CALVIN KNIGHT SPORTS REPORT FOR NOV. 8, 2012
Volleyball Wins First Round NCAA III Tournament Match Against Heidleberg;
Lizzie Kamp and Megan Rietema Named to Great Lakes All-Region Team - Maggie
Kamp Receives Honorable Mention Recognition; Lizzie Kamp Named to Capital One
Academic All-District Team/Amber Warners Named AVCA Division III Great Lakes
Regional Coach of the Year
VOLLEYBALL
Calvin 3, Heidelberg 0
Story by Mitch Blankespoor
GRAND RAPIDS – The Calvin College women’s volleyball team opened up NCAA III
Tournament play with a three set victory of Heidelberg University by scores of
25-15, 25-13, 25-17.
The Knights got off to an early lead in the first set. Senior libero Kelly
Gordon (Caledonia/South Christian) served four straight times, giving the
Knights a 4-0 lead. Kill by junior setter Megan Rietema (Grand Rapids/Grand
Rapids Christian) and senior Julia Hilbrands (Grand Rapids/Grand Rapids
Christian) as well as two blocks gave the Knights an 11-4 lead over the Berg
forcing head coach Jason Miller to call timeout. The student prince could not
draw closer to the Knights’ lead, and fell in the first set.
Calvin tallied four blocks in the first set en route to holding Heidelberg to
a mere .057 hitting percentage in the first set. The Knights hit a .361 clip.
The Berg hung with the Knights in the beginning of the second set. Three
Maggie Kamp (Orland Park, IL/Chicago Christian) kills gave Calvin a 12-7 lead
forcing another timeout from Miller. Heidelberg got within three points at
12-9, but three Lizzie Kamp kills and two attack errors from junior Amber
Welfle extended Calvin’s lead to 19-11. Calvin coasted to a second set
victory.
Calvin had 14 kills on 29 attack attempts in the second set, good for a .448
hitting percentage. Heidelberg improved slightly in the second set, but still
hit only a .083 clip.
The Knights did not let up in the third set. Once again, Calvin jumped out to
an early 5-1 lead behind a service run from Gordon. The Berg came back to tie
the set at 7-7, but back-to-back attack errors gave the Knights the lead. Two
kills from Rietema followed by three kills from Lizzie Kamp gave the Knights
the clinching set victory.
Calvin hit a blistering .373 for the match. The Knights defense held
Heidelberg to under a .100 hitting percentage for the match using seven blocks
to do so. Four Knights totaled double-digits in digs.
Lizzie Kamp paced Calvin scoring 14 kills. Rietema dished out 29 assists
while recording three block assists.
Senior Marian Bevington led the Berg with 11 kills in defeat.
“I was pleased with our intensity tonight,” Calvin head coach Amber Warners
said after the match. “We kept up the high level of play throughout the entire
match.”
Calvin (29-2) will face off against Mount Union (27-6) at 7:00 p.m. The
Purple Raiders defeated Medaille College in straight sets.
The first matchup of the day will feature the Wittenberg Tigers (26-4) against
the Flying Dutch of Hope College (29-4) at 4:30 p.m. Wittenberg defeated Ohio
Northern in straight sets while Hope defeated Otterbein in straight sets.
POST MATCH AUDIO INTERVIEW:
http://www.calvin.edu/sports/audio/2013/2012%20Vball%20Regional%20Interviews/CalvinvsBerg.mp3
GREAT LAKES REGIONAL WEBSITE:
http://www.calvin.edu/sports/womens/volleyball/ncaaregional.htm
VOLLEYBALL
Two members of the Calvin women's volleyball team have been named to the AVCA
Division III Great Lakes All-Region team and are now eligible for AVCA Division
III All-America consideration. Those two individuals are senior Lizzie Kamp and
junior Megan Rietema. In addition, freshman Maggie Kamp has received AVCA
Division III Great Lakes All-Region honorable mention recognition.
Lizzie Kamp is from Orland Park and is a graduate of Chicago Christian High
School. An outside hitter, she has hit at a .319 clip this fall and is
averaging 4.33 kills, 1.95 digs and 0.30 aces per set this fall. She has been a
four-time MIAA Player of the Week selection this fall and was named to the
Otterbein/Capital All-Tournament team earlier this fall. She is making her
fourth straight appearance on the Great Lakes All-Region team.
Last week she was named the MIAA's Most Valuable Player, becoming the second
member from her family to receive the award as her older sister Rebecca was a
three-time MIAA MVP. Lizzie was also named to the All-MIAA first team last
weekend, receiving the honor for the third straight year.
A native of Grand Rapids and a graduate of Grand Rapids Christian High School,
Rietema is making her third straight appearance on the Great Lakes All-Region
team. A setter, Rietema was a three-time MIAA Specialty Player of the Week this
fall. She was also named to the All-MIAA first team for the third straight year
and landed a spot on the Wittenberg Fall Classic All-Tournament team in
mid-September.
Rietema averages 10.41 assists-per-set and holds an attack percentage of .309.
She also averages 2.05 digs and 1.0 blocks-per-set and has collected 24 service
aces on the season.
An outside hitter, Maggie Kamp is also from Orland Park, Illinois, and a
graduate of Chicago Christian High School. She is averaging 2.79 kills-per-set
and holds a .259 hitting percentage.
Last weekend, Maggie Kamp was named the MIAA's Freshman of the Year, marking
the sixth time a Calvin player has been so honored.
Two other Calvin players received All-MIAA recognition as senior middle
blocker Julia Hilbrands was named to the All-MIAA first team while sophomore
Emily Crowe was named to the All-MIAA second team.
A native of Grand Rapids and a graduate of Grand Rapids Christian High School,
Hilbrands now holds the distinction of being a first team All-MIAA selection in
two sports as she was named to the All-MIAA first team in women's basketball
last year. Also a middle-hitter, Crowe hails from Granger, Indiana. She is a
graduate of Mishawaka Penn High School.
MORE VOLLEYBALL
For the second consecutive year, Calvin's Lizzie Kamp has been named to the
Capital One Academic All-District 6 team in women's volleyball at the Division
III level. As a member of the Capital One All-District 6 team, Kamp is now
eligible for Capital One Academic All-America consideration.
Kamp carries a 3.69 grade point average. She is majoring in accounting.
During her career, she has been named to the All-MIAA first team team three
times and to the Great Lakes All-Region team four teams. As a freshman, she was
named the Great Lakes Regional Freshman of the Year. Last year was named to the
the AVCA Division III All-America second team.
MORE VOLLEYBALL
For the second consecutive year and for the fourth time in her career, Calvin
head volleyball coach Amber Warners has been named the Division III Great Lakes
Regional Coach of the Year by the American Volleyball Coaches Association.
A native of Holland, Warners has continued her success into her 11th year as
head coach of the Calvin College volleyball team.
The Knights finished the 2012 season 28-2, sweeping through their conference
with a 16-0 record and claiming the MIAA Conference Championship. They head
into the NCAA Tournament ranked in the top spot in the latest AVCA Coaches
Poll.
Warners is currently in her 12th year as a head collegiate volleyball coach
which includes 11 years at Calvin and one year as interim coach at Hope (1994).
Heading into the weekend, Warners is 345-70 (.831) as a collegiate volleyball
coach and 324-59 (.846) at Calvin. Heading into the 2012 season, Warners was
ranked second among active Division III coaches among winning percentage and
14th among all coaches at any NCAA (I, II or III) level.
Warners also won the Great Lakes Regional Coach of the Year Award in 2006 and
2008 as well as last year.
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