CALVIN KNIGHT SPORTS REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 25, 2016
Women's Basketball Set to Tip Against Trine in MIAA Tournament Semifinals;
Calvin Divers Set to Compete at NCAA III Diving Regional;
Men's Lacrosse Game Against Wabash Moved to Kalamazoo College Saturday
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
The Calvin women's basketball team will open MIAA Tournament play at 1 p.m. on Friday against Trine University at DeVos Fieldhouse on the campus of Hope College. The two teams split the two regular season meetings with Calvin defeating Trine 81-52 on January 6 at Calvin's Van Noord Arena with Trine defeating Calvin 69-57 on February at Trine's Hershey Hall.
Calvin will enter the game with an overall record of 20-5 while Trine comes in at 18-7. The winner of the Calvin/Trine semifinal contest will advance to the MIAA Tournament Championship game Saturday at 5 p.m. and will face the winner of a Friday MIAA Tournament semifinal between Hope and Olivet.
For notes on the Calvin/Trine matchup, visit the Calvin website at: http://calvinknights.com/sports/wbkb/2015-16/files/MIAA_vs-_Trine.pdf
For a story on Calvin senior Kally Verkaik leading up to Friday's game, visit the Holland Sentinel website at: http://www.hollandsentinel.com/sports/20160225/dan-daddona-kally-verkaik-leaves-her-own-and-family-legacy-at-calvin
For a Fox (TV) 17 Preview of the MIAA Tournament, visit the Fox 17 website at: http://fox17online.com/2016/02/25/hope-calvin-women-prep-for-miaa-tournament/
Friday's Calvin/Trine game will feature live stats, and audio broadcast and a live video stream.
Links are as follows:
Calvin/Trine Live Stats Link: http://livestats.hope.edu/bb/
Calvin/Trine Audio Broadcast Link: http://portal.stretchinternet.com/calvin/
Calvin/Trine Video Stream Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmBOYMmEmS4
MEN'S AND WOMEN'S DIVING
Four members of the Calvin men's and women's diving program will be competing at the NCAA III Diving Regional Friday and Saturday on the campus of Denison University in Granville, Ohio. Divers will be competing for qualifying spots for the upcoming NCAA III Swimming and Diving Championships scheduled to be held March 16-19 in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Representing the Calvin women's team will be sophomores Sarah Bradley (Wheaton, IL/Wheaton North HS) and Nicole Langerak (Jenison/Jenison HS). Representing the Calvin men's team will be junior Dirk Tanis (Holland/Holland Christian HS) and sophomore Michael Moentmann (Solon, Oh./Solon HS).
Bradley and Langerak will compete on the women's three-meter board on Friday while Tanis and Moentmann will compete on the one-meter board.
The schedule will flip on Saturday with the women competing on the one-meter board and the men on the three-meter board.
The Calvin Sports Information office caught up with Calvin diving coach Aaron Paskvan earlier this week and filed a preview of the diving regional which can be found online at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=basqr7lScGI
The NCAA III Diving Regional website for Denison University can be found online at: http://denisonbigred.com/genrel/ncaa_dive2016
MEN'S LACROSSE
Due to heavy snow in the Grand Rapids area, the Calvin men's lacrosse team has moved its Saturday home game against Wabash College south to the campus of Kalamazoo College. Saturday's game will begin at noon eastern time.
The game will be played at MacKenzie Field which is a part of the Kalamazoo College Athletic Fields Complex (1600 West Michigan Ave., Kzoo 49006). Directions to the playing field can be found below.
http://hornets.kzoo.edu/information/facilities/index
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