CKSR (Men's Soccer Shuts Out Kalamazoo / Men's Golf Third at MIAA Jamboree)

CALVIN KNIGHT SPORTS REPORT FOR SEPT. 21, 2016

Men's Soccer Shuts Out Kalamazoo;
Men's Golf Third at MIAA Jamboree

MEN'S SOCCER
Calvin 4, Kalamazoo 0
By Gina de Haan

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - The Calvin men's soccer team entered Wednesday afternoon's match against the Kalamazoo Hornets on top of the MIAA standings, with hopes to extend its four-game win streak. The Knights, coming off a 3-0 road victory against rival Hope College, held a 5-1-0 record with a 2-0-0 conference mark, while the Hornets were 0-1-4 overall and 0-0-2 in the MIAA.
Calvin earned its fifth consecutive win, defeating Kalamazoo by a score of 4-0 to remain undefeated in the conference.
The Knights got on the board first in 27th minute when freshman Ian Adams (Grand Rapids, MI/Grand Rapids Christian HS) put a shot on net and senior Stephan Hooker (Hudsonville, MI/Unity Christian HS) capitalized on the rebound.
Despite four Kalamazoo shots early in the first half, the Knights took control of the game following Hooker's goal.
In the 35th minute, Adams increased the Knights' lead to two goals, finding the back of the net off a pass by freshman Jacob Lyon (Holt, MI/Lansing Christian HS).
Less than three minutes later, freshman Hunter Olson (Canton, MI/Canton HS) made the score 3-0 in favor of the Knights, heading in the first goal of his Calvin career off a long pass by sophomore Trent Vegter (Hudsonville, MI/Unity Christian HS).
The Knights went in to a halftime with a comfortable 3-0 lead over their visitors. At the break, Calvin had logged eight shots while Kalamazoo still had four.
Calvin would add one final goal in the 86th minute when sophomore Lucas Albrecht (Plymouth, MI/Plymouth Christian HS) scored his first of the season off a perfect cross by junior Mitch Stark (South Lyon, MI/South Lyon HS).
Final shots on goal were 16-5 in favor of the home team.
Knights' goalkeeper Nate Van Ryn (Grandville, Mich./Calvin Christian HS) posted his third straight shutout, making two saves in the victory.

"We feel very good about today's victory because we know that Kalamazoo is an excellent team and they will be difficult to beat when we face them again," said Calvin men's soccer coach Ryan Souders. "I thought we moved the ball well today and in doing that, created scoring chances. It was a good team effort. Now we have to prepare for a difficult opponent on Saturday."
Calvin is back in action on Saturday when they host Olivet College (1-7-1, 1-1-1 MIAA) at 2:30 p.m.

MIAA MEN'S SOCCER STANDINGS THROUGH 9-21-16 GAMES

Calvin 3-0-0
Alma 2-0-1
Albion 2-1-0
Olivet 1-1-1
Adrian 1-2-0
Hope 1-2-0
Kalamazoo 0-1-2
Trine 0-3-0

MEN'S GOLF

MARSHALL, Mich. - The Calvin men's golf team took third place at the third MIAA Jamboree on Wednesday afternoon. The Knights finished with a combined round of 301 strokes. Hope took first place at 289 strokes. Calvin passed Trine for third place in the MIAA at 889 strokes.
"We had some good rounds today," said head coach Brian Bolt. "We need to continue to improve and get ready for next week."
The junior duo of Ben VanScoyk (Grand Rapids, Mich./Grand Rapids Christian) and John Van Noord (Troy, Mich./Oakland Christian) tied for third place at 72 strokes, to break even.
Freshman Joshua Song (Diamond Bar, Calif./Diamond Bar) finished tied for 14th place at 77 strokes.
In 20th place was junior Matthew Lumbantoruan (Jakarta, Indonesia/Morning Star Academy) at 80 strokes.
Shooting a round of 82 was sophomore Sam Kuiper (Grand Rapids, Mich./Grand Rapids Christian) to finish tied for 24th place.
Sophomore Mitchell Knoor (Grand Rapids, Mich./Grand Rapids Christian) tallied a round of 81 to record a 21st-place finish.
The Knights return to action on Monday, when they host the fourth MIAA Jamboree at Watermark.
MIAA STANDINGS
    Hope 868
    Kalamazoo 883
    Calvin 889
    Trine 899
    Albion 942
    Adrian 946
    Alma 977
    Olivet 1012
Received on Wed Sep 21 22:46:13 2016