CKSR (Men's Tennis Competes in Calvin Flighted Invitational/Baseball Rained Out at Alma)

CALVIN KNIGHT SPORTS REPORT FOR APRIL 20, 2012

Men's Tennis Competes in Calvin Flighted Invitational;
Baseball Rained Out at Alma

MEN’S TENNIS

By Mitch Blankespoor

HOLLAND, MI - The Calvin Flighted Invitational ended its first day of
competition Friday. The first day of competition was held at Hope College due
to weather.
 
Each Calvin flight was in action for at least one match. Calvin had two
players competing in each flight of singles. Starting off with ‘’A” singles
flight, junior Preston Phillips defeated Josh Grove of Alma 6-4, 7-5 as well as
Brian DeMaagd defeating Dan Desper of Trine 2-6, 6-3, 10-6. At “B” singles,
junior Phil Reinkin defeated Joey Clark of Trine 6-3, 6-3 and Jarrod Brower was
defeated by Gabe Gasher 3-6, 6-3, 10-5. Nick Ihrie defeated Tom Griffin of
Calvin 6-3, 6-4 at “C” singles as well as Vashan Wright of Calvin defeating Joe
Panzer of Hope 6-4, 6-4. John Strikwerda defeated Dan Owens of Hope 6-4, 4-6,
10-6. Stephen Healy lost to Matt Culver 7-5, 6-2.
 
Both Knight teams in “A” flight doubles went 1-1 on the day. This will force
a matchup of the two Calvin teams tomorrow morning. In the “B” flight of
doubles, Calvin has one team team playing for the championship. Brower and
Wright will face Bussies/Culver.
 
Calvin will host the second and final day of the tournament at two sites:
Strikwerda Tennis Center and the Gainey Athletic Complex.

BASEBALL

Calvin’s doubleheader at Alma on Friday was postponed due to weather. The
doubleheader will be made up on Tuesday, April 24 and will be played at Calvin.
The four-game league series will begin on Monday April 23 at Calvin, meaning
all four games of the series will be played in Grand Rapids.
 
Both doubleheaders (April 23 and 24) are scheduled to begin at 2 p.m.
Received on Fri Apr 20 22:21:55 2012