CKSR (Volleyball Takes Out Trine/Men's Soccer Blasts Britons/Women's Soccer Stung by Hornets)

CALVIN KNIGHT SPORTS REPORT FOR OCTOBER 3, 2017

Volleyball Takes out Trine;
Men's Soccer Blasts Britons;
Women's Soccer Stung by Hornets

VOLLEYBALL
Calvin 3, Trine 1

ANGOLA, Ind. - The Knights won their 31st-straight road match with a 3-1 victory at Trine on Tuesday evening. The Knights improve to 12-3 on the year and Trine falls to 8-7 in 2017. The 25-17, 23-25, 25-23, 25-12 victory pushes Calvin to 36-0 all-time against Trine.
"There is never an easy night in the MIAA," said head coach Dr. Amber Warners. "I thought that Trine played a really good match. There are some things that we are continuing to learn and building on. I am really pleased with the grit we showed tonight."
At the halfway point of the MIAA season, the Knights stand alone at the top of the standings with an unblemished record of 8-0. The Knights are a game ahead of No. 25 Hope at 7-1. Trine is now tied for third place at 4-4.
The two teams started the first set with neither team creating much separation. The Knights broke the set open with a 4-0 run behind the serve of sophomore Sarah DeVries (Grand Rapids, Mich./Northpointe Christian). The Knights closed the set at 25-17 with a service ace from senior Emily Blankespoor (Grand Rapids, Mich./South Christian).
The Thunder block was successful in the second set and helped Trine hold the lead for a majority of the set. Trailing 17-12, the Knights would close the gap to 20-19. The Thunder tied the match at one with a 25-23 victory.
A pair of kills from sophomore Ally Fea (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Mechanicsburg) got the ball rolling for the Knights in the third set. With the set tied at four, a service error would give the Knights the lead for good. The largest lead of the set came at 21-15, after a service ace from junior Anna Kamp (Orland Park, Ill./Chicago Christian); freshman Sydney Segard (Hudsonville, Mich./Hudsonville) threw the ball down for a kill. Trine would cut the lead to 24-23, but the serve of Lindsey DeCamp went long and the Knights took the set, 25-23.
The Maroon and Gold cruised in the fourth set and hit a blistering .625 in the fourth set. The serve of junior Keilahna Castillo (Grandville, Mich./Grandville) gave the Thunder issues in the beginning of the fourth set and the Knights jumped out to a 10-3 lead. Leading 10-5, Calvin rode a 7-1 run to put the set away. An Anna Kamp kill ended the match at 25-12.
Sarah DeVries led all players with 15 kills. Senior Jenna Lodewyk (Villa Park, Ill./Timothy Christian) was an issue for the Trine defense with seven kills and hitting. 500 on Tuesday, she also had a match-high 38 assists and career-high three blocks. Sydney Segard notched a career-high five kills at Trine. Emily Blankespoor finished with a match-high three service aces. Ally Fea tallied four blocks and Anna Kamp led the Knights with 10 digs.
The Knights return to action on Friday at Olivet.

MEN'S SOCCER
Calvin 5, Albion 0

ALBION, Mich. - The No. 2 Calvin men's soccer team remained unbeaten on the season with a 5-0 conference victory at Albion Thursday evening.

Calvin (11-0 overall, 7-0 MIAA) led 1-0 at halftime and broke the game open with four second half goals.

Junior Bobby McCaw (Dubuque, Ia./Hempstead HS) notched his second collegiate hat-trick performance and his third multi-goal effort of the season Tuesday evening.

McCaw put Calvin in the lead in the 12th minute of play, whipping in a shot off a feed from junior Jacob Witte (Grand Rapids, Mich./Grand Rapids Christian HS).

The same duo hooked up again in the 57th minute to put the Knights up 2-0. In the 59th minute, McCaw scored unassisted. The third McCaw goal was his team-leading 13th goal of the season. Witte meanwhile bumped his team-leading assist total to seven.

McCaw now has a goal-scoring streak of seven games.

Sophomore Hunter Olson (Canton, Mich./Canton HS) closed out the scoring with a pair of goals, scoring in the 67th and 89th minute. Olson's first goal was assisted by sophomore Ian Adams (Grand Rapids, Mich./Grand Rapids Christian HS). His second goal was assisted by freshman Drew Van Andel (Grand Haven, Mich./Grand Haven HS). The assist by Van Andel marked the first point of his collegiate career.

Olson now has nine goals on the season and owns a four-game goal-scoring streak. During that strech, Olson has scored seven goals and has three multi-goal games.

Calvin outshot Albion 17-0. Senior Nate Van Ryn (Grandville, Mich./Calvin Christian HS) was credited with his eighth shutout victory of the season in goal and the 22nd of his collegiate career.

"I thought we played a pretty good game start-to-finish tonight," said Calvin men's soccer coach Ryan Souders. "Albion came out hungry and with a lot of energy, taking some things away from us. To our credit, our guys fought and persisted and were able to find some really good second half goals. Now we turn around to face a much-improved Trine side for another important MIAA game."

Calvin will host Trine Saturday night at 7 p.m. at Zuidema Field.

WOMEN'S SOCCER
Kalamazoo 3, Calvin 2

KALAMAZOO, Mich. - Two late goals proved to be the undoing for the Calvin women's soccer team Tuesday night at Kalamazoo College.

Calvin carried a 2-1 lead into the 74th minute but the host Hornets scored the equalizer on a penalty kick with 16:55 remaining and then scored the go-ahead goal with just 2:15 left in regulation.

Libby Munoz scored all three goals for Kalamazoo including the first goal of the game which came in the 17th minute to give the Hornets a 1-0 lead.

Calvin (9-4-0 overall, 6-3-0 MIAA) countered with a tying goal three minutes later as senior Camie Rietberg (Wyoming, Mich./Calvin Christian HS) headed in a corner kick taken by freshman Grace Visser (Coopersville, Mich./Unity Christian HS).

Freshman Kelli Mannes (Traverse City, Mich./Traverse City Christian HS) then put the Knights up 2-1 by scoring with just 3:02 left in the first half.

Calvin maintained the lead until the Hornets were awarded a penalty kick in the 74th minute. Munoz made good on the spot kick and the game was tied 2-2.

Neither team mounted a shot on goal until Munoz broke free in the waning minutes for the game-winning goal.

With the win, Kalamazoo (7-5-0 overall, 6-3-0 MIAA) moved into a tie for second place with Calvin in the MIAA standings. Kalamazoo held a 17-7 shots at goal advantage.

Freshman Amy Kliewer (Grand Rapids, Mich./Forest Hills Northern HS) came up with two saves for the Knights.
Received on Tue Oct 3 23:43:12 2017