CALVIN KNIGHT SPORTS REPORT FOR AUG. 31, 2012
Ryan Souders Era Opens With Victory Over Augustana;
Volleyball Takes Two in Columbus;
Men's Golf Fires Scores of 313 at Olivet Lou Collins Tournament;
Women's Golf Opens Season With Dual Match Against Aquinas
MEN'S SOCCER
Calvin 4, Augustana 1
BLOOMINGTON, IL - The Ryan Souders era of Calvin men's soccer opened on a
winning note as Calvin defeated Augustana 4-1 Friday night at a tournament
hosted by Illinois Wesleyan University.
The contest was the first for Calvin under first-year head coach Ryan Souders
and the Knights did not disappoint, bolting out to a 3-0 halftime advantage.
The two teams then traded single goals in the second half as the Knights
cruised to the win.
Senior Joe Broekhuizen (Grandville/South Christian HS) put the Knights on the
board with a blast on a free kick just outside the box in the 7th minute of
play. Junior Ben Honeycutt (Grandville/South Christian HS) then took a corner
kick from junior Zach Willis (Grandville/Unity Christian HS) a few minutes
later and cracked in a shot to put the Knights up 2-0.
In the 25th minute of play, Broekhuizen scored his second goal on a nifty
give-and-go with sophomore teammate Travis Vegter (Hudsonville/Unity Christian
HS).
Augustana scored in the opening minutes of the second half but Calvin answered
with an unassisted goal by Willis in the 62nd minute to close out the scoring.
"It was a good opening game," said Souders in his collegiate debut as a head
coach. "I thought our first two goals were very well struck off set pieces. I
thought our defensive back line did a good job and our goalkeeping was strong."
Calvin held a 17-9 shots at goal advantage. Senior Jared Rushlau (Grandville
HS) had one save in gaining the win in nets for the Knights.
Calvin will now prepare to face host Illinois Wesleyan Saturday night at 8:30
p.m.
VOLLEYBALL
BEXLEY, OH - Playing in the south suburbs of Columbus, Calvin claimed a pair of
victories at a tournament co-hosted by Capital University Friday. The Knights
opened with a 25-23, 25-19, 25-12 victory over Transylvania University and then
came back to top host Capital 25-18, 25-16, 25-15 in the evening.
In the win over Capital, third-ranked Calvin received 16 kills from senior
Lizzie Kamp (Orland Park, IL/Chicago Christian HS) who recorded an attack
percentage of .500. Junior setter Megan Rietema (Grand Rapids/Grand Rapids
Christian HS) added 31 assists and 14 digs while senior libero Kelly Gordon
(South Christian HS) had 19 digs. 16 Calvin players played in the win over
Capital.
Statistics for the match against Transylvania were not available yet Friday
night.
Calvin will now travel to the northern suburbs of Columbus on Saturday to
compete at Otterbein University. The Knights will face Mount Union Saturday
morning and co-host Otterbein later Saturday afternoon.
MEN'S GOLF
BATTLE CREEK - The Calvin men's golf team is tied for seventh through one day
of competition of the Lou Collins Memorial Tournament held at the Bedford
Valley Country Club. Calvin fired a first day total of 313 strokes and is tied
with Hope for seventh place in a field of 15 teams.
Indiana Wesleyan leads the tournament with a first day total of 298 strokes.
Senior Ben Kuiper (Grand Rapids/Grand Rapids Christian HS) was Calvin's top
golfer on Friday with a round of 76 . He was followed by senior Dave Sarkipato
(Kalamazoo/Kalamazoo Christian HS) and junior Ross Ryzenga (Holland/Holland
Christian HS) with rounds of 78. Sophomore James Van Noord (Troy/Troy Athens
HS) added an 81 while sophomore Michael Wierenga (Caledonia/South Christian HS)
had an 84.
The top individual score on Friday belonged to Alma's Marty Predmesky with a
70.
Action continues on Saturday.
WOMEN'S GOLF
(written by Mitch Blankespoor)
The Calvin women’s golf team’s season began at breezy Thornapple Pointe golf
club on Friday morning. The Knights fell to Aquinas by a team score of 341-368.
Senior Elise Doezema paced Calvin shootingshot 90. Others to score for Calvin were freshmen Casey Harkema and Shara
Reynolds shooting 94 and 99 respectively. Junior Kristina Raiz shot 76, good
for the low round of the day for the Saints.
“It was much windier today than the past couple weeks,” Calvin head coach Jerry
Bergsma said. “We didn’t play as well as could have, but I saw good things, and
am excited for Olivet next weekend.”
The Knights will return to action a week from today when they travel to the
Medalist Golf Club in Olivet, MI.
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