, Calvin (5-13 overall, 0-2 MIAA) and Saint Mary’s were tied 4-4
headed into the fifth inning but the host Belles scored three times in the top
of the fifth to build a 7-4 lead.
 
Calvin took an early 1-0 lead in the first as freshman Merin Cok walked and
scored on a double by Lina Avila. The RBI was the 24th of the year for Avila.
 
Saint Mary’s came back with two runs in the second and two more in the fourth
to build a 4-1 lead. Calvin answered with three runs of its own in the bottom
of the fourth as freshman Christie VanderMeer drove in one run on a fielder’s
choice and Cok delivered two more with a bases-loaded single to center.

In the fifth, the Belles scored one run on a wild pitch and then added two
more unearned runs to take a 7-4 advantage. Calvin was able to get one run back
in the bottom of the seventh on an RBI double by freshman Catherine Hillbrands
but could not score after that.

Freshman Trista Brownlee (3-7) took the loss for Calvin. Calvin had six hits
in defeat including two off the bat of Hillbrands.

Calvin returns to action on Saturday when it hosts Albion in a doubleheader at
1 p.m.

WOMEN’S GOLF

HOLLAND, Mich – The Calvin women’s golf team tied for third place at the Hope
Invitational Thursday afternoon at the Ravines Golf Club with a team score of
356 strokes. Calvin tied host Hope for third place with Olivet winning with a
score of 332 while Aquinas was second (352). Rochester College placed fifth
with a score of 410 strokes.

Calvin’s top individual was sophomore Carlia Canto with a round of 82 while
junior Elise Doezema had an 89 and junior Rachel Whitaker a 92. Freshman Jaclyn
Richert had a 93 and freshman Laura Richert a 101.
 
Calvin is back in action on April 17 when it competes at the first 18-hole
MIAA Tournament round. Hope College will serve as host that afternoon.

MEN’S TENNIS
Calvin 8, Trine 1

By Andrew Knot

The Knights took a convincing dual match against conference foe Trine,
sweeping the doubles flights and winning the five of the six singles flights.
 
In the doubles portion of the match, the Knights went undefeated in almost
uncontested fashion. Jarrod Brower and Vashan Wright, the third doubles team,
defeated their Trine counterparts 8-0 and Brian DeMaagd and Loukas Peterson,
the second doubles squad, nearly matched their teammates, winning 8-1. Calvin’s
first doubles pair of Preston Phillips and Phillip Reinken defeated Trine’s Joe
Dunbar and Dan Desper 8-6.
 
The Knights only dropped point came in the first singles match. Brian DeMaagd
battled back against the Thunder’s Joe Dunbar to take the second set 6-4. The
two then entered a ten-point tiebreaker. DeMaagd and Dunbar were all square at
seven points before Dunbar took the final three points to win the tiebreak
10-7.
 
Tom Griffin won a hard-fought three-set match by scores of 6-3, 1-6, 7-5.
Jarrod Brower defeated Nick Ihrie 6-2, 6-1. Loukas Peterson won by almost
equally impressive scores of 6-2, 6-2. Phillip Reinken also won in straight
sets: 6-4, 6-4. As the number two singles competitor, Preston Phillips found
himself in a tight match. Phillips took the first set 7-6(3) and was neck and
neck midway through the second set before pulling ahead late to take the set
6-3.
 
“I thought it was key to win all three doubles flights. It was good to see Tom
win a three-set match. We need to keep getting better in tough matches,” said
Coach John Ross.
 
The Knights are now 4-5 overall and square off against Albion on Saturday.
Received on Thu Apr 5 22:35:14 2012