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CALVIN KNIGHT SPORTS REPORT FOR MARCH 28, 2013

Women's Lacrosse Defeats Loras/Men's Tennis Edges Spring Arbor

WOMEN'S LACROSSE
Calvin 20, Loras 1

Story by Mark De Haan

The Calvin College women’s lacrosse team hosted the Loras College
Duhawks on a beautiful Thursday afternoon for its first varsity lacrosse
 held on Calvin’s campus at Zuidema Field. The Knights took a commanding
 lead early, scored five goals in the opening five minutes en route to a
 20-1 victory.

Senior Nicole Perragaux began the scoring less than a minute into the game.

The Knights were dominant in the midfield early on, forcing the
Duhawks into a number of turnovers and keeping the ball in the offensive
 zone. This led to a 7-0 Calvin advantage with 18:37 remaining in the
first half.

At halftime, the Knights led 8-0. Perragaux, junior Michelle
Holwerda, and freshman Carolyn Forbes all had two first half goals for
Calvin.

Out of the break, the Knights continued their strong attack and
extended their unanswered scoring streak up until 14-0 before Loras
scored its first goal to bring the score to 14-1. Calvin then added six
 more goals over the final 13 minutes to bring the final score to 20-1.

The Knights outshot the Duhawks 48-3 in the contest.

Forbes and Holwerda each scored four goals and had an assist to lead
the Knights. Perragaux added three goals while sophomore Lissa Busscher
and junior Mary Hoogstra chipped in two apiece. Five Knights tied with
four groundballs in the contest. Kaitlyn Kutsch scored the lone goal for
 Loras, while goalkeeper Sam Schmidt made 12 saves for the Duhawks.

“I think we had a lot of good offensive looks today,” said head coach
 Blake Boehm. “A lot of what we’ve been working on is high percentage
shots, and at halftime, I talked about putting more shots on goal and
putting them in the corners, and we came out and did that in the second
half. Defensively we played really strong and caused a lot of
turnovers. We’re making some strides in the right direction and that
will prepare us well for the MIAA competition.”

Calvin improves to 2-6 on the season while Loras drops to 0-6. The
Knights now look forward to next week Saturday when they will travel to
Adrian for their first match of conference play. The game against the
Bulldogs is slated to start at 1:00 p.m.

MEN'S TENNIS
Calvin 5, Spring Arbor 4

The Calvin men’s tennis team improved to 4-2 on the year with a
hard-fought 5-4 non-conference win over Spring Arbor University Thursday
 afternoon at the Orchard Hills Tennis Center. Calvin trailed 3-0 after
doubles play but fought back to win five of the six singles points. The
clinching point came from sophomore Tom Griffin (Elmhurst, IL/Timothy
Christian HS) at No. 6 singles as he claimed a 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2
victory.

Other singles victories came from senior Preston Phillips (Bexley,
OH/Bexley) at No. 2 singles, senior Philip Reinken (Morton, IL/Morton
HS) at No. 3 singles, junior Loukas Peterson (Brentwood, TN/Brentwood)
at No. 4 singles and senior Jarrod Brower (Holland/Holland Christian HS)
 at No. 5 singles. Calvin will now prepare for a pair of non-conference
matches this weekend in Wisconsin. Calvin will face Ripon on Friday and
Lakeland on Saturday.

Calvin 5, Spring Arbor 4

at Orchard Hills Tennis Center

SINGLES

1. David Darling (SA) d. Brian DeMaagd 6-2, 6-2

2. Preston Phillips (C) d. Aaron Mayes 6-2, 6-4

3. Philip Reinken (C) d. Nathan Scholten 6-2, 6-2

4. Loukas Peterson (C) d. Matt Wojtkowski 5-7, 7-6 (4), 6-3

5. Jarrod Brower (C) d. Michael Darling 6-4, 6-2

6. Tom Griffin (C) d. John Hall 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2.

DOUBLES

1. David Darling/Nathan Scholten (SA) d. Philip Reinken/Preston Phillips 8-6

2. Aaron Mayes/Matt Wojtkowski (SA) d. Brian DeMaagd/Loukas Peterson 8-3

3. John Hall/Jesse DeBoer (SA) d. Jarrod Brower/Brian Strikwerda 8-6
Received on Fri Mar 29 00:22:04 2013