CALVIN KNIGHT SPORTS REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 8, 2013 (Part Two)
Volleyball Advances to MIAA Tournament Semis with Win Over Saint Mary's;
Swimming and Diving Teams Compete Against Wayne State and Olivet Nazarene;
Men's and Women's Soccer Video Highlights Now Online
VOLLEYBALL
Calvin 3, Saint Mary's 0
By Mark DeHaan
The Calvin women's volleyball team hosted the Belles of Saint Mary's in the second MIAA Tournament semi-final matchup on Friday evening. In the first contest between #2 Hope and #3 Trine, also played at Van Noord Arena, the Flying Dutch prevailed 25-20, 25-15, 25-18.
Calvin, the top seed in the MIAA tournament, defeated Saint Mary's, the fourth seed, in both of their regular season meetings. And, in similar fashion, with a three set sweep of the Belles on Friday evening, Calvin advanced to the MIAA Tournament Final against Hope which will be played Saturday at Van Noord Arena.
Calvin commanded the first set from the beginning, jumping out to a 13-2 lead while forcing the Belles into a slew of errors. The Knights closed out the first set 25-11. Calvin hit .409 in the opening set while holding the Belles to a percentage of -.048.
Sophomore Maggie Kamp tallied five kills in the first set.
The second set was played much more closely. Saint Mary's stayed within a point early in the match, trailing 12-11. Calvin then scored four straight to open up a 16-11 lead. The Knights outscored the Belles 9-4 the remainder of the set, claiming a 25-15 victory.
Senior Megan Rietema and junior Ellie Diepersloot each had four kills in the second set.
The third set saw Saint Mary's again hang with the Knights. The Belles held a lead late in the contest, up two at 17-15. Calvin responded, led by Diepersloot, and the Knights took the final set 25-20 to earn the sweep.
Calvin held the Belles to a .051 hitting percentage while hitting .315 as a team.
Diepersloot and Kamp paced the Calvin attack with 10 kills apiece, while Danhoff tallied eight. Rietema dished out 27 assists while adding 9 kills and 6 digs. Senior Kristi Zietse led the Knights with 12 digs.
"I think we gave up a few more unforced errors than is typical for us. There is an ebb and flow in a game, and we got the job done tonight. Now we'll focus on tomorrow but we'll have to play better," said head coach Amber Warners. "We're just going to try and come in tomorrow and play our game, play aggressive, and play well with fewer unforced errors, and the outcome will take care of itself."
Calvin advances to the MIAA Final tomorrow against the Flying Dutch of Hope. The two teams split the regular season series and will be playing for the conference automatic qualifier for the NCAA Tournament.
The volleyball final will be the finale of three straight Calvin-Hope MIAA Tournament finals. Men's soccer and women's soccer will play at noon and 2:30 at Zuidema Field while volleyball will play at 5:30 at Van Noord Arena.
SWIMMING AND DIVING
The Calvin men's and women's swimming and diving teams competed against Division II power Wayne State and NAIA Olivet Nazerene Friday night at Van Noord Arena.
The Calvin women split dual meets, falling to Wayne State 184-58 while defeating Olivet Nazarene 122-114. In the men's meet, Wayne State defeated Calvin 161-81 and Olivet Nazarene defeated Calvin 156-71.
In the women's competition, junior Kathryn Wrobel (Arden Hills, MN/Mounds View HS) was a winner in the 1,650 freestyle (18:04.90). Sophomore Michaela Rookus (Hudsonville/Hudsonville HS) was a close second in the 50 freestyle (24.81) while also placing second in the 100 breaststroke (1:07.67). Senior Margaret Rechel (Worthington, OH/Thomas Worthington HS) also had a strong night, placing fourth in the 200 freestyle (2:02.27) and third in the 100 freestyle (55.71).
On the men's side sophomore Johnson Cochran (Mount Vernon, OH/Mount Vernon HS) took second in the 100 breaststroke (58.37) while senior Andrew Mitchell (Iron Mountain/Kingsford HS) was third in the 100 backstroke (54.06). Freshman Brett Stoughton (Centerville, IN/Centerville HS) was third in the 100 butterfly (52.87). Calvin also received strong efforts in the 1,650 freestyle from sophomore Aaron Venema (Grand Haven/Grand Haven HS) with Venema third in 16:45.87 and sophomore Caleb Meindertsma (Annondale, VA/Trinity Christian HS) fourth in 16:58.31.
Both Calvin team will host non-conference rival Wheaton on Saturday at 1 p.m. in dual meet action.
MEN'S AND WOMEN'S SOCCER
The Calvin men's and women's soccer teams will host rival Hope in MIAA Tournament final showdowns on Saturday with the men's game set for noon and the women's game set for 2:30 p.m.
Live stats will be featured at: http://www.calvin.edu/scoreboard with audio broadcasts online at: http://client.stretchinternet.com/client/calvin.portal#<http://client.stretchinternet.com/client/calvin.portal>
Both teams advanced to the finals with 3-0 semifinal wins on Thursday - the men defeating Kalamazoo and the women defeating Adrian.
Calvin media relations manager Matt Kucinski was on hand Thursday and produced a pair of highlight video packages.
The men's highlight video can be found online at: http://vimeo.com/78849300#
The women's highlight video can be found online at http://vimeo.com/78863288
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