CALVIN KNIGHT SPORTS REPORT FOR DEC. 5, 2014
Swimming and Diving Teams Wrap up Day Two at Calvin Winter Invitational;
Men's Basketball Falls to Wheaton
MEN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING
By John Leerar
The Calvin men's swimming and diving team ended the second day of the Calvin Winter Invitational in second place. The Knights currently have 370 points while Grand Valley State University leads the way with 675 points.
Sophomore Eli Holstege (Keswick, VA / Covenant HS) was the lone Knight on the night to win his event, taking the 100 breaststroke in a season-best and NCAA B' cut qualifying time of 56.06. Holstege also finished sixth in the 50 free in 21.27 and was a part of a 200 free relay along with junior Mitch Schroder (Grand Rapids, MI / Grand Rapids Christian HS), freshman Skyler Fish (Ionia, MI / Ionia), and senior Alex Baumann (Holland, MI / Holland Christian HS) that placed second in 1:24.26.
There were other notable Calvin performances. Junior Caleb Meindertsma (Annadale, VA / Trinity Christian HS), fresh off his school-record-setting pace in the 1650 freestyle Thursday night, placed seventh in the 400 IM in 4:06:69. His teammate, freshman Tanner Vincent (Novi, MI / Novi HS) placed right behind him in 4:12.62.
Sophomore Brett Stoughton (Centerville, IN / Centerville HS) finished fourth in the 200 butterfly in a time of 1:52.76, finishing in the top eight with senior teammate Andrew Vanderlei (Grand Rapids, MI / Grand Rapids Christian HS), who came in eighth in 1:58.57.
Junior Aaron Venema (Grand Haven, MI / Grand Haven HS) and Schroder both placed in the top eight of the 200 free, finishing fourth in 1:41.83 and seventh in 1:43.64, respectively.
Fish also came in fourth in the 100 backstroke in 52.41.
In diving results, freshman Jake Louwerse (Caledonia, MI / South Christian HS) placed sixth with a score of 396.21, while sophomore Dirk Tanis (Holland, MI / Holland Christian HS) came in eighth with 343.43 points.
The Knights will finish up the invitational tomorrow with prelims set for 10 a.m. and finals set for 6 p.m.
WOMEN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING
The Calvin women's swimming and diving team is in fifth place through two days of competition of its own Calvin Winter Invitational. The Knights have 214.50 points, trailing Kalamazoo by 19.5 points and 24.5 points behind third place Findlay.
The highlight of the day was turned in by junior Alayna Gallegos (Lakeville, MN/Lakeville HS) as she shattered a school record in the 200 butterfly in the morning prelims, clocking in with an NCAA III B' cut qualifying time of 2:06.82. Her time eclipsed the previous Calvin record of 2:08.98 set by Abby Johnson in 2004. Gallegos later took eighth in the evening finals with a time of 2:09.73.
Calvin also picked up points in the freestyle events with its 200 freestyle relay team of freshman Abby Van Harn (Grand Rapids/Grand Rapids Christian HS), sophomore Adrienne Wesselius (Sioux Center, IA/Unity Christian HS), freshman Rachel Mattson (Ann Arbor/Ann Arbor Huron HS) and freshman Ana Estrella (Hudsonville/Calvin Christian HS) taking fifth in the 200 freestyle relay in a time of 1:38.09.
Van Harn also took sixth in the 200 freestyle (1:56.89) and sixth in the 50 freestyle (24.40).
Wesselius was ninth in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:08.42 while senior Erika Waugh (Berne, IN/South Adams HS) claimed a seventh place finish in the 100 backstroke (59.19).
In the one-meter diving competition, freshman Sarah Bradley (Wheaton, IL/Wheaton North HS) took fifth with a score of 383.70 points.
Action continues on Saturday with prelims at 10 a.m. and finals set for 6 p.m.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Wheaton 70, Calvin 66
By Mark DeHaan
KENOSHA, WI - The Calvin men's basketball team traveled to the campus of Carthage College Friday evening and dropped a 70-66 decision to Wheaton College.
Calvin was looking for consecutive wins over the Thunder for the first time since 2005. The Knights defeated Wheaton 78-51 last season and was looking for a similar result this year.
Unfortunately for Knights, they could not overcome a double-digit deficit in the second half and fell 70-66.
Wheaton jumped out to an early 6-0 lead on four early points from guard Brayden Teuscher in the opening three minutes.
A layup from senior Tyler Dykstra (Holland/Holland Christian HS) with 12:10 remaining in the first half brought the game back level at 13-13.
After a three-pointer from Dykstra, a 14-5 run by Wheaton gave the Thunder the largest lead of the first half at 29-21.
The Knights then scored the final seven points of the first half to bring the score at the break to 29-28.
At the half, freshman Connor VanderBrug and Dykstra led Calvin with 7 points apiece.
In the second half, the Knights saw its largest lead of the game at 16:27 remaining on a layup from senior Daniel Stout.
The Thunder quickly retook the lead, and with 6:39 to go, saw their lead increase to double-digits at 58-47.
In the final minutes, Calvin cut the deficit the three at 62-59 on a triple from senior Jordan Brink with 1:28 remaining.
With 0:10 to go, another three from Brink put Wheaton's lead at 68-66. But, the Thunder, behind strong shooting from Brayden Teuscher, iced the game at the free-throw line to claim a 70-66 lead.
The Knights shot 49.1% for the game compared to 46.3% for Wheaton. Calvin was out-rebounded by the Thunder 32-27 for the game, however, and Wheaton hit 15-of-17 free throws.
Individually, Brink led Calvin with 19 points while junior Jordan Daley scored 13.
For Wheaton, Teuscher had 28 points, shooting 9-of-10 from the charity stripe.
"As a team we had a poor opening seven or eight minutes, and we came out passionless," said head coach Kevin Vande Streek. "Although the second half was far from perfect, we played with so much more energy. But, when you come out slow you are forced to come from behind."
The Knights fall to 4-3 overall with the loss while Wheaton improves to 5-2.
Calvin now looks forward to Saturday when it faces off with host Carthage College. Tip-off is set for 4:00 p.m. eastern time.
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