CALVIN KNIGHT SPORTS REPORT FOR SEPT. 12, 2017
WOMEN'S SOCCER
Calvin 2, Saint Mary's 0
NOTRE DAME, Ind. - The Calvin women's soccer team stayed perfect at Saint Mary's on Monday evening with a 2-0 shutout. The victory sends the Knights to 5-0-0 on the year and 2-0-0 in the MIAA. The Belles fall to 1-4-0 and 1-3-0 in the MIAA.
"Today was another learning experience for us," said head coach Mark Recker. "This was the first road game after a long bus trip. We had to battle and we had to overcome some lethargy today. We will learn from this and use this."
The Knights were able to pepper the Saint Mary's net in the first half with 13 shots, but none were able to find the back of the net.
In the 70th minute, the scoring drought ended. Junior Emily Van Vliet (Grandville, Mich./Calvin Christian) was able to find the ball in a crowd of people in the center of the box and buried the ball by the Belles keeper. Sophomore Morgan Scott (Niles, Mich./St. Joseph) had the assist.
Morgan Scott would strike three minutes later off a corner from Emily Van Vliet that was punched out by the goaltender to Scott.
The Calvin defense posted another strong showing on Monday, only allowing one shot.
Freshman Amy Kliewer (Grand Rapids, Mich./Forest Hills Northern) recorded her second career shutout victory.
The Knights out-shot the Belles on Monday, 23-1.
The Maroon and Gold forced 14 corners in the victory.
Junior Kali Mouw (Avon, N.Y./Avon Central) led all players with five shots, junior Mackenna Nesky (Hudsonville, Mich./Unity Christian) notched three shots.
The Knights will host Alma on Thursday evening for the first game under lights at Zuidema Field.
VOLLEYBALL
The Calvin women's volleyball team remains the No. 1 ranked team in Division III AVCA Division III Top 25 poll. The poll can be found online at: https://www.avca.org/polls/diii-women/9-12-2017.html
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Anna Kamp was named the MIAA Player of the Week for the second-straight week. Kamp helped the Knights go 3-0 in the MIAA last week, with victories over Olivet, Adrian, and Saint Mary's.
"I am very proud of how she has worked in the off-season," said head coach Dr. Amber Warners. "She is a complete player and continues to improve."
Kamp a junior from Orland Park, Illinois, earned Player of the Week honor for the second time this season and for the fifth time in her career. Kamp recorded 54 kills last week, including a career-high 22 kills at Adrian. She averaged 5.40 kills-per-set and tallied 22 digs and two service aces.
Kamp and the Knights return to action on Wednesday night at Alma.
MEN'S SOCCER
The Calvin men's soccer team remains the second-ranked team in the Division III United Soccer Coaches Poll. The poll can be found online at: http://unitedsoccercoaches.org/web/Rankings/College_Rankings/NCAA_DIII_MEN/web/rankings/ncaa/diii_men.aspx
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Calvin College juniors Jacob Witte and Trent Vegter have received MIAA Player of the Week honors. Together, Witte and Vegter helped lead the second-ranked Calvin men's soccer team to road victories at Case Western Reserve (3-0) and Oberlin (3-2) last weekend.
A native of Grand Rapids and a graduate of Grand Rapids Christian High School, Witte has been named the MIAA Offensive Player of the Week. He is receiving the honor for the first time in his career.
A winger, Witte scored three goals and had one assist on the weekend. In the 3-0 win over Case Western Reserve he scored a goal and assisted on the game-winning tally.
In Calvin's 3-2 victory over Oberlin, Witte gave Calvin a 1-0 lead on a goal just 36 seconds into the match. He then tied the game 2-2 by heading in a goal with 4:24 left in regulation time.
A native of Hudsonville and a graduate of Hudsonville Unity Christian High School, Vegter helped Calvin post its second shutout victory of the year with the win over Case Western Reserve. In Saturday's 3-2 win over Oberlin, the center back drew an assist on the game-winning goal with 3:17 remaining as he launched a throwin into the box that was headed over the line by teammate Francisco Jay Noyola.
Vegter is receiving MIAA Defensive Player of the Week accolades for the third time in his career.
"I am real proud of both guys for their play this year and specifically this weekend," said Calvin men's soccer coach Ryan Souders. "These awards also reflect strongly on our team. I thought our entire team was pulling together in the right direction this weekend, even when things weren't always going our way."
Calvin is preparing to open its MIAA campaign this week. The Knights will travel to Trine on Wednesday for a 4 p.m. contest and will then host rival Hope Saturday night at 7 p.m. at Zuidema Field.
MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
For the third time in his collegiate career, Calvin College senior Mark DeJong has been selected as the MIAA Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week.
A native of Grand Rapids and a graduate of Grand Rapids Christian High School, DeJong was the top collegiate finisher in Saturday's Knight Invite with an 8K course time of 25:07.
DeJong helped power the 15th-ranked Knights to a first place team score of 32 points as the Knights finished 77 points clear of second place Grand Valley and 84 points ahead of third place Ohio Northern.
DeJong was one of six Calvin runners to finish in the top 13 spots.
The Knights return to action on September 23 when they compete at the MIAA Jamboree hosted by Hope College.
WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
For the first time in her collegiate career, Calvin College junior Katie Diekema has been named the MIAA Women's Cross Country Runner of the Week.
A native of Kenmore, Washington, Diekema captured the Knight Invite individual title this past Saturday with a 5K race time of 17:46.
A graduate of Ingelmoor High School, Diekema finished just under eight seconds ahead of her nearest pursuer and helped the nationally-ranked Calvin women's cross country team finish fourth in the team standings.
The Knights return to action on September 23 when they compete at the MIAA Jamboree hosted by Hope College.
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