CALVIN KNIGHT SATURDAY SPORTS ROUNDUP FOR SEPTEMBER 5, 2015
MEN'S GOLF
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. - The Calvin men's golf team started the season off strong with a win Saturday at the Lou Collins Memorial Tournament in Battle Creek, Michigan. The Knights finished Saturday with a score of 285, four stroke better than Friday to finish at 574 and nine strokes ahead of second place Trine at 583.
Leading the Knights was sophomore John Van Noord (Troy, Mich./Oakland Christian HS) who finished in first place, shooting a two-under round of 68 today to finish at 138.
Sophomore Ben VanScoyk (Grand Rapids, Mich./Grand Rapids Christian) shot the lowest-round of golf on the course on Saturday with a five-under par round of 67 to finish in second place at 140.
Senior Justin Crow (Grand Rapids, Mich./Grand Rapids Christian HS) finished tied for 16th at 149.
Freshman Sam Kuiper (Grand Rapids, Mich./Grand Rapids Christian HS) shot one-under par today to finish tied for 28th place at 152 and Sophomore Matthew Lumbantoruan (Jakartka, Indonesia/Morning Star Academy) finished tied for 43rd place at 158.
The Knights return to action on Wednesday as they travel to the first MIAA Tournament at Medalist Golf Course in Marshall, Michigan.
WOMEN'S GOLF
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - The Calvin women's golf team finished in third place at the Furniture City Classic at the Mines Golf Course in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The Knights finished the day at 357, while Davenport finished in first place at 314.
Senior Jennie Poole (Summit, N.J./Kent Place School) had the best round of the day for Calvin, finishing in eighth place, with a 15-over round of 85. Senior Sarah Arendsen (Wayland, Mich./Wayland) and senior Casey Harkema (Holt, Mich./Holt) finished the day in the top-10 tied at 10th place at 90.
Senior Shara Reynolds (Big Rapids, Mich./Big Rapids) finished in 13th place at 92 for the day and freshman Grace Bolt (Grand Rapids, Mich./Grand Rapids Christian) finished tied for 15th-place at 99.
Calvin returns to action at the Olivet Invitational at Medalist Golf Course on Friday, Sept. 11 in Marshall, Michigan.
WOMEN'S SOCCER
Calvin 3, DePauw 0
BLOOMINGTON, IL - The Calvin women's soccer team picked up its first victory of the young season with an impressive 3-0 victory over the DePauw Tigers at the Illinois Wesleyan Titan Classic.
Calvin (1-2-0) upped the offensive tempo throughout the match, outshooting the Tigers 19-11. Calvin broke through for first goal of the game in the 27th minute as senior Sidney Kinney (Ada/Grand Rapids Christian HS) whipped in a feed from junior Carly Veenstra (North Haledon, NJ/Eastern Christian HS).
Veenstra then scored a goal of her own, popping in a shot in the 67th minute with senior Paige Capel (Hudsonville/Unity Christian HS) drawing an assist on the play.
Senior Taylor TenHarmsel (Holland/Holland Christian HS) closed out the scoring, converting a penalty kick in the 77th minute of play.
Senior Holly Ellerbroek (Holland/Holland Christian HS) had five saves in collecting her first shutout of her Calvin College career.
Calvin's victory came on the heels of back-to-back losses to nationally-ranked Wheaton and Illinois Wesleyan earlier this week.
"This was our best 90 minutes of soccer this year," said Calvin women's soccer coach Mark Recker. "After the Wheaton (4-1 loss) game Tuesday, we stressed fundamentals on defense in our lead-up to our game last night with Illinois Wesleyan. I thought our defense really performed well in a tough 1-0 loss. The next piece of the puzzle was to start getting on the same page offensively and our players really executed well tonight. This was a big confidence booster for our team going forward."
Calvin returns to action next Wednesday when it hosts Trine University in its MIAA opener at 4 p.m. at Zuidema Field.
MEN'S SOCCER
WENHAM, Mass. - The Calvin men's soccer team picked up its first victory of the year with a 1-0 win at Gordon College Saturday night. The match featured a pair of teams that reached the 2014 NCAA III Tournament.
Calvin held control for large portions of the match and took a 1-0 lead on a shot by sophomore Matt Hinds (Frankenmuth/Frankenmuth HS) in the 30th minute of play.
Calvin continued to pressure in the second half and nearly scored again when a deflected pass bounced over the Gordon goalkeeper's head with Calvin senior Taylor Pruis (Grand Rapids/Grand Rapids Christian HS). Gordon goalkeeper Josh Spoonhour was able to beat Pruis to the ball with a backwards slide, corralling the ball inches before it went over the goal line.
Gordon (2-1-0) then mounted a last-ditch effort in the final 10 minutes to equalize but Calvin goalkeeper Niko Giantsopoulos (Markham, Ont./St. Augustine Catholic) was stellar down the stretch. With under 20 seconds remaining, Giantsopoulos snared a shot in the box by Gordon's Jerry Williams and then sent the ball deep into the Gordon end to close out the match.
"It was a hard-fought win and it is a win that we will gladly take," said a happy Calvin men's soccer coach Ryan Souders after the game. "After an overtime game last night against Endicott, we were concerned that we would have the energy to go strong for a full 90 but we did. That is a credit to the fitness of our players and also to our bench players who gave us strong minutes when we needed them. We are still a work in progress but this was a good team win and we are feeling good coming home."
Calvin finished the game with a 9-5 shots at goal advantage. Giantsopoulos collected two saves to post his second shutout of the season and the 14th of his Calvin career.
Calvin will return to action next Tuesday when it hosts Great Lakes Christian College at 4 p.m. in the home opener for the Knights at Zuidema Field.
VOLLEYBALL
By Gina de Haan
The Calvin women's volleyball team closed out competition at its own Calvin Labor Day Weekend Invitational with victories over Thomas More and Pacific Lutheran.
Calvin opened the day against 23rd-ranked Pacific Lutheran.
The Knights, coming off a 3-1 loss to a number-two ranked Emory University team Friday night, bounced back and swept the visiting Lutes 25-13, 25-22, 25-19.
A strong offensive attack by the Knights lifted them to a first set victory over PLU as the home team hit .500 in the effort. Calvin scored first off a kill by senior Maggie Kamp (Orland Park, IL/Chicago Christian HS) and held onto the lead for the remainder of the set.
The Knights began the second set with three consecutive points, courtesy of a service ace by freshman defensive specialist Rachel Herrera (Scheverville, IN/Illiana Christian HS) and kills by junior Laura Danhoff (Willard, OH/Willard HS) and Maggie Kamp. Calvin didn't trail the entire set, despite the resilient efforts of the Lutes who came close to pulling ahead numerous times.
Calvin utilized its momentum in the third set, displaying another solid offensive effort as the team hit .462. The Lutes made a late run at the Knights' lead, cutting the score 21-19, but Calvin would go on to score four consecutive points to close out the set.
Danhoff was the driving force behind the Knights' offense, finishing with 16 kills and a kill percentage of .714. Maggie Kamp put down 11 kills and Tessa Van Laare (Toronto, ON/Toronto District Christian) contributed nine. Freshman Anna Kamp (Orland Park, IL/Chicago Christian HS) added six kills.
Jenna Lodewyk (Villa Park, IL/Timothy Christian HS) had a stellar all-around performance as she dished out 40 assists and also led the Knights with nine digs and three service aces.
On the defensive end, Jamie Kooiman (Eugene, OR/South Eugene HS) and Rachel Herrera had seven and six digs, respectively.
In their final match of the Calvin Labor Day Weekend Invitational, the Knights went up against the Saints of Thomas More College.
For the third time this weekend the number-one ranked Knights swept their opponent, taking down the Saints 25-12, 25-17, 25-14.
Calvin got off to a solid start, taking an early 7-1 lead in the first set before the Saints called timeout. The visitors held their own until the Knights pulled away, increasing their lead to double digits (17-7), after a couple Saints errors and a service ace by Emily Blankespoor (Grand Rapids, MI/South Christian HS). Calvin cruised to a 25-12 set one victory.
Energy early from big kills by Maggie Kamp (Orland Park, IL/Chicago Christian) and Tessa Van Laare (Toronto, ON/Toronto District Christian HS) set the tone for set two. Kamp logged six kills in the set and Van Laare five as Calvin earned a 25-17 victory over its visitors.
Blankespoor started off the set with a service ace and Laura Danhoff added to the effort with a solo block and a kill. The Saints struggled to put down their kills while Maggie Kamp put two down to give her team a 8-1 lead, forcing Thomas More to call timeout. The Saints cut the lead to five (13-8) after a five-point run, but the Knights proceeded to outscore Thomas More 12-6 to close out the match.
Maggie Kamp led all players with 15 kills while Laura Danhoff (Willard, OH/Willard HS) and Van Laare finished with eight kills apiece.
Jenna Lodewyk (Villa Park, IL/Timothy Christian HS) distributed 25 assists and also dug up six balls. Keilahna Castillo (Grandville, MI/Grandville HS) led all players with 13 digs and also had four assists. Blankespoor contributed on the defensive end with seven digs.
After impressive performances this weekend, Danhoff and Lodewyk were named to the Calvin Labor Day Weekend all-tournament team.
The Knights begin conference play on Wednesday, September 9 when they travel to Indiana to play Saint Mary's. Game will begin at 7:00 p.m.
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