CKSR (Baseball Doubles Up Albion / Women's Lacrosse Cruises Over Comets)

CALVIN KNIGHT SPORTS REPORT FOR APRIL 13, 2017

Baseball Doubles Up Albion;
Women's Lacrosse Cruises Over Comets

BASEBALL
Calvin 7, Albion 4
Calvin 9, Albion 7

ALBION, Mich. - The Calvin baseball team claimed a pair of come-from-behind victories at Albion Thursday to claim its first doubleheader sweep of the season.

Calvin took the opener from the Britons 7-4 in a scheduled seven-inning game and then took game two 9-7.

In game one, Calvin trailed 4-2 but rallied for five runs in the top of the seventh. Senior Colton Wolfe (Eaton Rapids, Mich./Eaton Rapids HS) belted a key RBI triple and was brought home two batters later on a sacrifice fly by junior Kyle Houts (Spring Lake, Mich./Spring Lake HS) to tie the game 4-4. With the bases full, sophomore Steven Dogger (Holland, Mich./Holland Calvary HS) roped a two-out, two-run RBI double to give Calvin a 6-4 lead. Dogger then came home on a single by senior Mike Kempton (Edwardsburg, Mich./Edwardsburg HS) to give the Knights a 7-4 lead.

Freshman Trevor VanDuyn (Jenison, Mich./Jenison HS) then pitched a scoreless bottom half of the seventh to preserve the victory and gain his third save of the season.

Junior Jamie Bristol (Grand Rapids, Mich./Calvin Christian HS) went the 5.1 innings for the Knights. Freshman David Dahms (Darien, Il./Hinsdale South HS) closed out the sixth for the Knights and was awarded the victory to up his season record to 3-0.

Junior Ryan Stewart (Detroit, Mich./Parkway Christian HS) went 3-for-4 with an RBI while Houts and junior Nate DeZwaan (Hamilton, Mich./Holland Christian HS) had two hits each.
In game two, Calvin fell behind 7-4 but again rallied, putting up five runs in the top of the sixth. Calvin held Albion scoreless over the final four frames with VanDuyn coming on again in the ninth to claim his fourth save of the season and his second save of the afternoon.

Calvin's sixth-inning rally was sparked by a lead-off triple by Wolfe - his third of the afternoon. Wolfe later scored on an Albion fielding error. Freshman Josh Sterenberg (Holland, Mich./Holland Christian HS) delivered an RBI single and Stewart drew a bases-loaded walk to tie the game 7-7. Kempton then ripped an RBI single to center and DeZwaan hit a sacrifice fly to right that gave the Knights a two-run advantage.

Freshman Mike Kool (Centerville, Mich./Sturgis HS) went the first three innings with sophomore Jimmy Dirksen (Portage, Mich./Kalamazoo Christian HS) tossing the next two. Sophomore Clay Francisco (Delton, Mich./Thornapple Kellogg HS) pitched the seventh and the eighth frames and was credited with the victory to run his season record to 2-2.
Sophomore Jonathan Keane (Brookfield, Wisc./Brookfield Central HS) went 3-for-5 at the plate while Wolfe had two hits - both of which were triples.

"We had great team wins today," said Calvin baseball coach John Rypel. "I thought we received clutch hitting from all parts of our lineup and our bullpen was fantastic."

Now owners of a three-game win streak, the Knights will host the Britons on Saturday in a doubleheader at Calvin with first pitch set for 1 p.m.

MIAA BASEBALL STANDINGS THROUGH 4-13-17

Adrian 11-1
Kalamazoo 8-6
Hope 8-6
Trine 8-6
Alma 6-6
Calvin 6-8
Albion 5-9
Olivet 2-12

WOMEN'S LACROSSE
Calvin 27, Olivet 0

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - The Calvin women's lacrosse team defeated Olivet College Comets 27-0 on Thursday afternoon to remain undefeated in MIAA play and extend its win streak to four games.
With the victory, Calvin improves to 5-5 overall and 3-0 in conference play. Olivet drops to 0-9 overall with an 0-4 MIAA mark.
On Tuesday, The Knights earned a big 11-9 victory at Saint Mary's College.
Calvin came out strong, scoring ten goals in the first 5:15 of play. Junior Emma Hall (Harare, Zimbabwe/Chisipite Senior School) recorded an early hat trick, scoring the Knights' second, third and seventh goals.
The Knights continued to dominate the first half, scoring 10 more goals before halftime to possess a commanding 20-0 lead at the break.
To start the second half, sophomore Alyssa Oezer (Grand Rapids, Mich./Grand Rapids Christian) netted back-to-back goals for the Knights, her first points of the season. After two more Calvin goals, freshman Sarah Hall (Harare, Zimbabwe/Chisipite Senior School) and sophomore Sky Gyuro (Warwick, N.Y./Storm King School) also logged their first goals of the year. Alyssa Gagnon, Alyssa Oezer, and Sarah Hall all scored their first career goal at Calvin on Thursday.
Thirteen Knights contributed goals to the winning effort. Grace Einfeld (Grand Rapids, Mich./Grand Rapids Christian) and Emma Hall led the Knights with four goals apiece. Emily Cefaratti (Hinsdale, Ill./Hinsdale Christian) and Kelly Pepper (Wyckoff, N.J./Indian Hills) also finished with hat tricks. Amanda Davio (Okemos, Mich/Okemos), Jaimie Van De Burg (Lowell, Mich./Grand Rapids Christian), Alyssa Oezer and Emma Tilma (Grand Rapids, Mich./Grand Rapids Christian) added a pair of goals each, while Emma Verrett (Beaver, Pa./Beaver County Christian), Alyssa Gagnon (Minooka, Ill./Minooka), Madeline Baas (Grand Rapids, Mich./Grand Rapids Christian), Sarah Hall and Sky Gyuro chipped in a goal apiece.
The Knights outshot the Comets 58-1 on the afternoon, including 42 shots on goal. Madeline Baas had 25 draw control wins in the victory, while Emma Tilma led the Knights with four assists.
Goaltender Ellis Chalfant (St. Louis, Mo./Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School) had one save in the shutout win. Thursday was her first career shutout at Calvin.
Calvin is back in action on Saturday when it hosts Alma College. Game time is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m.

MIAA WOMEN'S LACROSSE STANDINGS THROUGH 4-13-17

Calvin 3-0
Hope 3-0
Saint Mary's 3-1
Albion 2-1
Adrian 1-1
Alma 1-2
Kalamazoo 1-2
Trine 0-3
Olivet 0-4
Received on Thu Apr 13 23:33:33 2017