CALVIN KNIGHT SPORTS REPORT FOR NOV. 13, 2014
Calvin Men's Soccer Regional Tournament Moved to Hope's Van Andel Stadium;
Volleyball Opens NCAA III Tournament Play With Victory over UW-Oshkosh;
Volleyball Players Receive Great Lakes All-Region Honors - Warners Named Great Lakes Region Coach of Year
MEN'S SOCCER
With the current field conditions of Calvin's Zuidema Field and the predicted weather conditions this weekend, the NCAA has decided to move the NCAA III Men's Soccer games to the campus of Hope College and will have new game times as well.
The weekend tournament games will be played at Hope's Van Andel Soccer Stadium. Friday's games will now be played at 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. with the regional final slated to start at 5 p.m. Saturday.
Calvin (18-2-1) will face Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (14-4-3) Friday at 5 p.m. with Ohio Wesleyan (15-4-2) set to face Penn State-Behrend (18-3-0) at 7:30 p.m. Friday. Friday's winners will then meet Saturday at 5 p.m. again at Hope's Van Andel Stadium.
VOLLEYBALL
Calvin 3, UW-Oshkosh 0 (25-23, 25-22, 25-13)
KENOSHA, WISC - The top-ranked Calvin women's volleyball team moved on to the second round of NCAA III Tournament play with a 25-23, 25-22, 25-13 victory over the Titans of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Thursday afternoon on the campus of Carthage College.
The Knights (28-3) advance to face 16th-ranked Elmhurst (31-8) in a second round regional match at 5:30 p.m. (EST) Friday.
In its win over UW-Oshkosh Calvin grabbed a 21-16 win in set one but the Titans were able to close to within a point at 24-23. Calvin responded with a timeout and Oshkosh responded with a service error that closed out the set one win for the Knights.
Facing a tall Oshkosh front row, Calvin's offense struggled to find openings in set two as the Knights trailed 14-11 and later 20-18. Calvin then responded with a defensive stand as seniors Emily Crowe (Granger, IN/Mishawaka Penn HS) and Stacey Kamp (Orland Park, IL/Chicago Christian HS) responded with a double block and senior Ellie Diepersloot (Madera, CA/Chowchilla HS) and freshman Jenna Lodewyk (Villa Park, IL/Timothy Christian HS) came up with back-to-back kills to give Calvin a 21-20 lead.
Oshkosh called timeout but Calvin kept up the momentum with kills by Crowe and Diepersloot. The Titans rallied with back-to-back kills by Katelyn Malcheski to creep within one at 23-22 but the Knights stood tall as Diepersloot smacked a kill and freshman Emily Blankespoor (Grand Rapids/South Christian HS) ripped off a service ace to finish the set two win.
Set three was all Calvin as the Knights hit .433 as a team. The Knights held a 10-9 lead but then ripped off a 10-2 run to put the set and the match out of reach.
"I thought our serve receive tonight was consistent the entire match but our defense picked up in set three and that helped fuel our offense," said Calvin head coach Amber Warners. "I was very happy with our serving. I thought we served aggressively and didn't get down on ourselves. We stayed positive which is important to do at this time of the year."
Calvin was led in the win by junior Maggie Kamp (Orland Park, IL/Chicago Christian HS) who tallied 14 kills and 14 digs. Sophomore Laura Danhoff (Willard, OH/Willard HS) had nine kills. Crowe had six kills and three block assists while Stacey Kamp also had three block assists.
Senior Elise Biesboer (Elmhurst, IL/Timothy Christian HS) tallied 11 digs while Blankespoor had eight digs and a pair of service aces. Lodewyk set the table from her setter's spot with 36 assists to go with four kills and a pair of service aces.
"I thought Jenna got more crafty in the third set," said Warners. "She really made our offense go late in the match. This was a good team win. We will need to keep our focus tomorrow against a very talented Elmhurst team."
Calvin is now 40-23 all-time in NCAA III Tournament play including 17-7 in first round matches.
VOLLEYBALL
Five members of the Calvin women's volleyball team have received Great Lakes All-Region honors from the American Volleyball Coaches Association of America.
Senior Emily Crowe, junior Maggie Kamp, sophomore Laura Danhoff and freshman Jenna Lodewyk have been named to the Great Lakes All-Region team while senior Elise Biesboer has been named to the Great Lakes Honorable Mention All-Region team.
As members of the Great Lakes All-Region team, Kamp, Danhoff, Crowe and Lodewyk are all now eligible for AVCA Division III All-America consideration.
In addition, Lodewyk has been named the Great Lakes Region Freshman of the Year. It marks the second consecutive year that a Calvin players received the honor as Danhoff was the 2013 Great Lakes Region Freshman of the Year.
A middle-hitter, Crowe is from Granger, Indiana. She is a graduate of Mishawaka Penn High School. She is receiving Great Lakes All-Region honors for the second straight year year. Crowe is averaging 1.91 kills and 0.63 blocks-per-set while hitting at a .319 clip. Earlier this year she was named to the All-MIAA second team.
Like Crowe, Kamp is making her second consecutive appearance on the Great Lakes All-Region team. A native of Orland Park, Illinois, Kamp (Chicago Christian High School) is averaging 4.50 kills and 2.55 digs-per-set while holding a .298 hitting percentage. She was a three-time MIAA Player of the Week this year and named to the Clarkson Classic All-Tournament team. An outside hitter, Kamp was later named the MIAA's Most Valuable Player and landed a spot on the All-MIAA first team.
Danhoff is from Willard, Ohio. She is a graduate of Willard High School. She is receiving Great Lakes All-Region honors for the first time. A middle-hitter, Danhoff has been in the nation's top 10 this fall in hitting percentage. She is currently hitting at a .393 clip and is averaging 2.95 kills, 0.81 blocks and 0.29 service aces-per-set. She was named to the All-MIAA first team this year and was named MIAA Player of the Week once. In addition she was named to the Clarkson Classic All-Tournament team.
A setter, Lodewyk is from Villa Park, Illinois. She is a graduate of Timothy Christian High School. She currently ranks second nationally in assists-per-set (11.24) and has 40 service aces on the season. She also averages 2.26 digs-per-set and carries a .305 hitting percentage. She was named to the Clarkson Classic All-Tournament team and was later named MIAA Specialty Player of the Week once as well as to the All-MIAA first team.
Biesboer is from Elmhurst, Illinois. She is a graduate of Timothy Christian High School. Calvin's starting libero, Biesboer averages 4.36 digs-per-set and has a team-leading 47 service aces on the season. She was named to the Wittenberg Fall Classic All-Tournament team and was a two-time MIAA Specialty Player of the Week choice. She was later named to the All-MIAA second team.
MORE VOLLEYBALL
Calvin College head volleyball coach has once again been named the Great Lakes Region Coach of the Year.
Now in her 13th season at the helm of the Calvin Knights volleyball program, Warners has led her team to a 15-1 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Conference record and racked up 27 total wins heading into post-season play.
As a head coach, Warners has recorded 411 wins to just 75 losses. Her winning percentage sits at second all-time among active DIII coaches. At one point during the 2014 season,
Calvin notched 14 consecutive victories. The Knights also dominated in home matches this season as they won all 10 home contests. Warners was named as the AVCA DIII National Coach of the Year in both 2010 and 2012.
This is her fifth AVCA DIII All-Region Coach of the Year award (2006, 2008, 2011, 2012).
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