CALVIN KNIGHT SPORTS REPORT FOR MARCH 26, 2014
Softball Takes Two in Florida;
Baseball to Face Hope at Cornerstone Baseball Field;
Men's Tennis Defeats Hamline;
Women's Track and Field Ranked in DIII Top 25 Preseason Poll;
Men's Basketball Ranked 15th in Final D3hoops.com Top 25 Poll;
Tyler Kruis Receives Third Team All-America Honors From DIII News
SOFTBALL
Calvin 6, Concordia (WI) 3
Calvin 2, Hamilton (NY) 1
CLERMONT, FL - The Calvin softball team improved to 5-3 on the year with a pair of victories Wednesday afternoon. Calvin opened the day with a 6-3 win over Concordia-Wisconsin and then held off Hamilton of New York 2-1.
In the win over Concordia, Calvin led 3-1 when freshman Maddie Teune (Grand Rapids/South Christian HS) and delivered a bases-loaded double that scored three runs. Senior Lina Avila (Lakewood, CA/Valley Christian HS) put the Knights on the board with an RBI single in the first and freshman Cassidy Vlot (Chowchilla, CA/Chowchilla HS) then came up with a two-run RBI double in the second.
Concordia cut the deficit in half in the sixth with a pair of runs and threatened to score more when leftfielder whipped a strike to the plate to nail a runner at the plate to end the uprising.
Concordia (6-8) placed two runners aboard in the seventh but could not score.
Vlot had a pair of doubles in the win while Avila and junior Christie VanderMeer (Grandville/Grandville HS) also had two hits apiece.
Senior Caitlin Callow (Rochester/Muskegon Catholic Central HS) got the start and the win as she tossed the first 5.1 innings. Avila came on in the sixth and picked up the save.
Against Hamilton, Vlot went the distance for the Knights to pick up the win. Calvin scored both of its runs in the third inning as Pollock drove in sophomore Lydia Gildea (Gobles/Gobles HS) and Pollock was driven in by Vlot.
In the seventh, Hamilton placed runners on first and third with no out but Vlot was able to work her way out of the jam and preserve the win.
Calvin is scheduled to face Thomas College of Maine and Buena Vista College of Iowa on Thursday afternoon.
BASEBALL
Calvin's four-game weekend baseball series with Hope will be played at Cornerstone University in Grand Rapids. The Cornerstone field features an all-turf surface. The series will open on Friday at noon with Calvin serving as the host team. On Saturday, Hope will be the home team and first pitch of the doubleheader will begin at noon.
Calvin is currently 7-4 overall and 2-1 in the MIAA. The Knights went 5-2 on their spring trip to Florida which began last weekend.
MEN'S TENNIS
Calvin 6, Hamline 3
ORLANDO, FL - The Calvin men's tennis team got back on the winning track with a 6-3 victory over Hamline University (MN) Wednesday. The Knights are now 3-3 on the season.
Calvin led 2-1 after doubles play as senior Loukas Peterson (Brentwood, TN/Brentwood HS) and freshman Taylor Asfour (Grand Rapids/Grand Rapids Christian HS) won 8-1 at one doubles while junior Tom Griffin (Elmhurst, IL/Timothy Christian HS) senior Stephen Healy (Twin Lakes, IN/Twin Lakes HS) won 8-4 at three doubles.
In singles play, Calvin received victories at three, four, five and six singles. Sophomore Matt Buesing (Hoffman Estates, IL/Fremnd HS) was a 6-2, 6-4 winner three singles, senior John Strikwerda (Holland/Holland Christian HS) a 6-3, 2-6, 11-9 victor at four singles, Healy a 6-4, 6-3 winner at five singles and sophomore Klaas Walhout (Grand Rapids/Grand Rapids Christian HS) a 6-0, 6-0 winner at six singles.
Strikwerda currently has a team-best 4-3 record in singles play.
Calvin is back in action on Thursday morning when it faces Carthage College at 9 a.m.
WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD
The Calvin women's track and field team is ranked 25th in the first set of Division III Outdoor Track and Field Top 25 rankings released by the United States Track and Field Cross Country Coaches Association.
Calvin is coming off an indoor season where it placed 17th at the NCAA III Championships.
The Knights opened their season this past Saturday at the Rhodes Invitational. The full rankings can be found online at: http://www.ustfccca.org/2014/03/featured/uw-la-crosse-men-women-begin-2014-division-iii-outdoor-tf-season-at-no-1
MEN'S BASKETBALL
The Calvin men's basketball team has finished 15th in the final D3hoops.com Top 25 poll released Tuesday night. Calvin opened the season ranked 17th in the preseason D3hoops.com Top 25 poll, climbed up to 11th and later slipped out of the rankings.
Calvin moved into the poll as the NCAA III Tournament began, receiving the 24th spot in the poll.
Under the direction of head coach Kevin Vande Streek, Calvin finished the 2013-13 season with an overall record of 24-6, reaching the Round of 16 of the NCAA III Tournament for the second straight year.
The final D3hoops.com Top 25 poll can be found online at: http://d3hoops.com/top25/men/2013-14/final
MORE MEN'S BASKETBALL
Calvin College senior Tyler Kruis has added one more honor to his list of post-season awards. Kruis (Grand Rapids/Calvin Christian HS) has been named a DIII News Third Team All-American.
Earlier this month, Kruis was named the MIAA's Most Valuable Player and was named to the NABC Division III All-District first team as well as to the D3hoops.com Great Lakes All-Region first team.
This past season, Kruis averaged 15.5 points and 5.6 rebounds a game while connecting on 55.6 percent of his field goal attempts.
A four-time MIAA Player of the Week this year, Kruis also connected on 71.6 percent of his free throw attempts and swatted 29 shots.
He concluded his Calvin career with 1,184 career points, ranking 14th on the Calvin career scoring list. He also finished with 159 career blocked shots, ranking third on the Calvin career list.
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