CALVIN KNIGHT SPORTS REPORT FOR NOV. 6, 2015
Volleyball Advances to MIAA Tournament Finals With Win Over Trine;
Maggie Kamp Named MIAA's Most Valuable Player in Volleyball - All-MIAA Teams Announced; MIAA Basketball Preseason Polls Announced / Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving Teams Hold Leads in Weekend Quad
VOLLEYBALL
Calvin advanced to the MIAA Tournament finals in convincing fashion Friday night, defeating Trine University 25-8, 25-20, 25-7 in the MIAA Tournament semifinals at Van Noord Arena.
Calvin will face rival Hope in the MIAA Tournament championship final Saturday night at 7 p.m. at Van Noord Arena with the winner receiving an automatic bid to next week's NCAA III Tournament.
Ranked fourth nationally, Calvin (27-3) picked up its 18th consecutive victory by hitting at a .398 clip against the visiting Thunder (12-16).
Senior Maggie Kamp (Orland Park, IL/Chicago Christian HS) led the way for Calvin with 15 kills and a hitting percentage of .364. Junior Laura Danhoff (Willard, OH/Willard HS) had nine kills, four aces, one block solo and two block assists to tally 15 points.
Senior Rachel Lubben (Grand Rapids/Grand Rapids Christian HS) also tallied eight kills and a hitting percentage of .571. Sophomore setter Jenna Lodewyk (Villa Park, IL/Chicago Christian HS) had 34 assists, three kills and one service ace. Freshman Keilahna Castillo (Grandville/Grandville HS) amassed a team-high 16 digs while senior Jamie Kooiman (Eugen, OR/South Eugene HS) had 10 digs and a service ace.
As a team, Calvin compiled 10 serivce aces while limiting Trine to a hitting percentage of .078.
"I thought we came out with the right mentality. We weren't too high and we weren't too low," said Calvin women's head volleyball coach Amber Warners. "I felt like we very discipline and driven. In the second set we had a little lapse but I want to give Trine credit for that. They had some serves that took us out of our offense in that set but I thought we responded well and held control for most of the match."
Calvin will now prepare to face 10th-ranked Hope for the third time this year after defeating the Flying Dutch twice during the regular season.
It will mark the 13th time that the two rivals will have met in the MIAA Tournament Championship final including the sixth consecutive year. Calvin is 10-2 all-time against Hope in the MIAA Tournament final.
MORE VOLLEYBALL
For the second consecutive year, Calvin College senior Maggie Kamp has been named the MIAA's Most Valuable Player in women's volleyball. A native of Orland Park, Illinois, Kamp led the MIAA in kills-per-set (3.85) and was fourth in attack percentage at .352.
A graduate of Chicago Christian High School, Maggie Kamp was also named to the All-MIAA first team for the third consecutive year.
In addition, freshman Anna Kamp (Orland Park, IL/Chicago Christian HS) - the younger sister of Maggie Kamp - was named the MIAA's Freshman of the Year. It marks the second time that a Kamp sister tandem has pulled off the Most Valuable Player /Freshman of the Year double as Lizzie Kamp was named the MIAA's MVP in 2012 while Maggie Kamp was the MIAA's Freshman of the Year that fall.
Anna Kamp is the third Kamp sister to be named MIAA Freshman of the Year as her oldest sister Rebecca Kamp was the MIAA's Freshman of the Year in 2008. An outside hitter, Anna Kamp hit at a .290 clip in league matches this fall while averaging 2.68 kills-per-set. Anna Kamp was also named to the All-MIAA second team.
Receiving All-MIAA first team honors for the second consecutive year for Calvin are junior Laura Danhoff (Willard, Oh./Willard HS) and sophomore Jenna Lodewyk (Villa Park, IL/Timothy Christian HS).
A middle-blocker, Danhoff led the MIAA in hitting percentage (.373) and service aces (37) in conference play while also finishing sixth in the MIAA in kills-per-set (.290).
A setter, Lodewyk led the MIAA in assists-per-set in conference play with an average of 10.39 assists-per-set. She also averaged 2.24 digs and 1.10 kills-per-set in league matches and amassed 19 service aces in league play.
Joining Anna Kamp on the All-MIAA second team from Calvin is freshman libero Keilahna Castillo. A native of Grandville and a graduate of Grandville High School, Castillo was stellar during conference play, finishing seventh in digs-per-set (3.92) and tied for third in service aces with 24.
Under the leadership of head coach Amber Warners, Calvin captured its sixth consecutive MIAA regular season title this fall, posting a 16-0 conference record.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
The Calvin women's basketball team has been picked to repeat as league champions in the MIAA preseason coaches' poll released today.
Calvin received seven first place votes in the poll with Hope receiving two. Hope is ranked second in the poll followed by Trine in third and Albion in fourth.
Under the direction of head coach John Ross, the Knights return 10 letterwinners from last year's team that finished 30-1 overall and captured MIAA regular season and MIAA Tournament titles along the way. The Knights advanced to the 2015 national quarterfinals before bowing to George Fox University.
Calvin is ranked in three preseason national polls. The Knights are ranked sixth in the WBCA USA Today Sports Top 25 poll as well as the Women's DIII News preseason Top 25 poll. Calvin is also ranked 10th in the D3hoops.com preseason Top 25 poll.
Calvin is scheduled to open its season next Friday at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois. The matchup will feature a pair of teams that advanced to the 2015 NCAA III Tournament.
2015-16 MIAA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL PRESEASON COACHES' POLL
1. Calvin 63 (7)
2. Hope 58 (2)
3. Trine 42
4. Albion 38
5. Kalamazoo 37
6. Olivet 31
7. Adrian 30
8. Alma 16
9. Saint Mary's 9
MEN'S BASKETBALL
The Calvin men's basketball team has been picked to finish third in the 2015-16 MIAA preseason coaches' poll. The Knights received 38 total points and one first place vote. Hope was picked to win the league, receiving 48 points and six first place votes. Trine also received one first place vote and 41 points. Alma was picked to finish fourth with 33 points.
Under the direction of head coach Kevin Vande Streek, the Calvin men's basketball team returns 10 letterwinners from a team that finished 22-7 a year ago and claimed the MIAA regular season title with a 12-2 conference record. The Knights later claimed the MIAA Tournament title and advanced to the second round of the NCAA III Tournament.
Calvin opens its season on November 20 when it faces Waynesburg College (Pa.) at the Great Lakes Challenge hosted by Ohio Wesleyan University.
2015-16 MIAA MEN'S BASKETBALL PRESEASON COACHES' POLL
1. Hope 48 (6)
2. Trine 41 (1)
3. Calvin 38 (1)
4. Alma 33
5. Albion 24
6. Adrian 20
7. Kalamazoo 11
8. Olivet 9
WOMEN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - The women's swimming & diving team leads the quad meet with Albion, Carthage and Ohio Northern after Friday. The knights tallied 360 points, with Albion in second place at 267.
"Today was a good start," said head coach Dan Gelderloos. "We had a lot of improvements, some showed up on the clock, some will pay off in the future. There was a lot of good energy and competition today. We saw some of the fastest times in the NCAA so far this year."
Calvin started the day winning the 200 freestyle relay. The team of senior Megan Schroder (Grand Rapids, Mich./Grand Rapids Christian), junior Adrienne Wesselius (Sioux City, Iowa/Unity Christian), sophomore Rachel Mattson Ann Arbor, Mich./Ann Arbor Huron) and sophomore Abby VanHarn (Grand Rapids, Mich./Grand Rapids Christian) finished at 1:39.22. The time is the fifth fastest time in DIII this year.
Freshman Anna Serino (Pinckney, Mich./Pinckney) took first place in the 500 freestyle with a time of 5:16.87.
Abby VanHarn was the first to touch the wall in the 50 freestyle on Friday night. VanHarn took first place at 24.40.
Sophomore Nicole Langerak (Jenison, Mich./Jenison) owned the 1-meter boards on Friday night, Langerak finished in first place at 434.85. Her score was an NCAA III qualifying score. Hilary Glover also had an NCAA III qualifying score on the one-meter board, posting a total of 404.62.
Calvin finishes the meet on Saturday with Albion, Carthage and Ohio Northern.
MEN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - The men's swimming & diving team leads the quad meet with Albion, Carthage and Ohio Northern after Friday. The knights tallied 323.5 points, with Carthage in second place at 261. Calvin recorded two victories in six events on the evening.
"Today was a good start," said head coach Dan Gelderloos. "We had a lot of improvements, some showed up on the clock, some will pay off in the future. There was a lot of good energy and competition today. We saw some of the fastest times in the NCAA so far this year."
Freshman Andrew Kasper (Batava, Ill./Marmion Academy) earned the first victory of the day for Calvin in the 500 freestyle. Kasper recorded a time of 4:48.15
Calvin recorded the top two scores on the 3-meter boards on Friday. Sophomore Michael Moentmann (Solon, Ohio/Solon) took first at 500.24 and junior Dirk Tanis (Holland, Mich./Holland Christian) finished in second place at 460.20. The scores by Moentmann and Tanis were both NCAA III qualifying scores.
Calvin finishes the meet on Saturday with Albion, Carthage and Ohio Northern.
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