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CALVIN KNIGHT SPORTS REPORT FOR APRIL 21, 2012

WOMEN’S TENNIS
Calvin 7, Adrian 2

ADRIAN – Calvin improved to 6-11 overall and to 4-2 in the MIAA with a 7-2
conference dual match win at Adrian Saturday afternoon. The Knights are
currently in fourth place in the MIAA standings and have now clinched a spot in
the upcoming four-team MIAA Tournament. Calvin has remaining regular season
league matches against Hope (April 24) and against Trine (April 28). The MIAA
Tournament is slated to start on May 3 at the site of the MIAA regular season
champion. Calvin is two wins ahead of Alma (4-4) but holds a head-to-head
tiebreaker edge over Alma for a league tournament spot.

In its win over Adrian on Saturday, Calvin claimed two of the three doubles
points. Freshmen Megan Visser (Kalamazoo/Kalamazoo Christian HS) and Samantha
Reitsma (Grand Rapids/Northpointe Christian HS) combined for an 8-6 win at No.
1 doubles while sophomore Lauren Schlagenhauf (Fort Wayne, IN/Concordia
Lutheran HS) and junior Jordan Ipema (Kalamazoo/Kalamazoo Christian HS) were
8-3 winners at No. 3 doubles.

Visser then picked up a 6-2, 7-5 win at No. 1 singles while Schlagenhauf was a
6-2, 6-3 winner at No. 2 singles. Ipema won 6-1, 6-3 at No. 3 singles, junior
Elise Doezema (Grand Rapids/Grand Rapids Christian HS) won 6-1, 6-3 at No. 5
singles and freshman Ali Roode (Hudsonville/Unity Christian HS) won 6-1, 6-3 at
No. 6 singles.

Calvin’s match at Hope next Tuesday is slated to start at 4 p.m.

MIAA WOMEN’S TENNIS STANDINGS THROUGH 4-21-12 MATCHES
Hope 6-0
Albion 7-1
Kalamazoo 5-2
Calvin 4-2
Alma 4-4
Saint Mary’s 2-3
Adrian 2-5
Trine 1-6
Olivet 0-8

MEN’S TENNIS
By Mitch Blankespoor

The Calvin men’s tennis team concluded play in its own Calvin Flighted Singles
Invitational Saturday afternoon at Calvin’s Strikwerda Tennis Center and the
Zandee Tennis Center at the Gainey Athletic Complex.

The Knights had players competing at every single flight. In the “A” singles
flight, Calvin had a pair of Knights fall in the semifinals.Preston Phillips
fell to Parker Bussies of Hope 6-3, 6-3 and Brian DeMaagd lost to Bobby Cawood
6-1, 6-1.This set up a consolation final fitting the two Calvin juniors against
each other. The two elected not to play,and each shared third place.

Calvin junior Phil Reinken won the “B” singles flight despite struggling in the
semifinal match. He defeated Hope’s Kyle Kreps 6-7(4), 7-6(2), 10-7. The
final match was much more straightforward. Reinken downed David Murray of Trine
7-5, 6-1. Vashan Wright won the “C” singles flight for Calvin defeating Alma’s
Ben Schippers 6-3, 6-1 before beating Cody Herbuck of Hope 7-5, 6-3 in the
final.

Calvin freshmen John Strikwerda made a name for himself by winning the “D”
singles flight. In the semifinal match, Strikwerda defeated Alma’s Phil
Ryskamp 6-2, 6-0 and then Matt Culver of Hope in the final 6-4, 6-3.“Our A
singles players played hard this morning,” Calvin head coach John Ross said.
“It just wasn’t their day.”

In the “A” doubles flight, four Calvin Knights played in the consolation final.
 Phillips and Reinken defeated DeMaagd and Peterson 8-5.In the “B” singles
flight, Vashan Wright and Jarrod Brower edged out Bussies and Culver of Hope
9-8(4) to win the flight. “Our doubles teams played a good first round
yesterday.” Ross commented.

“It was nice to see Jarrod and Vashan win the “B” flight. Our doubles teams in
the “A” flight ran into good Hope teams that we will have to face next week.”
Calvin will return to action when it plays host to rival Hope College Wednesday
at Strikwerda Tennis Center.

SOFTBALL
Trine 10, Calvin 0
Trine 9, Calvin 2

By Mark DeHaan

Coming off a pair of tough losses to the Flying Dutch of Hope, the
KniMIAA-leading Thunder of Trine. Calvin’s upset bid came up short however as
the Knights were defeated 10-0 and 9-2.After a scoreless first in game one,
Trine plated two runs in the top of the second tof the third, Trine pushed its lead to 5-0 on a three-run home run by Tori
Cuebas.

Trine continued to build on its lead in the fourth with a two-run RBI triple by
Carly Searles. And, in the top of the fifth, the Thunder added three more runs
to extend their advantage to 10-0. Holding Calvin to no runs in the bottom of
the fifth, Trine took the mercy rule win in game one.

For Calvin, freshman Christie VanderMeer (Grandville/Grandville HS) was 2-for-2
in game one while senior Marie Prins (Hudsonville/Unity Christian HS), on
senior day, was 2-for-3. Sophomore Lina Avila (Lakewood, CA/Valley Christian
HS) took the loss in the circle for the Knights.

The Thunder were led on offense by Cuebas, who was 3-for-3 with three RBI and
two runs scored while Searles was 2-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored.
In game two, after another scoreless first, Trine drew first blood as it
brought home seven runs in the bottom of the second. Searles had a two-run RBI
double during the second inning while five other hitters all had one RBI. In
the top of the fourth, Calvin scored its first run of the afternoon as an RBI
single by freshman Catherine Hilbrands (Grand Rapids/Grand Rapids Christian HS)
brought Prins home from second base.Trine responded with a run of its own in
bottom of the fourth to push its lead to 8-1.

Each team scored a run in the sixth inning to make the score 9-2 heading into
the top of the seventh, Calvin's last chance to tie the game or take the lead.
A 1-2-3 inning ended the Knights chances, however, and Trine closed off the
sweep with the 9-2 win.

The pair of losses dropped the Knights to 11-19 overall and 4-8 in conference
while Trine moves to 29-5 and 11-1 in the MIAA. VanderMeer, Avila, Hilbrands,
junior Hannah DeWeerd (Grand Rapids/Grand Rapids Christian HS), and freshman
Trista Brownlee (Saginaw/Saginaw Valley Lutheran HS) all recorded a hit in game
two for the Knights. Prins scored two runs on two walks for Calvin. Brownlee
took the loss in the circle while sophomore Danae Miedema (Jenison/Covenant
Christian HS) pitched four innings in relief.

For Trine, Leah Hall, Andi Gasco, Sarah Belote, and Haleigh Daniels all tallied
two hits apiece. Hall, Gasco, and Searles each had two RBI in game two. “We
played a tough team, Trine is ranked nationally, we knew it would be tough
coming in. They hit the ball pretty well, I'm disappointed we didn't make the
plays we could have made, but they're a better team overall,” said Head Coach
Sharon DeKleine. “We're looking forward to playing Goshen in a non-league
doubleheader, get the kinks out so we can play our last two league games.”

Calvin returns to action on Tuesday when it hosts non-conference opponent
Goshen at 3:30 pm.

MIAA SOFTBALL STANDINGS THROUGH 4-12-12 GAMES

Trine 11-1
Alma 9-3
Adrian 9-5
Saint Mary’s 9-5
Hope 6-6
Olivet 5-9
Albion 4-8
Calvin 4-8
Kalamazoo 1-13

MEN’S AND WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD

ALLENDALE – The Calvin men’s and women’s track and field teams competed at the
Al Owens Classic Friday and Saturday.

Highlights for the Calvin women included sophomore Julie Busscher
(Hudsonville/Unity Christian HS) clocking a season-best time of 12.80 in the
100 meter dash, senior Kaitlin Diemer (Caledonia/South Christian HS) recording
a season-best time of 2:17.35 in the 800 meter dash while sophomore Olivia
Butler (Grant/Grant HS) also had a season-best time of 2.18.78.

In the men’s competition, sophomore Matt Christians (Grand Rapids/South
Christian HS) was second second in the high jump (6-4 ¾) and junior AaronMeckes
(Bay City/Saginaw Valley Lutheran HS) was fourth in the shot put (52-4 ½). His
throw was a season-best and places him 17th on the NCAA III performance list.

Both Calvin teams will now prepare for a busy slate of action next weekend as a
group of athletes will compete at the Lyle Bennett Invitational on April 27
while another group will compete at the Hillsdale Gina Relays April 26-28.
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