CALVIN KNIGHT SPORT REPORT FOR AUGUST 31, 2013
Women's Soccer Topples Montreat 5-0;
Men's Soccer Clipped by Kenyon 4-2;
Women's Golf 2nd at Furniture City Classic;
Men's Golf Competes at Olivet Lou Collins Memorial Tournament;
Volleyball Closes out Sizzling Weekend at Puget Sound Tourney
WOMEN'S SOCCER
Calvin 5, Montreat 0
By Mark DeHaan
The Calvin women's soccer team got its season off to a fast start Saturday morning, scoring a goal less than a minute into the game and not looking back en route to a 5-0 victory over visiting Montreat (NC) College.
Sophomore Paige Capel opened the scoring on a head-ball pass from freshman Allie Corp just 55 seconds into the match. Corp headed the ball into the middle of the box where Capel stepped up and slotted the ball past the keeper for the 1-0 lead.
Sophomore Taylor TenHarmsel continued the scoring in the tenth minute. Senior Kelly Koets slipped past two defenders on her way to the baseline. Spotting TenHarmsel at the top of the six yard box, Koets put a pass right at TenHarmsel's feet who put the ball into the back of the net.
In the 13th minute, Koets scored a goal of her own, facing the keeper one-on-one off a cross from sophomore Sydney Kinney.
Calvin's final goal of the first half came from sophomore Christina Drost. Capel beat the keeper to a pass at the top of the box, passing the ball off to Drost. Just a few yards off the end line, Drost put the shot in from a difficult angle, finding the side-netting as the Knights went into halftime with a 4-0 lead.
In the second half, Calvin added its fifth and final goal in the 67th minute as Taylor TenHarmsel scored her second goal of the morning off a pass from Heidi Scholten.
Calvin outshot the Cavaliers 16-4. Senior Ashton Hearn earned the win in net, playing 67 minutes while not even facing a shot. Freshman Emily Lawson saved one shot in 23 minutes of play to complete the clean sheet.
"Our offense has the capacity to be very dangerous," said head coach Mark Recker. "You watch and see how we spread the field and move the ball, sometimes short pass and sometimes wide and or long entry passes; it is a challenging offense to manage defensively. It is a great beginning point and the game proved more to us than we thought it would."
The Knights now look forward to a pair of tough games next weekend against Loras (IA) College and North Park (IL) University.
"With each challenging game, we're going to learn a lot more about ourselves," added Recker. "One thing that is clear to me is that this team has the ability to play some good soccer, and that is what I'm excited about."
Calvin will travel to the Milwaukee School of Engineering for next weekend's games. The Knights face the Duhawks of Loras at 5:00 pm Friday evening, and return to the pitch Saturday evening to play the Vikings of North Park at 6:00 p.m.
MEN'S SOCCER
Kenyon 4, Calvin 2
DELAWARE, OH - For the second straight day, the Calvin men's soccer team was unable to hold on to a second half lead as the Knights suffered a 4-2 defeat to Kenyon College on the second day of competition at a tournament hosted by Ohio Wesleyan University.
Against Kenyon, Calvin grabbed a 2-0 halftime lead on a pair of first half goals by junior Travis Vegter (Hudsonville/Unity Christian HS). Vegter scored just 3:02 into the game off feeds from senior Zach Willis (Grandville/Unity Christian HS) and sophomore Taylor Pruis (Grand Rapids/Grand Rapids Christian HS). He then scored unassisted on a 25-yard blast in the 30th minute of play.
The second half proved to be a different tale however as the Lords of Kenyon exploded for four second half goals including three in a span of 16 minutes.
Kenyon held control throughout the second half, outshooting the Knights 12-3 over the final 45 minutes of play. Kenyon finished with an overall shots at goal advantage of 20-10. Junior goalkeeper Andrew Claucherty (Sterling Heights/Bishop Foley HS) had four saves in goal for the Knights.
Vegter and junior Reed Bowden (Uxbridge, MA/Whitinsville Christian HS) were both named to the all-tournament team from Calvin.
Calvin is back in action next Friday when it takes on Loras College in a tournament hosted by the Milwaukee School of Engineering.
WOMEN'S GOLF
The Calvin women's golf team opened its 2013 fall campaign in strong fashion by placing second at the Furniture City Classic with a team score of 339 strokes. Aquinas took first place with a score of 321 while Davenport was third at 341 and Hope fourth at 355. The competition was hosted by Davenport at the Mines Golf Course in Grand Rapids.
Senior Carlia Canto (Marysville/Port Huron Northern HS) was superb for the Knights as she claimed medalist honors with a career-best round of 75.
Sophomore Casey Harkema (Holt/Holt HS) also had a stellar day with a round of 82 that was good for sixth place individually. Rounding out Calvin's finishers were sophomore Jennie Pool (Summit, NJ/Kent Place School) with a career-best score of 88 (10th place), sophomore Shara Reynolds (Big Rapids/Big Rapids HS) with a Calvin career-best of 94, sophomore Jeryl Schudel (Adrian/Joy of Knowledge Tutorial) with a 101 and sophomore Sarah Arendsen (Wayland/Wayland HS) with a 102.
Calvin is back in action next Friday and Saturday when it competes at the Olivet Invitational.
MEN'S GOLF
BATTLE CREEK - The Calvin men's golf team concluded competition at the two-day Olivet Lou Collins Memorial Tournament on Saturday. Calvin finished with a Saturday team score of 305, one day after shooting 311 to finish with a two-day total of 616.
The competition was held at the Bedford Valley Country Club.
Leading Calvin on Saturday were junior James Van Noord (Troy/Troy Athens HS) and senior Mark Allen (Oconomowoc, WI/Lake Country Lutheran HS) with rounds of 74. Sophomore Justin Crow (Grand Rapids/Grand Rapids Christian HS) tallied a 76 while senior Jake Hoogstrate (Grand Rapids/Grand Rapids Christian HS) had an 81 and senior Ross Ryzenga (Holland/Holland Christian HS) and 84.
Calvin is back in action on September 5 when it competes at the first MIAA tournament of the year. The tournament will be hosted by Albion at the Medalist Golf Club beginning at 1 p.m.
VOLLEYBALL
TACOMA, WA - The second-ranked Calvin women's volleyball team completed a memorable two days of competition at the University of Puget Sound Premier Invitational on Saturday, defeating ninth-ranked Puget Sound and Whitman College in a pair of three-set matches.
Calvin's win over Puget Sound came by scores of 25-17, 25-22, 25-19. It marked Calvin's third victory of the year against a nationally-ranked team as Puget Sound entered the match ranked ninth nationally. On Friday, Calvin topped 15th-ranked Wartburg and 21st-ranked Pacific Lutheran.
Junior Emily Crowe (Mishawaka, IN/Granger HS) led the Calvin attack against Puget Sound with 10 kills and an attack percentage of .474. Sophomore Maggie Kamp (Orland Park, IL/Chicago Christian HS) and junior Stacey Kamp (Orland Park, IL/Chicago Christian HS) had seven and six kills respectively. Senior setter Megan Rietema (Grand Rapids/Grand Rapids Christian HS) added 29 assists, 14 digs and seven kills. Senior Kristen Zietse (Grand Rapids/Grand Rapids Christian HS) had a match-high 19 digs while junior Elise Biesboer (Elmhurst, IL/Timothy Christian HS) chipped in with 13 digs. Freshman Laura Danhoff (Willard, OH/Willard HS) also contributed five block assists.
Against Whitman, Calvin won by scores of 25-21, 25-15, 25-19.
Maggie Kamp had a career-high 19 kills in the win including a hitting percentage of .562. Rietema had 33 assists and five block assists and Zietse 13 digs.
Calvin will now prepare to open its MIAA schedule on Tuesday when it hosts Albion at 6:30 p.m. at Van Noord Arena.
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