CALVIN KNIGHT SPORTS REPORT FOR MARCH 21, 2013
Day Two Recap of NCAA III Women's Swimming and Diving Championships;
Softball Splits Final Two Games in Florida;
Tennis Teams Have Mixed Results in Orlando
Baseball Home Opener Postponed
SWIMMING AND DIVING
SHENANDOAH, TX - The Calvin women's swimming and diving team continued to pick
up points at the NCAA III Swimming and Diving Championships as its 400 medley
relay team of seniors Kristy Kinzer (Fort Wayne, IN/Homestead HS), Elizabeth
Counsell (Indianapolis, IN/Heritage Christian HS) senior Rachel Colasurdo
(Chesapeake, VA/Home Schooled) and freshman Michaela Rookus
(Hudsonville/Hudsonville HS) placed 10th in a season-best time of 3:50.78. just
missing the school record of 3:50.34.
The relay entered the meet seeded 22nd but moved into the consolation finals
with a 14th place finish in the morning prelims, clocking in with a time of
3:53.96.
The Knights then lopped more than three seconds off their morning swim in the
consolation finals Thursday night and moved up four spots in the process.
Kinzer highlighted the relay by leading off with a time of 57.71 in the opening
backstroke leg which will count as a new school record, surpassing the previous
Calvin mark of 58.45 set by Monica Bressler in 2009.
"Our women really stepped up today," said Calvin head swim coach Dan
Gelderloos. "When you can finish in the top 10 of an event at a national meet
it is a big accomplishment. Kristy really got things going with her opening
backstroke leg and then Elizabeth Counsell just took off in the breaststroke
right after. We had her with the third-fastest split of the night in her leg.
And then Rachel and Michaela brought things home strong. It's exciting."
The 10th place finish is good for an honorable mention All-America berth. It
also places Calvin in 12th place in the team standings with 43 points, just
three points behind 11th place Wheaton.
On Friday, Counsell and Rookus are scheduled to compete in the prelims of the
100 breaststroke. Senior Samantha Klaasen (Holland/Holland Christian HS) will
compete on the one-meter diving board.
SOFTBALL
CLERMONT, FL - Calvin split a pair of games on Thursday on its final day of
its spring trip, falling to Wesleyan University 4-0 before coming back to top
Wellesley 3-1. The Knights conclude their spring trip with a 7-3 record.
In the loss to Wesleyan, junior Caitlin Callow (Rochester/Muskegon Catholic
Central HS) took the loss. Both teams had just four hits but Wesleyan
capitalized on four walks and two Calvin errors. Sophomore Trista Brownlee
(Saginaw/Saginaw Valley Lutheran HS) also saw time in relief. Junior Lina
Avila (Lakewood, CA/Valley Christian HS) had two of Calvin's four hits while
junior Ashley Jakus (Muskegon/Muskegon Reeths-Puffer HS) and sophomore Christie
VanderMeer (Grandville/Grandville HS) had one hit apiece.
In the win over Wellesley, Avila picked up her fifth win of the season without
a defeat, scattering nine hits while striking out nine.
Calvin jumped out to a 2-1 lead on a two-run RBI single by freshman catcher
Lydia Gildea (Gobles/Gobles HS) in the bottom of the third. Calvin tacked on an
insurance run on an RBI single by Avila.
Calvin will now prepare for its home opener next Wednesday when it is
scheduled to host DePauw University in a non-conference twinbill at 3:30 p.m.
MEN'S TENNIS
Calvin defeated Knox College 9-0 on Thursday to improve to 3-1 on the season.
A full report will be included on Friday after Calvin's scheduled match against
UW-Oshkosh.
WOMEN'S TENNIS
Story by Mitch Blankespoor
ORLANDO, FL - After a matchup with Hamilton College was postponed due to rain,
the Knights took to the courts Thurs., Mar. 21, for a match against William
Smith (NY). The Herons defeated the Knights 7-2.
Calvin was able to win one of the three doubles matches. Seniors Elise
Doezema (Grand Rapids/Grand Rapids Christian) and Jordan Ipema
(Kalamazoo/Kalamazoo Christian) defeated Remy Raevsky and Hallsey Leighton 8-6.
Kiara Ocasio and Teru Greene defeated Calvin junior Bethany Zoerhof
(Holland/Holland Christian) and sophomore Megan Visser (Kalamazoo/Kalamazoo
Christian) 8-5 at first doubles. Kate O’Connor and Casey Nicoletti defeated
sophomores Ali Roode (Hudsonville/Unity Christian) and Samantha Reitsma (Grand
Rapids/Northpointe Christian) 8-2 at third doubles.
All six singles flights needed only two sets to complete. Unfortunately for
the Knights, five of them went to the Herons. Calvin’s lone victory in singles
same from the fifth singles flight. Reitsma outlasted Sydney Arsenault 7-5,
7-5. Visser came close to winning a set against Greene at first singles, but
suffered a 7-5, 6-4 defeat.
Calvin concludes its spring break trip Fri., Mar. 22, against Grinnell
College.
BASEBALL
Calvin's home baseball doubleheader with Trine scheduled for Friday has been
postponed because of snow. The doubleheader will be made up at a later date.
Calvin's doubleheader at Trine on Saturday is still scheduled for 1 p.m.
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