CALVIN SPORTS WEEKEND ROUNDUP FOR NOVEMBER 18, 2012
**On Saturday, the Calvin volleyball team and men's cross country team both earned national runner-up berths. Combined, Calvin has now produced 17 national runner-up team finishes including five in men's cross country and two in women's volleyball.
MORE NOTES:
VOLLEYBALL
*Calvin had seven seniors wearing their maroon and white jerseys Saturday night. Those seven seniors are:
- Kim Start (Grand Rapids/Grand Rapids Christian HS)
- Jen Pluymert (Grand Rapids/Grand Rapids Christian HS)
- Megan Korber (Gilford, NH/Gilford HS) - Korber does have a year of athletic eligibility left
- Julia Hilbrands (Grand Rapids/Grand Rapids Christian HS)
- Rebecca Ratkov (New Baltimore, MD/Anchor Bay HS)
- Lizzie Kamp (Orland Park, IL/Chicago Christian HS)
- Kelly Gordon (Caledonia/South Christian HS)
*The all-tournament team for the NCAA III Finals on Saturday included:
- Jill Greenfield, St. Thomas (Most Outstanding Player)
- Abby Hogge, Christopher Newport
- Sara Atkinson, St. Thomas
- Megan Rietema, Calvin
- Kaiti Wachter, St. Thomas
- Emily Crowe, Calvin
- Lizzie Camp, Calvin
*For an inspiring story on Kaiti Wachter of St. Thomas, visit the NCAA website at: http://www.ncaa.com/news/volleyball-women/article/2012-11-16/wachters-father-overcomes-adversity-support-daughter-court
*For a story on Lizzie Kamp and her sisters, visit the NCAA website at: http://www.ncaa.com/news/volleyball-women/article/2012-11-16/kamp-sisters-work-together-add-family-legacy-national-title
CROSS COUNTRY
*Calvin senior Nick Kramer (Dyer, IN/Illiana Christian HS) earned an All-America berth at the NCAA III Championships on Saturday with a 26th place finish. Kramer concludes his running career at Calvin with 11 All-America berths including two in cross country. Kramer was 16th at the 2010 NCAA III Cross Country Championships. He has also gained All-America plaudits eight times in track and field including a national championship in the steeplechase at the 2012 NCAA III Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
*Calvin senior Job Christiansen (New Ipswich, NH/Mascenic Regional HS) claimed his first-ever All-America berth by placing 35th at NCAA III Championships. Christiansen is the second member of his family to do so at Calvin as older brother Jed Christiansen was a four-time cross country All-American at Calvin from 2005-to-2008.
*Christiansen and Kramer were part of six Calvin seniors to run in their final collegiate cross country races on Saturday. Other seniors included:
- David Vande Bunte (Byron Center/Byron Center HS)
- Dan Kerr (Petoskey/Petoskey HS)
- Matt VanderRoest (Ann Arbor/Ann Arbor Huron HS)
- Greg Whittle (Galesburg, IL/Galesburg HS)
On the women's side, Calvin's lone senior running in her final collegiate cross country race on Saturday was Alyssa Penning (Grand Rapids/Grand Rapids Christian HS).
MEN'S AND WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
The Calvin men's and women's basketball teams were both in tournament action this past weekend. The Calvin men won their own tipoff tournament, defeating Grace Bible 84-53 and North Park 83-54. Junior Tyler Kruis (Grand Rapids/Calvin Christian HS) was named the tournament MVP and joined on the all-tournament team by senior teammate Bryan Powell (Wyoming/Wyoming Park HS).
The Calvin women's team competed in a highly competitive Coaches vs Cancer Tournament hosted by Millikin University Friday and Saturday. Top-ranked Calvin faced third-ranked St. Thomas on Friday and came away with a 78-72 victory. On Saturday, Calvin fell to seventh-ranked Wisconsin-Stevens Point 84-63. Both of Calvin's games featured meetings against opponents it faced in the NCAA III Tournament a year ago. Calvin senior Carissa Verkaik (Holland/Holland Christian HS) had 23 points against St. Thomas and 14 points against Stevens Point to move past 2007 graduate Lisa Winkle and into first place on the all-time Calvin scoring list.
Of special note, the Coaches Vs Cancer Tournament program featured individual cancer stories from each of the four competing teams. Calvin's story focused on current Calvin assistant coach Courtney Kurncz and her three-year old nephew Peter Kurncz who was diagnosed with stage four brain and spine cancer last winter. Young Peter was recently declared cancer free. His story can be found on page two of the tournament program at: http://athletics.millikin.edu/documents/2012/11/16/2012_CVC_Program.pdf?id=859
Both Calvin basketball teams are at home on Tuesday with the women hosting Manchester at 5:30 p.m. and the men's team hosting Anderson at 7:30 p.m.
Live stats for both games will be online at: http://www.calvin.edu/scoreboard while live video streams will be online at: http://new.livestream.com/calvin-college
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