CALVIN KNIGHT SPORTS REPORT FOR NOV. 19, 2016 (Part One)
Women's Cross Country Takes Ninth - Men's Cross Country 19th at NCAA III Championships;
Women's Basketball Captures Lakeland College Tipoff Tournament Title;
Men's Basketball Falls to #18 Augustana;
Swimming and Diving Teams Down Alma in Dual Meet Action
WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
LOUISVILLE, KY - The Calvin women's cross country team took ninth place at the NCAA III Championships on Saturday with a team score of 347 points. Saturday's 6K race was held at Tom Saywer Park.
The finish marks Calvin's Calvin's 19th top 10 finish ast the NCAA III Championships including third top 10 national finish in the last four years.
Sophomore Katie Diekema (Kenmore, Wash./Inglemoor HS) led the Calvin charge, finishing 56th in a time of 21:40. Senior McKenzie Diemer (Caledonia, Mich./South Christian HS) closed out her collegiate career with a strong race, placing 58th in a time of 21:41.
Senior Lauren Strohbehn (Stillwater, Mn./St. Croix Preparatory HS) was 80th in a time of 21:47 while freshman Kristen Lundberg (Albuquerque, NM/Hope Christian HS) was 164th in 22:22.
Rounding out Calvin's finishers on Saturday were freshman Johanna Admiraal (Cincinnati, Oh./Towson HS) in 175th (22:26), junior Marissa McGahan (Brighton, Mich./Brighton HS) in 197th (22:35) and junior Marissa Hielkema (Lynden, Wash./Lynden Christian HS) in 258th (23:28).
Johns Hopkins took the team title with a score of 128 points. Amy Regan of Stevens Institute of Technology won the individual national title, claiming first place honors with a time of 20:16.
MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
LOUISVILLE, KY - The Calvin men's cross country team took 19th at the NCAA III Championships on Saturday with a team score of 468 points. Saturday's 8k race was held at Tom Sawyer Park.
Calvin was led by senior Jordan Kramer (Pewaukee, Wisc./Lake Country Lutheran HS) who garnered NCAA III All-America honors with a 14th place individual finish in a time of 24:40.
Kramer's finish is the highest by a Calvin men's cross country at the national meet since Jed Christiansen placed sixth at the 2008 national meet.
Junior Andrew Philipose (Mount Prospect, Il./Mount Prospect HS) was Calvin's second finisher, placing 108th in a time of 25:27.
Senior Zac Nowicki (Comstock Park, Mich./Calvin Christian HS) was 139th in a time of 25:39.
Senior Mark DeJong (Grand Rapids, Mich./Grand Rapids Christian HS) was 189th in 25:59. Senior Nate Van Haitsma (Olympia, Wash./Olympia HS) was 197th in 26:07.
Sophomore Nathanael Dick (Grand Rapids, Mich./Home Schooled) was 223rd in a time of 26:21 with sophomore Jamison Koeman (Milford, Mass./Whitinsville Christian HS) rounded out Calvin's finishers, placing 257th in 26:53.
North Central won the team title with a score of 60 points.
Ian LaMere of Wisconsin-Platteville won the individual national title with a first place time of 23:40.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Calvin 58, Lakeland 39
SHEBOYGAN, Wisc. - The Calvin women's basketball team captured the championship of the Lakeland Tip-Off Tournament on Saturday, defeating host Lakeland 58-39 in the championship game.
The Knights (3-0) limited the host Muskies (1-2) to 26.4 percent field goal shooting while outrebounding Lakeland 44-30.
Calvin used an 18-3 second quarter spurt to build a 30-11 halftime lead and never looked back.
Junior Ali Spayde (Lewis Center, Oh./Worthington Christian HS) scored a game-high 20 points, en route to being named tournament MVP. Senior Anna Timmer (Caledonia, Mich./South Christian HS) just missed her third consecutive double-double, notching 13 points and nine rebounds. Junior Bre Luurtsema (Holland, Mich./Holland Christian HS) came up with a double-double on Saturday, recording 10 points and 13 rebounds. The double-double was the eighth of her career.
Senior Lauren Goldthorpe (St. Ignace, Mich./LaSalle HS) pumped in 12 points and was 7-for-7 at the free throw line.
Spayde, Luurtsema and Timmer were all named to the all-tournament team.
Calvin will now prepare to host Manchester University Tuesday night at 7:30 p.m.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Augustana 79, Calvin 60
By Gina de Haan
On Saturday afternoon, the Calvin men's basketball team continued its opening weekend with a home tilt against No. 18 Augustana College, the second meeting all-time between the two teams.
Augustana is a noted Division III power out of the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin. Last season, the Vikings posted a 29-2 record to reach the national quarterfinals while capturing the CCIW regular season and tournament titles.
Friday night in their season opener, the Knights handily defeated Finlandia 90-49 while the Vikings snapped Alma College's 17-game home court win streak, claiming an 89-77 victory.
Despite a closely contested first half, Augustana heated up in the second half to pull away and take a 79-60 victory.
"Today was a really good test. We want to know what it's like to be thrown into fire. That's why we want to play good teams," said Calvin men's basketball head coach Kevin Vande Streek.
"I thought we hung really tough in the first half, but we didn't play particularly well to start the second half. We started to get very individualistic, both offensively and defensively. We all need to take a look in the mirror and ask ourselves what we can do better -what can I do better, what can the leadership do better, how can we execute better?"
The first half was low scoring with the lead exchanging hands on numerous occasions. The Knights struggled to find their offensive groove, shooting 34.8% from the floor (8-23) and failing to convert on any of their five three-point attempts. The home team also missed six free throws (10-16) in the first half.
A made jump shot by Augustana's Dylan Sortillo got the Vikings on the board first, but Calvin senior Nick Kronemeyer (Hamilton, MI/Hamilton) answered, making a jump shot of his own. The Vikings came back down the floor and scored to go ahead 4-2. However, Calvin's Michael Wilks (Hudsonville, MI/Unity Christian HS) completed a three-point play to put the Knights up 5-4 less than two minutes into the contest.
The Knights would increase their advantage to three points, but a big dunk by Augustana's Donovan Ferguson would knot the score at 10.
With 12:49 remaining in the first half, the Vikings would use a four-point run to go ahead by three. Calvin's Cam Denney (Bluffton, IN/Norwell HS) broke up Augustana's momentum by hitting a jump shot, but the Vikings responded with another two points to take a 16-13 lead.
Neither team scored for the next 2:27 until Michael Welch (Stevensville, MI/Lakeshore HS) was fouled and knocked down a pair of free throws. Less than a minute later, Welch was fouled again and scored another two points from the line to give Calvin a 17-16 lead with 6:39 remaining before halftime.
The two teams would exchange points in the final minutes of the half, but Augustana would go on a 4-0 run, including a last-second made jump shot by Brett Benning, to close out the half. The Vikings headed into the break with a 31-26 advantage.
To start the second half, the Vikings went on a 9-3 run to jump out to a 40-29 advantage and force a Calvin timeout. A pair of free throws by Mike Siegel (Fremont, MI/Fremont HS) followed by a jumper by Denney cut the Knights' deficit to seven, but the Vikings would score the next eight points to earn a 15-point lead (50-35).
The Knights had no answer for Augustana as the Vikings began to find their offensive groove. With just over eight minutes left to play, Augustana's Nolan Ebel knocked down back-to-back three pointers to give his team a 24-point advantage (67-43).
Although Calvin would outscore Augustana 17-12 in the final minutes of play, the Vikings would roll to a 79-60 victory.
Michael Wilks led the Knights in scoring with 12 points. Michael Welch came off the bench to contribute 11 points and led the team with six rebounds. Cam Denney and Mike Siegel chipped in eight points apiece in the loss.
Nick Kronemeyer finished with five boards, while Luke Van Boxel (Montague, MI/Montague HS) led Calvin with three assists.
Augustana claimed a narrow 25-23 rebounds advantage over Calvin. The Vikings were 60.7% (34-56) from the floor while the Knights struggled to get their shots to fall, shooting 45.7% (21-46).
The Vikings capitalized on the Knights' errors, scoring 26 points off Calvin's 16 turnovers.
"It's early in the season. We have a long way to go," noted Vande Streek. I like the parts, but we have to go back on Monday to practice and get better because these are the kinds of teams we want to be able to beat."
The Knights will be back in action next Friday when they match up against Aquinas College in the Grand Rapids Sports Hall of Fame Tournament. Hope College will serve as host at DeVos Fieldhouse. Game time is set for 6 p.m.
MEN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING
Calvin 186, Alma 123
ALMA, Mich. - The Calvin men's swimming & diving team improved to 2-3 and 2-0 in the MIAA with a 186-23 victory over Alma. The Knights swept the Scots and won all 13 events.
The Knights started the day winning the 200-yard medley relay at 1:45.52, with the team of senior Brett Stoughton, freshman Kirk Gabriel, freshman Ian Hazlett and junior John Kutschke.
Junior Christian Hazlett won the 1000-yard freestyle at 11:47.23.
Freshman James Kempa touched the wall first in the 200-yard freestyle at 1:55.35. He also won the 500-yard backstroke at 5:14.07.
John Kutschke notched victories in the 50-yard freestyle at 24.07 and the 100-yard freestyle at 52.44
In the 200-yard IM, freshman Nick Pecoraro finished first at 2:12.03.
The Knight won both diving events on Saturday. Junior Brian Bolton won the 1-meter at 244.30 and senior Dirk Tanis won the 3-meter at 241.75.
Brett Stoughton earned the victory in the 100-yard butterfly at 54.18.
In the 100-yard backstroke, sophomore Brady Boehm recorded a first-place finish at 59.75.
The Knights finished the day winning the 400-yard freestyle relay at 3:29.97.
Calvin returns to action at Dec. 1 at the Calvin Invite.
WOMEN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING
Calvin 161, Alma 58
ALMA, Mich. - The Calvin swimming & diving team improved to 3-3 on the year and 2-0 in the MIAA with a 161-58 victory over Alma on Saturday. The Knights finished first in 12 of the 13 events.
The Knights started the day winning the 200-yard medley relay with the team of freshman Abbey Wellmen, sophomore Elysa Wolf, junior Rachel Alexander and senior Nicole Karl at 2:02.80.
Freshman Libby Engle won the 1000-yard freestyle at 11:54.58.
Freshman Audrey Brinks touched the wall first in the 200-yard freestyle at 2:09.49.
Elysa Wolf notched victories in the 50-yard freestyle at 26.46 and in the 100-yard freestyle at 57.19.
In the 200-yard IM, sophomore Kara Komarek finished first at 2:27.50. She also won the 100-yard butterfly at 1:09.10.
Senior Hillary Glover won both diving events, winning the 1-meter at 247.60 and the 3-meter at 232.33.
In the 100-yard backstroke, Abbey Wellmen walked away the winner at 1:05.63.
The Knights finished the day winning the 400-yard freestyle relay at 3:258.749.97.
Calvin returns to action at Dec. 1 at the Calvin Invite.
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