CALVIN KNIGHT SPORTS REPORT FOR MARCH 27, 2014
SOFTBALL
Calvin 10, Thomas 2
Calvin 8, Buena Vista 1
CLERMONT, FL - The Calvin softball team improved to 7-3 on the season including 6-2 on its spring break trip with victories over Thomas College of Maine and Buena Vista of Iowa.
Calvin opened the day with a 10-2 victory over Thomas College that was completed after five innings because of the mercy rule.
Senior Lina Avila went 2-for-3 with a double and three runs batted in while sophomore Lydia Gildea had a double and two runs scored. Senior Ashley Jakus also scored a pair of runs in the win.
Freshman Cassidy Vlot went the first four innings and picked up the win, improving her season record to 3-2.
In the win over Buena Vista, senior Caitlin Callow went the distance to improve her season record to 4-1.
Calvin collected 12 hits in the win led by Vlot and junior Christie VanderMeer who had three hits apiece. Junior Merin Cok also had two hits and three runs batted in while senior Janelle Agren also drove in a pair of runs. Vlot had a double as did freshman Maddie Teune.
Calvin will close out its spring trip on Friday as it faces St. Catherine and nationally-ranked St. Thomas. Both opponents are from the state of Minnesota.
WOMEN'S LACROSSE
Birmingham-Southern 15, Calvin 11
By Mark DeHaan
The Calvin women's lacrosse team continue its Spring Break swing down south with a stop in Birmingham, Alabama on Thursday night, facing off against the Panthers of Birmingham-Southern College.
Calvin entered with a 2-2 record overall while Birmingham-Southern was 5-5.
The Panthers got onto the board first, scoring just over two minutes into the contest. Junior Paige Noordyke responded with a goal for the Knights to tie the game at 1-1.
Two straight goals by Birmingham-Southern put the host team up 3-1, but goals from junior Karissa Reed and freshman Emily Cefaratti knotted the game back up at 3-3 with 15:51 to go in the first half.
Two goals by junior Nikita Blaauwendraat and a goal by freshman Ashley Grabowski, countered by four goals from the Panthers, put the game at 7-6 in the favor of Birmingham-Southern with 7:10 remaining.
The Panthers then scored the final two goals of the half, and Birmingham-Southern took a 9-6 lead into the break. Balance was the key to Calvin's offense in the first half as the Knights had five players score their six goals. Calvin outshot the Panthers 16-14 in the opening period, but had 14 turnovers as opposed to 11 for Birmingham-Southern.
Out of halftime, the teams traded goals until 12:30 remaining the game, with sophomore Carolyn Forbes, senior Michelle Holwerda, and junior Lissa Busscher all scoring goals for the Knights as the Panthers continued to hold a three-goal lead at 12-9.
Birmingham-Southern then took its largest lead of the game at 13-9 as Madeline Golden scored her sixth goal of the game with 11:16 to go.
With around seven minutes remaining, Calvin received two quick goals from Cefaratti and Reed, and the Knights cut their deficit to 13-11.
Calvin would come no closer, however, and the Panthers scored two insurance goals en route to a 15-11 win over the Knights.
Calvin outshot Birmingham-Southern 34-25 but were stifled by Panthers goalkeeper Caitlin Dryer who made 17 saves. The Knights out-drew the Panthers 16-12.
Cefaratti paced Calvin on offense with two goals and three assists while Reed and Blaauwendraat each added two goals.
Golden finished with six goals and one assist for Birmingham-Southern while Amanda Amerson chipped in five goals and an assist.
"The flow of the game was very back-and-forth. Of all the games we've played so far, it was the one that was most like a dog fight - neither team was going to back down," said head coach Blake Boehm. "The downfall of this game for us was our shooting percentage. First half we were 6-for-16 and second half we were 5-for-18 (on scoring on shots), so we didn't do our best placing our shots."
The Knights, now 2-3 overall, look forward to Saturday when they will complete their spring break trip in Lexington, Kentucky, playing Transylvania University. Saturday's contest is scheduled to start at 11 a.m.
MEN'S TENNIS
Carthage 9, Calvin 0
ORLANDO, FL - The Calvin men's tennis team dropped a 9-0 decision to regionally-ranked Carthage College Thursday morning.
Despite the 9-0 outcome, the Knights put up a strong fight against the Red Men, taking the top two singles flights to three sets and the number-three doubles flight to a 9-8 decision that was won in a tiebreaker. Calvin's number three doubles team included Tom Griffin and Stephen Healy.
At one singles, senior Loukas Peterson dropped a tough 6-4, 3-6, 10-7 match. At two singles, Griffin suffered a hard-fought 6-4, 4-6, 10-5 defeat while senior John Strikwerda fought valiently at three singles before going down 6-3, 7-6.
The Knights are now 3-4 on the season with a Friday match scheduled to be played against Lawrence of Wisconsin on Friday.
WOMEN'S TENNIS
Carthage 7, Calvin 2
ORLANDO, FL - Calvin closed out its spring trip to Florida with a 7-2 loss to Carthage College Thursday morning. The Knights are now 2-7 on the year.
Carthage took a commanding lead by sweeping the three doubles points. Calvin's two singles points came from Ellie Benzel at four singles and Liz Turner at five singls. Benzel was a 6-4, 7-5 winners while Turner recorded a 6-3, 6-1 win.
Calvin will now prepare for its MIAA opener as the Knights host Alma on Tuesday at 4 p.m.
MEN'S GOLF
CHANDLER, AZ - The Calvin men's golf team competed in a head-to-head dual match against St. Thomas of Minnesota Thursday afternoon. St. Thomas came out on top with a team score of 300 strokes with Calvin second at 308.
Calvin was led by sophomore Justin Crow with a 74 while junior James Van Noord had a 75. Senior Ross Ryzenga had a 77, senior Jake Hoogstrate an 82 and senior Mark Allen an 84.
The match was played at the Lone Tree Golf Course in Chandler, Arizona.
WOMEN'S GOLF
NAPLES, FL - The Calvin women's golf team took on Webber International University in a dual match on Wednesday afternoon. The Knights were nipped by a single strong as Webber International had a team score of 355 while Calvin came in at 356.
Calvin was led by senior Carlia Canto with a 79 while sophomore Jennie Poole had an 97, sophomore Casey Harkema a 94 and sophomore Sarah Arendsen a 97.
Calvin is scheduled to take on rival Hope in a match-play tournament on April 12.
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