CALVIN KNIGHT SPORTS REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 25, 2013
Cross Country Teams Hold Onto Spots in Top 25;
Men's Soccer Stretches Win Streak to Three With Win at Trine;
Volleyball Sweeps Adrian to Remain Unbeaten
MEN'S AND WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
The Calvin men's and women's cross country teams continue to hold spots in the USTFCCCA Division III Top 25 rankings. In the men's poll, Calvin is ranked 13th. On the women's side, Calvin is ranked seventh. The Calvin men were ranked sixth last week while the Calvin women were ranked seventh.
Both Calvin teams were idle last week and return to action on Saturday when they compete at an MIAA Jamboree hosted by Adrian. The women's race is set to begin at 11 a.m. with the men's race to follow at noon.
MEN'S SOCCER
Calvin 3, Trine 0
ANGOLA, IN - The Calvin men's soccer team stretched its win streak to three games with a 3-0 victory at Trine University Tuesday afternoon.
Calvin (3-3-0 overall, 2-0-0 MIAA) took a 1-0 halftime lead on a first half goal by junior Travis Vegter (Hudsonville/Unity Christian HS) with junior Sean Broekhuizen (Grand Rapids/South Christian HS) picking up an assist on the play.
The Knights then garnered a 2-0 advantage in the 53rd minute as freshman Stephan Hooker (Hudsonville/Unity Christian HS) tapped in a cross that was sent in by sophomore Taylor Pruis (Grand Rapids/Grand Rapids Christian HS).
Vegter then scored his team-leading 11th goal of the year in 67th minute as he redirected a corner kick by freshman Matthew Koster (Pittsburgh, PA/Eden Christian Academy) into the net.
Calvin finished with a 21-4 shots at goal advantage. Junior Andrew Claucherty (Sterling Heights/Bishop Foley) picked up the shutout in goal for the Knights.
Calvin is back in action on Saturday when it travels to Adrian for a 2:30 p.m. contest.
VOLLEYBALL
By Mark DeHaan
Calvin 3, Adrian 0
The Bulldogs of Adrian visited Van Noord Arena for a conference volleyball contest Wednesday evening against the #1 ranked Knights. The two teams entered the game on opposite ends of the standings, with Calvin holding a 6-0 conference record at 14-0 overall while Adrian was 0-6 in the MIAA and 4-10 overall.
The first set saw the Bulldogs hang tough through the first couple points, trailing 8-5. The Knights then reeled off seven straight points behind strong serving from freshman Laura Danhoff, including four service aces.
The ten point advantage was more than enough to see Calvin coast through the remainder of the first set as the Knights won 25-13.
In set two, Calvin jumped out to a commanding lead, opening up an 8-3 advantage behind three kills from sophomore Maggie Kamp.
Again, the Knights continued to roll, closing out the second set 25-11.
Adrian responded in the third set, taking a 9-7 lead out of the break. But, behind the serving of Danhoff, Calvin again responded with a run, scoring 11 straight points to take an 18-9 lead before closing out the Bulldogs 25-13.
Maggie Kamp led Calvin with 15 kills at a blistering clip of .444. Junior Emily Crowe added six while Danhoff, senior Megan Rietema, and junior Stacey Kamp all chipped in five. Rietema totaled 28 assists while senior Kristen Zietse had 16 digs. Danhoff ended the match with seven service aces.
"This match counts just as much as the Hope match, so we don't take anything lightly," said head coach Amber Warners. "One of the things we talk about all the time is, after every day of practice, after every night of a match, we want to be a better team walking out. We had a couple things that we were working on through the week of practice that we implemented tonight and we did a really nice job to start that. For the most part, with people going in and out, we controlled the tempo throughout the match, so I was really happy."
The top-ranked Knights continue their undefeated season with the sweep, moving to 15-0 and 7-0 in conference, while Adrian drops to 4-11 and 0-7 in the MIAA.
The Knights will now see a six-day hiatus before returning to action next week Tuesday when they travel to Kalamazoo to face the Hornets.
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