CKSR (Men's Golf Takes Second at MIAA Jamboree - Finishes Second in Final Standings & Clinches Spot in MIAA Spring Tourney/MIAA POW Honors for Canto and Rietema)

CALVIN KNIGHT SPORTS REPORT FOR OCT. 7, 2013

Men's Golf Takes Second at MIAA Jamboree - Finishes Second in Final Standings & Clinches Spot in MIAA Spring Tourney;
MIAA POW Honors for Canto and Rietema
MEN'S GOLF

The Calvin men's golf team took second at the eighth and final MIAA Jamboree of the year on Monday afternoon, posting a team score of 314 at its home course the Watermark Country Club.

With its second place performance, Calvin finishes second in the final MIAA regular season standings, 21 strokes behind MIAA champion Hope. In finishing second, Calvin clinches a spot in the MIAA Spring Tournament for the third consecutive year and will host one of the three 18-hole rounds that make up the MIAA Spring Tournament. The MIAA Spring Tournament includes the top four teams from the MIAA fall regular season with the winner of the spring tournament receiving an automatic bid to the NCAA III Tournament. Hope will host the final two 18-hole rounds of the spring tournament with Trine and Adrian also participating in the four-team field.

Calvin handled brisk winds and cool conditions on Monday to remain in second place, finishing five strokes ahead of third place Trine.

Junior James Van Noord (Troy/Troy Athens HS) led Calvin on Monday with a round of 77 that was good for a tie for sixth place. It also allowed him to finish in second place in the final MIAA individual standings with an average of 74.6 strokes-per-round. Van Noord's average matches the third-best single-season MIAA (fall) average in Calvin men's golf history. It also landed him a spot on the All-MIAA first team for the first time.

Senior Mark Allen (Oconomowoc, WI/Lake Country Lutheran HS) had a 78 on Monday to finish in a tie for 10th place individually. Sophomore Justin Crow (Grand Rapids/Grand Rapids Christian HS) was next with a 79 while senior Jake Hoogstrate (Grand Rapids/Grand Rapids Christian HS) had an 80.

Hoogstrate finished with a final season average of 77.0 strokes-per-round and landed a spot on the All-MIAA second team.

MIAA JAMBOREE #8 TEAM SCORES FOR 10-7-13

Hope 313
Calvin 314
Adrian 316
Trine 317
Alma 324
Kalamazoo 327
Albion 331
Olivet 331

MIAA MEN'S GOLF FINAL SEASON STANDINGS

1. Hope 2435
2. Calvin 2456
3. Trine 2461
4. Adrian 2491
5. Kalamazoo 2530
6. Albion 2550
7. Alma 2554
8. Olivet 2577

All-MIAA men's golf
Most Valuable Player
Winton Munch, Hope

Sportsmanship Award
Nick Julian, Olivet

All-MIAA First Team
*Winton Munch, Hope (freshman from Traverse City/Traverse City Central HS)
***Marty Predmesky, Alma (junior from Graham, N.C./Graham HS)
*James VanNoord, Calvin (junior from Troy/Troy Athens HS)
*Brandon McKee, Adrian (junior from Newmarket, Ontario, Canada/Huron Heights Secondary)
*Graham Bennett, Trine (senior from Charlotte, N.C./Mallard Creek HS)
*David Smith, Kalamazoo (freshman from Highland/Clarkston Everest Collegiate HS)

All-MIAA Second Team
Jake Hoogstrate, Calvin (senior from Grand Rapids/GR Christian HS)
Collin Breit, Hope (junior from Muskegon/West Michigan Christian HS)
Ben Lewis, Hope (junior from Grand Haven/Grand Haven HS)
Nick Julian, Olivet (senior from Clinton Township/Chippewa Valley HS)
Ben Lanting, Hope (junior from Littleton, Colo./Front Range Christian HS
Nolan Eli, Trine (senior from Genoa, Ohio/Genoa HS)

WOMEN'S GOLF

ROYAL OAK, Mich. - The Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association has named Calvin's Carlia Canto its Golfer of the Week in women's golf for matches through Oct. 6.
Canto, a senior from Marysville (Port Huron Northern HS), won medalist honors with a course-record 73 at the MIAA Jamboree at Trine's Zollner Golf Course.
She also shot an 85 to finish eighth at the Jamboree hosted by Calvin earlier in the week at Thornapple Pointe Golf Club. Canto is being honored as Golfer of the Week for the first time this season and third time in her career.
Canto is currently third in the MIAA individual standings overall. The Knights are back in action on Friday and Saturday, competing at the MIAA Fall Tournament at the Bedford Valley Country Club.

VOLLEYBALL

ROYAL OAK, Mich. - The Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association has named Calvin setter Megan Rietema its Specialty Player of the Week in volleyball for matches played through October 6.

Rietema, a senior from Grand Rapids (GR Christian HS), dished out 111 assists (11.1 per set) and added 26 digs and 17 kills for the week as the Knights remained unbeaten with three straight victories. She had 10 kills, 42 assists, nine digs and three blocks in a four-set win over Albion, and had 36 assists and eight digs in a sweep of Kalamazoo.

Rietema is being honored for the third time this season and 11th time in her career.

Calvin will travel to Olivet on Wednesday for a 6:30 p.m. match and will then host the Midwest Challenge on Friday and Saturday which will feature several nationally-ranked teams.
Received on Mon Oct 7 22:34:52 2013