CALVIN KNIGHT SPORTS REPORT FOR MARCH 27, 2015
Softball Sweeps Finlandia;
Women's Lacrosse Falls at Walsh;
Indoor Track & Field to be MIAA Sponsored Sport
SOFTBALL
Calvin 17, Finlandia, 4
Calvin 8, Finlandia 0
The Calvin softball team snapped a six-game losing skid with a doubleheader sweep over visiting Finlandia University Friday afternoon at the Gainey Athletic Complex. The Knights won both games in mercy-rule fashion, taking the opener 17-4 in five innings and the nightcap 8-0 in five innings.
Calvin (5-7) used a seven-run outburst in the first inning of game one to pull away for the win. The seven-run inning was highlighted by a grand-slam homer to left by junior Ashley Riemersma (Grand Rapids/Grand Rapids Christian HS).
Calvin scored four runs in the third with junior Lydia Gildea (Gobles/Gobles HS) leading off the inning with a triple and later scoring on a ground-out by sophomore Maddie Teune (Grand Rapids/South Christian HS).
The Knights then added six more runs in the fourth and shut the door on the visiting Lions (4-17) in the top of the fifth to close out the win.
Calvin had seven hits and reaped the benefit of seven walks issued by the Finlandia pitching staff. Sophomore Caitlin Bell (Oak Park, IL/Oak Park River Forest HS) scored three runs as did Riemersma and junior Jessica Gillings (Muskegon/Mona Shores HS).
Sophomore Paige Groom (Potterville/Potterville HS) went the distance to pick up the victory in the circle, striking out seven and walking three to up her season record to 3-2.
In game two, freshman Makela Chapman (Lowell/Lowell HS) tossed a four-hit shutout, striking out six and walking three.
Calvin scored two in the first, three in the third and three in the fourth to provide enough offense for the Knights to win by mercy-rule.
Senior Christie VanderMeer (Grandville/Grandville HS) was 2-for-2 with a pair of runs scored while senior Kelsey Pollock (Greenville/Belding HS) scored three runs while freshman Kaley Frank (Edwardsburg/Edwardsburg HS) also went 2-for-3 with three runs batted in.
Bell also sparkled in right field defensively with a pair of outfield assists.
Calvin will now prepare to host Alma on Saturday in a conference twinbill at 2 p.m.
WOMEN'S LACROSSE
Walsh 12, Calvin 7
NORTH CANTON, OH - Calvin dropped a 12-7 decision to Division II Walsh University Friday night.
Playing on a snow-covered field, Calvin trailed 7-2 at halftime Calvin closed the gap down to three at 8-5, 9-6 and 10-7 but the host Cavaliers scored the final two goals to keep Calvin at bay.
Calvin outshot Walsh (3-4) 26-24 but Cavaliers' goalkeeper Tia Tyler came up with 15 saves.
Sophomore Emily Cefaratti (Hinsdale, IL/Hinsdale Central HS), freshman Amanda Davio (Okemos/Okemos HS) and senior Paige Noordyke (Grand Rapids/Grand Rapids Christian HS) finished with two goals apiece for Calvin.
Junior Carolyn Forbes (Farmington Hills/Marian HS) also had one goal for the Knights.
Cefaratti and Davio had five ground balls apiece for the Knights.
Aly JaJack proved to be a thorn in Calvin's side with four goals on four shots however for Walsh.
Junior goalkeeper Corry Remy (Zeeland/Zeeland East HS) had six saves for Calvin.
The Knights were scheduled to face Baldwin-Wallace University on Saturday but that game has been postponed by weather.
MEN'S AND WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD
(prepared by MIAA publicist Greg Chandler)
FREELAND, Mich. - The Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association announced today that it will add men's and women's indoor track and field as varsity conference sports, effective with the 2015-16 school year.
"We are excited to be adding men's and women's indoor track and field to our lineup of sponsored sports. This will give our student-athletes an opportunity to compete for conference championships," MIAA Commissioner Penny Allen-Cook said. "Currently, only the few elite track and field student-athletes have a chance at end-of-season recognition in their sport by qualifying for the NCAA National Championships. This is another affirmation of our membership's commitment to providing a quality, competitive experience for MIAA student-athletes."
The MIAA previously sponsored men's indoor track as a conference sport from 1936-48, with Kalamazoo winning the first league championship in 1936. Albion won six conference titles during that span, the most of any MIAA school, including the final championship in 1948.
Some MIAA member schools already offer indoor track as a sport, with four student-athletes from MIAA member colleges earning All-American honors at the recent NCAA Division III indoor championships.
The addition of men's and women's indoor track will bring the number to 22 sports sponsored by the MIAA - 11 for each gender. They are the first sports to be added to the conference's lineup since men's and women's lacrosse was added during the 2012-13 academic year.
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