CALVIN KNIGHT SPORTS REPORT FOR OCTOBER 15, 2012
Calvin Women's Basketball Team Named Preseason #1 By Women's DIII News /
Carissa Verkaik Named WDIII News Preseason Player of the Year
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
The Calvin women's basketball team has been ranked number-one in the preseason
issue of the Women's Division III Basketball Newsletter. In addition, Calvin
senior Carissa Verkaik has been named the preseason Division III Player of the
Year by the publication. Verkaik was named the WDIII News 2012 Player of the
Year after averaging 19.2 points, 8.8 rebounds and 4.3 blocked shots a game.
She was also named a Division III All-American by both D3hoops.com and the
Women's Basketball Coaches Association.
Verkaik is one of three returning starters and 12 returning letterwinners for
the Calvin women's basketball team. The defending MIAA champions, Calvin
reached the NCAA III quarterfinals in 2012, finishing with an overall record of
28-2.
Calvin's season ended in the quarterfinals with a 83-72 overtime loss to St.
Thomas of Minnesota. Ironically, Calvin will open its 2012-13 campaign against
St. Thomas in a tournament hosted by Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois,
on November 16. On the second day of the tournament, Calvin will face
Wisconsin-Stevens Point, a team Calvin defeated 67-62 in the second round of
the 2012 NCAA III Tournament. Wisconsin-Stevens Point is ranked third in the
preseason Women's DIII News Top 25 poll while St. Thomas is ranked fifth.
Defending national champion Illinois Wesleyan is ranked fourth while last
year's national runner-up - George Fox - is ranked second. MIAA rival Hope is
ranked 13th in the poll. Of note, Thomas More is ranked 10th. Calvin is
scheduled to face Thomas More on the road on November 24.
WDIII NEWS PRESEASON TOP 25 POLL
1. Calvin
2. George Fox
3. Wisconsin-Stevens Points
4. Illinois Wesleyan
5. St. Thomas
6. Kings
7. Emory
8. Mount Union
9. Lebanon Valley
10. Thomas More
11. Guilford
12. Tufts
13. Hope
14. Juniata
15. Babson
16. Washington (Mo.)
17. Messiah
18. Carthage
19. Johns Hopkins
20. Ithaca
21. Eastern Mennonite
22. Amherst
23. Buffalo State
24. Catholic
25. Wisconsin-Whitewater
MEN'S AND WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
ROYAL OAK, Mich. – The Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association has named
Calvin’s Dan Kerr and Alyssa Penning as its Runners of the Week in cross
country for meets through Oct. 14.
Kerr, a senior from Petoskey (Petoskey HS), led the Knights to an outstanding
performance as they won the Brooks Invitational meet at Wisconsin-Oshkosh,
knocking off No. 1-ranked North Central, Ill.
Kerr finished second with a time of 24:49, just a half-second behind the race
winner. Calvin won the meet with 52 points, six ahead of North Central. Kerr is
being honored as Runner of the Week for the second time this season and third
time in his career.
Penning, a senior from Grand Rapids (Grand Rapids Christian HS), led Calvin to
a first-place finish at the Wisconsin-Oshkosh Brooks Invitational, posting a
time of 21:54 to finish sixth among individual runners. The Knights won the
meet with 91 points, outpacing three other nationally-ranked schools, including
MIAA rival Hope. Penning is being honored as Runner of the Week for the second
time this season and third time in her career.
Both Calvin teams are in the midst of preparing for the MIAA Championships
slated to be held October 27 at the Whiffletree Golf Course in Concord,
Michigan.
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