CALVIN KNIGHT SPORTS REPORT FOR APRIL 11, 2013
C' Club to Host First-Ever Awards Night May 8;
Calvin Ninth in Learfield Director's Cup Standings;
Men's Tennis Cracks ITA Regional Rankings;
Track and Field Teams Remain Nationally-Ranked
C CLUB AWARDS NIGHT INFORMATION
In Calvin athletics, what was the best play of the year? Who were the male and
female newcomers of the year? What was the most exceptional performance in an
individual event? Come to the arena on May 8 to find out. On Wednesday, May 8,
at 7 p.m. in the Van Noord Arena, the Calvin C Club welcomes student-athletes,
coaches and fans of the Knights to an evening of celebrating Calvin athletics.
There will be desserts and refreshments, trophy displays, a “Year in Review”
video and the presentation of 13 awards, culminating in the Tiemersma and Beré
Awards for female and male athlete of the year. Registration for current Calvin
student-athletes is available through their coaches, and registration for all
others is available online now! Cost is just $10 for guests (reduced to $5 for
current students and C Club members). Business attire is desired.
Don’t miss this historic first-ever night of Calvin athletic awards—RSVP by
May 1!
If you have event-related questions, please e-mail alumnievents@calvin.edu or
call (616) 526-6507.
LEARFIELD DIRECTOR'S CUP STANDINGS UPDATE
The winter sports season was recently completed for NCAA Division III
athletics and the latest set of Learfield Director's Cup standings for Division
III have been announced. Calvin is ranked ninth in the latest set of standings
with 508 points. The Knights garnered 199.5 points during the recent winter
sports season.
The Learfield Director'sCup is based on points earned by teams that compete in
NCAA Championship events and is presented annually by the National Association
of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) to the best overall collegiate
athletics program in the country. The Learfield Director's Cup race is held at
the NCAA I, II and III levels and also for NAIA institutions.
Points are awarded based on each institution's finish in NCAA III Championship
competition in up to 18 sports nine for men and nine for women. Each national
champion receives 100 points with a national runner-up finish worth 90 points.
Third place is worth 85 points and fourth place finishes count for 80 points
with a sliding point scale continuing on down by order of finish. Competition
will continue with the winter sports season and finish with the conclusion of
the spring sports season in May. A year ago, Calvin finished 24th in the final
Division III standings with a total of 483.50 points.
Scoring points for Calvin during the winter season were the Calvin women's
basketball team (25 points), men's basketball (64 points), women's indoor track
and field (47.5 points) and women's swimming and diving team (63 points).
During the fall sports season, Calvin produced 308.5 points as its men's and
women's soccer teams, volleyball team and men's and women's cross country team
all scored points. Calvin has now had nine of its 21 varsity sports teams score
points in the Director's Cup chase.
The competition will conclude at the end of the spring sports season with a
final set of standings set to be released in June.
MEN'S TENNIS
For the first time this year, the Calvin men's tennis team has cracked the ITA
Division III Central Region rankings. The Knights are ranked 17th in the
Central Region rankings released earlier today. The rankings can be found
online at:
http://www.itatennis.com/AwardsAndRankings/Rankings/2012-13_ITA_Division_III_Men_s_Rankings/DIII_Men_s_Central_Rankings_-_April_11.htm
Under the direction of head coach John Ross, the Knights are currently 9-2
overall and 2-0 in the MIAA. Calvin will face a trio of North Coast Athletic
Conference opponents this weekend in Holland as the Knights will meet Wabash
and Ohio Wesleyan Friday and Oberlin on Saturday. All three matches will be
played at Hope College.
MEN'S AND WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD
The Calvin men's and women's track and field teams continue to be
nationally-ranked. The Calvin women's team is ranked 17th while the Calvin
men's team is ranked 25th in the latest set of Division III Top 25 rankings
conducted by the United States Track and Field Cross Country Coaches
Association.
The USTFCCCA Division III Top 25 rankings can be found online at:
http://www.ustfccca.org/assets/rankings/div3/2013-otf/NCAAD3_2013_outWk2_TF_NationalRankingsTop25.pdf
Both Calvin teams will compete at the MIAA Jamboree hosted by Olivet on
Saturday. The Jamboree website can be found online at:
http://www.olivetcomets.com/general_releases/13_miaa_jamboree
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