CALVIN KNIGHT SPORTS REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 28, 2014
Baseball Splits in Kentucky / Women's Tennis Falls to Aquinas / Track and Field Opens Calvin Collegiates With Multi-Events / Women's Divers Compete at Regional Meet
BASEBALL
Defiance 7, Calvin 3
Calvin 6, Centre 1
DANVILLE, KY - The Calvin baseball team escaped the frozen wonder winterland of West Michigan and officially opened its 2014 season in the less frigid climate of Kentucky Friday afternoon and evening. Calvin opened the day with a 7-3 loss to Defiance College of Ohio but came back to defeat the host Colonels of Centre 6-1 in an evening matchup.
GAME ONE - Defiance 7, Calvin 3
Defiance broke a 3-3 tie with two runs in the top of the seventh and added two unearned runs in the eighth to pull away for the win.
Defiance took a 2-0 lead off of starter Peter Cupery (Holland/Holland Christian HS) but the Knights tied the game 2-2 as senior Matt Schepel (Grand Rapids/Grand Rapids Christian HS) delivered an RBI single and Cupery followed by driving in a run on a fielder's choice.
The teams traded runs in the fifth. Calvin scored when junior Grant Van Putten (Holland/Holland Christian HS) led off with a single, stole second base and later scored on an error.
Calvin outhit Defiance 8-6 but committed six errors in the field which led to three unearned runs.
Van Putten went 3-for-4 with a triple while sophomore Michael Kamp (Homer Glen, IL/Chicago Christian HS) had a pair of hits including a double.
Cupery went the first four innings followed by one inning of relief by junior Jeremy Kamp and four innings by senior Cory Laster (Ludington/Ludington HS). Laster struck out six but took the hard-luck loss in defeat.
GAME TWO - Calvin 6, Centre 1
Calvin collected 10 hits off of three Centre pitchers to gain its first victory of the year. Peter Cupery went 3-for-5 at the plate with a double while Grant Van Putten went 2-for-5 with a stolen base. Senior Jack Jorgenson (Milwaukee, IL/Milwaukee Lutheran HS) also had two hits in the victory.
On the mound, junior Nate Schepers (Holland/Holland Christian HS) tossed hitless ball into the fifth before the Colonels scored their lone run of the game on a triple and a groundout.
Schepers went six innings to pick up the win, striking out six and allowing only two hits. Senior Jeff Victor (Holland/Holland Christian HS) came on in relief and pitched three innings of shutout relief. Victor got out of a bases-loaded jam in the bottom of the ninth by striking out two and ending the game on a groundout. Victor finished six strikeouts in three innings of work.
Calvin is back in action on Saturday, taking on Defiance College at noon at Centre's baseball complex.
WOMEN'S TENNIS
Aquinas 8, Calvin 1
The visiting Aquinas College Saints handed the Calvin College Knights an 8-1 loss on Friday inside Calvin's Huizenga Tennis and Track Center. Aquinas is now 3-0 on the year while Calvin is 1-3.
Aquinas took all three doubles points. At number-one doubles, the Aquinas team of Lauren Ramey and Tiffany Tuori edged Calvin's Megan Visser and Claire Spoelhof 8-6. At number-two doubles, Gina Kukulski Rilie DuShane of Aquinas claimed an 8-2 win over Calvin's Bethany Zoerhof and Ellie Benzel. At three doubles, Ariana Kabodian and Marjeanne Bothman topped Liz Turner and Courtney Selvius 8-1.
At one singles, Ramey rolled to a 6-2, 6-0 win over Visser and Daniela Fonseca defeated Spoelhof 6-4, 6-2 to put the Saints up 5-0. Kabodian claimed a 6-1, 6-2 win at three singles but Tuori was forced to dig down to pull out a 4-6, 6-0, 6-0 win over Calvin's Benzel at four singles.
At five singles, Bothma was also forced to three sets by Calvin's Turner before pulling out a 6-4, 3-6, 10-7 win.
Calvin's lone point came at six singles with Selvius defeating DuShane 7-5, 3-6, 10-4 in another three-set thriller.
Calvin is back in action on March 19 when it faces Davenport.
MEN'S AND WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD
The multi-events of the Calvin College Indoor Track and Field Championships began on Friday inside the Spoelhof Fieldhouse Complex.
In the women's five-event pentathlon, freshman Bethany Van Eck took first place with a point total of 2,969 points. She had a time of 9.77 in the 60 meter hurdles followed by a high jump of 5-1 1/4 and a shot put of 27-5 1/2. In the long jump, she went 16-1 3/4 and then clocked a time of 2:40.87 in the 800 meters.
Junior Kelley Tuinenga was fourth with 2,643 points while Maria Steblay was fifth (2,348) and Haley Stadnikia sixth (1,582).
In the men's heptathlon, junior Erik Holstege has a first-day total of 2,764 points. He clocked a time of 7.43 in the 60 meter dash, had a season-best jump of 22-3 3/4 in the long jump, heaved the shot put 40-10 1/4 and then went 5-10 3/4 in the high jump. He has three events remaining on Saturday - the 60 meter hurdles, the pole vault and the 1,000 meter dash as he hopes to improve his final point total in a bid for the upcoming NCAA III Indoor Track and Field Championships.
The rest of the competition will also take place on Saturday. A schedule of events can be found at: http://www.calvin.edu/sports/mens/track/CalvinCollegiateChamp2014infosched.pdf
Live results on Saturday will be available at: http://michianatiming.com/live/calvin_invite/
WOMEN'S DIVING
GRANVILLE, OH - The NCAA III Diving Regional at Denison University opened on Friday. Calvin had two divers competing in the women's competition in junior Rebecca Mumby (Spring Lake/Spring Lake High School) and sophomore Sarah Roth (Brighton/Brighton HS).
Friday's competition for the women began with the three-meter board.
Mumby placed 18th with an 11-dive total of 371.25 while Roth was 19th at 369.70.
Both divers will now prepare to compete on the one-meter board Saturday afternoon.
The regional diving website can be found at: http://www.denisonbigred.com/genrel/ncaa_dive2014
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