CALVIN KNIGHT SATURDAY SPORTS REPORT FOR OCTOBER 8, 2016
Men's Golf Takes Second at MIAA Fall Tournament and Second in MIAA Regular Season Standings;
Women's Golf Seventh at MIAA Fall Tournament - Sixth in Final MIAA Regular Season Standings;
Volleyball Sweeps Trine to Remain Unbeaten;
Men's Soccer MIAA Win Streak Snapped in Loss at Adrian
MEN'S GOLF
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. - The Calvin men's golf finished in second place at the 2016 MIAA Fall Finish at the Battle Creek Country Club. The Knights recorded a two-day score of 599 strokes. Calvin shot a combined round of 302 on Saturday and finished with three golfers in the top-10. Hope took first place at 593 strokes and won the MIAA title at 1760 strokes, 33 strokes ahead of Calvin in second place at 1793. The Knights second-place finish secures a spot in the MIAA Spring Tournament, for a chance to automatically qualify for the NCAA Tournament. Calvin will host the first of the three rounds of the MIAA Automatic Qualifier, Hope will host the final two.
"We accomplished some good things this weekend," said Calvin head coach Brian Bolt. "As a team, we moved into second place, which means that we get to host one round in the automatic qualifier. We also had the low individual round each day, including the overall medalist in Ben VanScoyk. We're positioned well for the spring, when we plan to come out firing."
Junior Ben VanScoyk (Grand Rapids, Mich./Grand Rapids Christian) earned medalist honors this weekend with a two-day total of 144 strokes. VanScoyk improved two strokes from Friday to finish one under at 71, the lowest round of the day. VanScoyk was named to the All-MIAA first team for a second-straight year.
Finishing in fourth place was junior John Van Noord (Troy, Mich./Oakland Christian). Shooting a round of 77 on Saturday, Van Noord finished the tournament at 147 strokes. Van Noord claimed All-MIAA first team honors for the third-straight year.
Sophomore Sam Kuiper (Grand Rapids, Mich./Grand Rapids Christian) finished tied for eighth place, after improving three strokes from Friday and recorded a round of 75 on Saturday, for a two-day total of 153 strokes. Kuiper earned All-MIAA second team honors.
Freshman Joshua Song (Diamond Bar, Calif./Diamond Bar) finished tied for 11th place. Song shot a round of 79 on Saturday to finish at 155 on the weekend.
Sophomore Alec DeJonge (Niles, Mich./Niles) tallied a round of 82 on Saturday to finish in 24th place at 161 strokes.
Playing unattached, junior Alex Wagner (Pentwater, Mich./Pentwater) finished in 29th place at 164 strokes, after shooting a round of 84 on Saturday.
Josh Gibson of Hope was named the MIAA MVP.
The Knights will return to action in the spring, visit calvinknights.com to see the full spring schedule, once it is announced.
Weekend Standings
1. Hope 593
2. Calvin 599
3. Kalamazoo 613
T-4. Albion 632
T-4. Trine 632
6. Adrian 636
7. Alma 658
8. Olivet 679
Final MIAA Fall Standings
1. Hope 1760 ^*
2. Calvin 1793 *
3. Kalamazoo 1806 *
4. Trine 1838 *
5. Adrian 1885
6. Albion 1887
7. Alma 1982
8. Olivet 2020
^ - Champion * - MIAA Automatic Qualifier Participant
WOMEN'S GOLF
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. - The Calvin women's golf team came back with a second day total of 351 strokes at the MIAA Fall Tournament. Calvin's finish allowed the Knights to move up from eighth to seventh place in the fall tournament standings.
In addition, the Knights place sixth in the final MIAA overall team standings. The 36-hole MIAA Fall Tournament was held at the Bedford Valley Country Club. Calvin finished with a two-day total of 714 strokes (363-351=714).
Calvin's top individual finisher on Saturday was junior Emilee McCusker (Hayward, Wisc./Hayward HS) with a round of 80. She finished tournament tied for 27th (94-80) with a tournament total of 174 strokes.
Sophomore Nicole VanderYacht (Kentwood, Mich./South Christian HS) had a 92 on Saturday and finished 30th individually in the two-day tournament (84-92=176).
Freshman Jessica Zylstra (Grand Rapids, Mich./Northpointe Christian HS) had Calvin's second-best score on Saturday, firing a season-best round of 85. She finished tied for 36th in the tournament (97-85=182).
Senior teammate Amira Bousaab (Grand Rapids, Mich./Northpointe Christian HS) tied with Zylstra for 36th place, firing a round of 94 to finish with a two-day total of 182 strokes (88-94).
Sophomore Grace Bolt (Grand Rapids, Mich./Grand Rapids Christian HS) had a 99 on Friday and a 96 on Saturday to finish tied for 46th with 195 strokes.
Competing individually on Saturday, senior Gen Best (Brighton, Mich./Brighton HS) had a 98 while senior Katherine Ryan (Haslett, Mich./Haslett HS) had a 102.
Hope took first place at the MIAA Fall Tournament with 619 strokes and claimed the MIAA regular season title by finishing first in the final MIAA overall team standings.
FINAL MIAA FALL TOURNAMENT SCORES
Hope 619^*
Saint Mary's 643*
Olivet 662*
Alma 672*
Trine 679
Adrian 697
Calvin 714
Albion 731
^ - Champion * - MIAA Automatic Qualifier Participant
FINAL MIAA FALL OVERALL TEAM STANDINGS
Hope 1903
Saint Mary's 1951
Olivet 1982
Trine 2084
Alma 2098
Calvin 2179
Adrian 2181
Albion 2204
VOLLEYBALL
Calvin 3, Trine 0
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - The No. 1 Knights triumphed over Trine on Saturday afternoon, 3-0. The victory keeps the Knights perfect at 16-0 and 10-0 in the MIAA. The Knights took the match, 25-9, 25-17, 25-10. Calvin improved to 35-0 all-time against Trine. Trine falls to 2-17 and 2-8 in MIAA play.
"I thought that we did a good job of serving aggressively today," said head coach Amber Warners. "I am happy with how we played today. We had a lot of players do very well today. We will now have to get ready for a big week."
Calvin made quick work of the Thunder in the first set, taking the set, 25-9. The Knights serving was too much for Trine and Calvin recorded seven aces in the first set. Junior Kristen Vyletel (Ann Arbor, Mich./Huron) had three aces. The Knights had a .517 hitting percentage in the first set, senior Laura Danhoff (Willard, Ohio/Willard) had seven kills.
The Knights jumped to a 7-2 lead behind the serve of sophomore Anna Kamp (Orland Park, Ill./Chicago Christian) and freshman Sarah DeVries (Grand Rapids, Mich./Northpointe Christian). The Thunder would cut the Knights lead to 16-14, before Laura Danhoff and junior Tessa Van Laare (Toronto, Ontario/Toronto District Christian) ended the Thunder run with a block. The serving of Vyletel would break the Thunder and push Calvin to a 22-14 lead. Calvin would go on to take the set, 25-17. Anna Kamp had seven kills for the Knights in the second set.
Emily Blankespoor started the third set with three-straight aces to give Calvin a 6-2 lead. It would be all Calvin from there, Calvin would take the set, 25-10. Emily Blankespoor had four aces in the set, she finished with a career-best six aces.
Laura Danhoff led the Knights with 14 kills, Anna Kamp was one behind at 13 kills. Junior Jenna Lodewyk (Villa Park, Ill./Timothy Christian) had a game-high 25 assists, Sarah DeVries had a career-high five assists. Calvin had 15 aces, including six from Emily Blankespoor and four from Kristen Vyletel and Laura Danhoff. Keilahna Castillo notched 16 digs and Kristen Vyletel had 10. Laura Danhoff and Tessa Van Laare both had three blocks.
Calvin is back in action on Wednesday, when the Knights travel to Indiana to face the Belles of Saint Mary's.
MIAA VOLLEYBALL STANDINGS THROUGH 10-8-16
Calvin 10-0
Hope 8-1
Adrian 7-3
Saint Mary's 6-3
Alma 4-6
Albion 3-7
Olivet 3-7
Trine 2-8
Kalamazoo 1-9
MEN'S SOCCER
Adrian 1, Calvin 0
ADRIAN, Mich. - The 18th-ranked Calvin men's soccer team suffered a 1-0 upset loss at Adrian Saturday night at Docking Stadium.
The loss ends Calvin's remarkable 41-game MIAA regular season win streak dating back to the 2013 season.
Adrian (7-5 overall, 5-3 MIAA) scored the only goal of the game in the 18th minute as Brandon Katona was able to collect a loose ball off a long free kick into the box and slide a shot into the net.
The goal was the first that Calvin has allowed in MIAA play this year and its first goal since a 5-1 win over Aurora University on September 10.
Calvin was outshot by Adrian 5-3 as the Bulldogs came out fast.
Calvin controlled the run of play in the second half, outshooting Adrian 11-2 over the final 45 minutes. Adrian maintained a staunched defense through the second half however to post the shutout win.
Calvin had eight corner kicks including seven in the second half but were unable to capitalize.
Adrian goalkeeper Spencer Brown had six saves in the win while Calvin junior goalkeeper Nate Van Ryn (Grandville, Mich./Calvin Christian HS) had one save in defeat.
"It is always difficult to win on the road," said Calvin men's soccer coach Ryan Souders. "Coach (Charlie) Edwards is an excellent coach and his team did a great job sticking to its game plan and getting a result. Adrian is a talented team and deserves credit for its effort tonight. We will have to learn from this game quickly and get back to work."
Calvin returns to action next Tuesday when it hosts rival Hope at 4 p.m. at Zuidema Field.
MIAA MEN'S SOCCER STANDINGS THROUGH 10-8-16
Calvin 7-1-0
Alma 5-2-1
Adrian 5-3-0
Albion 5-3-0
Kalamazoo 4-2-2
Olivet 3-4-1
Hope 1-7-0
Trine 0-8-0
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