CALVIN KNIGHT SPORTS REPORT FOR APRIL 19, 2017
MEN'S TENNIS
Calvin 9, Albion 0
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - The Calvin men's tennis team secured a spot in the MIAA Tournament with a 9-0 victory over Albion on Wednesday. The matched marked the final match for the three Calvin seniors on the Calvin College campus. Calvin improved to 14-5 on the year and 4-2 in the MIAA, Albion fell to 4-13 and 1-5 in MIAA play.
"Today was a good win for us," said head coach John Ross. "It was a nice was for us to close our home schedule. It has been an honor to coach these three seniors. We now have to focus on a very important match on Saturday.
The Knights started the day indoors for doubles competition.
Freshman Rodrigo Castellanos Vaca Guzmán (Tarija, Bolivia / Felipe Palazon) and junior David Brown (Lake Zurich, Ill./Lake Zurich) started the day with an 8-1 victory at No. 2 doubles. The Calvin duo is 7-4 at No. 2 doubles.
The team of junior Matt VanWinkle (St. Joseph, Mich./St. Joseph) and senior Taylor Asfour (Grand Rapids, Mich./Grand Rapids Christian) cruised over Zach McKenzie and Nick Kinachtchouk at No. 1 doubles, 8-1. This is the second-straight victory for the duo.
Senior Anthony Vroon (Grand Rapids, Mich./South Christian) and sophomore Jason Wolters (Hudsonville, Mich./Unity Christian) closed doubles play with an 8-2 victory at No. 3 doubles over Toma Shngoo and Alexander Dow, 8-2. The Calvin team is now 9-1 at No. 3 doubles.
The outdoor courts had time to dry and the two teams played outside for singles play.
Jason Wolters brought out the brooms at No. 6 singles and swept Alexander Dow, 6-0, 6-0. Wolters is now 10-6 in dual matches.
Taylor Asfour swept his final match on the Calvin courts with a 6-0, 6-0 victory over Nick Kinachtchouk at No. 4 singles. Asfour improves to 5-1 at No. 4 singles.
Anthony Vroon finished his senior day with a 6-3, 6-1 victory at No. 5 singles over Toma Shngoo.
Rodrigo Castellanos Vaca Guzmán bounced Zach McKenzie at No. 1 singles, 6-2, 6-4. He is now 5-1 in MIAA play.
At No. 2 singles, Matt VanWinkle closed out Josh McGarry, 6-1, 6-2. VanWinkle is now 6-2 at No. 2 singles.
David Brown rallied back at No. 3 singles to complete the sweep. After falling to Robert Joerg in the first set, 5-7, Brown took the second set 7-5 and dominated the third-set tiebreaker, 10-1.
The Knights close the regular season on Saturday at Adrian.
MIAA MEN'S TENNIS STANDINGS THROUGH 4-19-17
Kalamazoo 6-0
Hope 5-1
Adrian 4-2
Calvin 4-2
Trine 2-4
Alma 1-4
Albion 1-5
Olivet 0-5
MEN'S LACROSSE
ALBION - The Calvin men's lacrosse team fell at league-leading Albion Wednesday night by a score of 20-5.
Calvin (4-9 overall, 0-4 MIAA) took an early 1-0 lead on a goal by junior Michael Winkler (La Quinta, Ca./Palm Desert HS) 12:52 into the game, shortly before a thunderstorm hit the Albion area. The storm forced a delay of more than an hour before the game was resumed.
Once the game resumed, Albion outscored Calvin 5-1 over the final 12:50 of the first quarter to build a 5-2 lead. Winkler scored his second goal of the game with 1:51 left in the quarter.
The Britons (10-3 overall, 4-0 MIAA) outscored the Knights 7-1 in the second quarter and 4-1 in the third and also the fourth quarter of play.
Freshman Griffin Sparling (Novi, Mich./Novi HS) scored for Calvin early in the second quarter on a feed from sophomore Max Foster (Bloomfield Hills, Mich./Brother Rice HS).
Freshman Andrew Gortsema (Grand Rapids, Mich./Grand Rapids Christian HS) scored in the third quarter and Winkler scored in the fourth to notch his fourth hat trick of the season.
Freshman Mitchell Caldwell (East Lansing, Mich./East Lansing HS) played the first half for the Knights and recorded eight saves while freshman Jon Gilbert (Indianapolis, Ind./Heritage Christian HS) played the second half and recorded six saves.
Calvin is back in action Saturday night when it hosts Adrian at 7 p.m. at Grand Rapids Christian High School. The game will serve as Senior Night for the Calvin men's lacrosse team.
MIAA MEN'S LACROSSE STANDINGS THROUGH 4-19-17 GAMES
Albion 4-0
Hope 4-0
Trine 3-1
Olivet 3-1
Alma 2-2
Adrian 0-4
Calvin 0-4
Kalamazoo 0-4
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