CALVIN KNIGHT SPORTS REPORT FOR APRIL 19, 2014
Women's Lacrosse Defeats Albion in Key League Game;
Track and Field Teams Post Strong Efforts at Al Owens Classic;
Men's Golf Third at MIAA NCAA Spring Qualifier
Softball Swept by Nationally-Ranked Trine;
Women's Tennis Falls to Hope;
WOMEN'S LACROSSE
Calvin 15, Albion 11
By Mark DeHaan
In an important conference matchup between two teams tied for second place, the Knights hosted the Britons of Albion College, entering the days contest with 3-1 records.
Calvin jumped out to a 5-0 lead midway through the first half, and despite a strong second half push from Albion, earned a 15-11 victory.
The Knights got on the board first as junior Karissa Reed scored on a free position attempt just under three minutes into the contest.
Junior Lissa Busscher then scored on a pass from Reed, and senior Michelle Holwerda added a goal with 19:48 to go in the first.
Freshman Emily Cefaratti then scored two goals less than a minute apart, and the Knights held a 5-0 lead with 14:46 remaining.
The Britons then scored their first goal of the game, a goal which was quickly answered by freshman Audrey Grabowski.
Two more goals from Albion and three goals from the Knights then brought the score to 9-3 at halftime.
Out of the break, the Britons made a 6-3 run to begin the second half and cut the Knights lead to 12-9 with 6:37 remaining the game.
The Knights then closed out the win with three goals in the remaining time, while the defense clamped down and allowed only one, and Calvin claimed a 15-11 victory.
The Knights outshot the Britons 30-27. Albion had 34 ground balls compared to 31 for Calvin.
Grabowski led the Knights with 4 goals while Holwerda added three goals and three assists and Cefaratti three goals. Reed chipped in two goals and two assists. Senior goalie Lauren Spoelstra made 10 saves on 21 shots.
For Albion, Kadie Koolwick had four goals while Alyssa Glenn and Ashley Glenn each added a pair.
"It was a good win for us, I knew we had to come out strong. I've been saying all season that this game is won in the middle of the field," said head coach Blake Boehm. "Our strong first half was due to our pressing the cage, transitioning well, and not being content with a slower paced game."
The Knights improve to 7-4 overall and 4-1 in the MIAA, while Albion falls to 6-6 and 3-2 in conference.
Calvin's next matchup welcomes the Belles of Saint Mary's to Zuidema Field on Tuesday afternoon. That contest is scheduled to start at 5:00 p.m.
MEN'S TRACK AND FIELD
ALLENDALE - The Calvin men's track and field team had another strong day of competition at the Al Owens Classic Saturday afternoon at Grand Valley State University.
Junior Erik Holstege (Kewsick, VA/Monticello HS) played a key role in the Calvin surge, taking second in the 110 high hurdles with a time of 15.00. In the prelims, he clocked a season-best time of 14.91. He then had a season-best time of 22.62 in the 200 meters and helped Calvin's 4x100 meter relay team of Alex Karr (Madison, WI/James Madison HS), Carter Holthouse (Willard, OH/Willard HS) and Cole Evans (Chicago, IL/Waulther Lutheran HS) take third in 43.40.
In the 1,500 meters, senior Stephen Tubergen (Mount Prospect, IL/John Hersey HS) had a season-best time of 4:01.03.
In the men's discus throw, senior Ben de Waal Malefyt took third with a season-best throw of 163-7 that currently places him 10th on the NCAA III qualifying list in the event. In the shot put, sophomore Eric Jipping (Canton/Plymouth Christian HS) took third in the shot put at 50-7 3/4 .
Lucas Wolters (Vincennes, IN/South Knox HS) took fourth in the pole vault with a season-best height of 14-9 1/2.
Calvin will now start to prepare for a busy week of action that will include the Hillsdale Relays as well as a meet hosted by Aquinas.
WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD
ALLENDALE - The Calvin women's track and field team had a number of stellar performances at the Al Owens Classic hosted by Grand Valley State University on Saturday.
Senior Julie Busscher (Hudsonville/Unity Christian HS) was strong in the sprints, taking fifth in the 100 meter dash (12.39) and 10th in the 200 meter dash (26.22) while leading off Calvin's 4x100 meter relay team of senior Stephanie Bennett (Rockford, IL/Christian Life Center), sophomore Maria Steblay (Eden Prairie, MN/Eden Prairie HS) and junior Amy Sybesma (Cerritos, CA/Valley Christian HS) that placed fifth with a time of 50.44.
In the 1,500 meters, junior Kate Ardinger (Elmhurst, IL/Timothy Christian HS) had a time of 4:46.53 while freshman Cassie Vince (Amherst, OH/Amherst HS) came in at 4:49.41.
Junior Breanna Verkaik (Holland/Holland Christian HS) took fifth with a season-best time of 2:16.02. Younger sister Kally Verkaik (Holland/Holland Christian HS) was sixth in the 400 meter hurdles with a season-best time of 1:07.41 while junior Kelley Tuinenga (Grand Rapids/South Christian HS) was eighth in 1:08.51.
In the 4x400 meter relay, Calvin's quartet of Tuinenga, Breanna Verkaik, senior Olivia Butler (Grant/Grant HS) and Bennett took third in a time of 4:02.24.
In the long jump, senior Hilary Banning (Whitinsville, MA/Whitinsville Christian HS) took third with a jump of 17-3 1/4.
Calvin will now start to prepare for a busy week of action that will include the Hillsdale Relays as well as a meet hosted by Aquinas.
MEN'S GOLF
WEST OLIVE - The Calvin men's golf team took third place at Saturday's final MIAA NCAA spring qualifying tournament - posting a team score of 314 strokes. The Knights finished fourth in the final 54-hole tournament standings with 950 strokes. Regular season champion Hope also claimed the spring tournament title, finishing with 919 strokes with Trine second at 934 and Adrian third at 936.
Hope hosted Saturday's tournament round as well as Friday's round at the Wuskowhan Player's Club.
In Saturday's competition, Calvin was led by senior Ross Ryzenga (Holland/Holland Christian HS) who tied for fourth individually with a round of 76, one day after shooting a 77.
Junior James VanNoord (Troy/Troy Athens HS) had a big final day, firing a score of 73 that was good for a tie for eighth plce on the weekend.
Senior Jake Hoogstrate (Grand Rapids/Grand Rapids Christian HS) had an 82 Saturday to go with his Friday score of 82 while sophomore Justin Crow (Grand Rapids/Grand Rapids Christian HS) had an 83 after shooting 82 on Friday. Senior Mark Allen (Oconomowoc, WI/Lake Country Lutheran HS) had an 87 Saturday after shooting 80 on Friday.
Connor Doria of Adrian had the top two-day total, shooting 70 on Saturday after shooting 72 on Friday.
Hope had the top team score on Saturday at 307 with Adrian coming in at 311, Calvin at 314 and Trine at 316.
MIAA SPRING TOURNAMENT FINAL STANDINGS
Hope - 305, 307, 307 = 919
Trine - 313, 305, 306 = 934
Adrian - 319, 306, 311 - 936
Calvin - 315, 321, 314 - 950
SOFTBALL
Trine 6, Calvin 0
Trine 8, Calvin 0
Calvin dropped both ends of a doubleheader to nationally-ranked Trine University on Saturday, falling by scores of 6-0 and 8-0. The Thunder came into the twinbill ranked fifth nationally. With the sweep, Trine stretched its MIAA regular season win streak to 44 games, matching the longest regular season conference win streak in MIAA softball history.
Trine (30-1 overall, 14-0 MIAA) used dominant pitching in both games.
In game one, junior Bree Fuller tossed a no-hitter, striking out 14 Calvin batters and walking only two. The game remained scoreless however until the fifth when the Thunder used three hits and two Calvin errors to score a pair of runs. Trine then added four insurance runs in the sixth to help seal the win.
Senior Caitlin Callow (Muskegon/Muskegon Catholic Central HS) took the loss for Calvin to fall to 11-5 on the year.
In game two, Trine used eight hits and four Calvin errors to put away the Knights in six innings in a game shortened by the mercy-rule.
Freshman Paige Groom (Potterville/Potterville HS) took the loss for Calvin to fall to 0-1 on the year.
Senior Ashley Jakus (Muskegon/Muskegon Reeths-Puffer HS) had the lone hit for Calvin in defeat.
Calvin (18-10 overall, 6-4 MIAA) returns to action on Saturday when it travels to Alma for a 3:30 p.m. doubleheader.
WOMEN'S TENNIS
Hope 9, Calvin 0
HOLLAND - Calvin dropped a 9-0 decision to rival Hope Saturday afternoon. The Knights are now 5-10 overall and 3-3 in the MIAA and will need a win at Saint Mary's on Wednesday to remain alive in a bid for the four-team MIAA Tournament.
The regionally-ranked Flying Dutch rolled through the doubles-portion of the match, winning 8-4 over junior Megan Visser (Kalamazoo/Kalamazoo Christian HS) at one doubles, 8-6 over senior Bethany Zoerhof (Holland/Holland Christian HS) and freshman Ellie Benzel (San Dimas, CA/San Dimas HS) at two doubles and 8-2 over freshman Liz Turner (Audobon, PA/Delaware County Christian HS) and junior Courtney Selvius (Hudsonville/Unity Chrisitan HS) at three doubles.
Visser had Calvin's top performance in singles, falling to regionally-ranked Nancy Benda 6-3, 7-5.
Calvin's match at Saint Mary's on Wednesday is scheduled to start at 4 p.m.
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