CKSR (Men's Lacrosse Wins Against Wabash / Women's Lacrosse Belts Bulldogs / Women's Tennis Falls to Hope)

CALVIN KNIGHT SPORTS REPORT FOR MARCH 31, 2018

Men's Lacrosse Wins Against Wabash;
Women's Lacrosse Belts Bulldogs;
Women's Tennis Falls to Hope

MEN'S LACROSSE
Calvin 10, Wabash 7

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Calvin got back on the winning track with a 10-7 victory over Wabash College Saturday afternoon at Zuidema Field.

Senior Michael Winkler (La Quinta, Ca./Palm Desert HS) led the way for the Knights with four goals including the go-ahead score in the fourth quarter.
Calvin (3-7) closed the game on a 6-1 scoring run and outscored Wabash (2-7) by a 4-1 margin over the final 15 minutes of play.

Calvin led 3-1 after one quarter of play but trailed 4-3 at halftime. Trailing 6-4 late in the third quarter, the Knights were sparked by an electrifying goal by junior Noah Nedd (Grand Rapids, Mich./Grand Rapids Christian HS) that ignited the 6-1 run.
Freshman Noah Boelens (Round Lake, Il./Grayslake Central HS) tied the game 6-6 with a goal with just 30 seconds remaining in the third quarter. Boelens took a feed from sophomore Griffin Sparling (Novi, Mich./Novi HS) on the play and whipped home a shot to give the Knights added momentum.

Winkler scored two minutes into the fourth quarter and Boelens hooked up with junior Austin Bontreger (Fishers, Ind./Heritage Christian HS) for another goal and the Knights were up 8-6 with 11:37 remaining.

Wabash came back with an unassisted tally by Dajon Thomas to trail 8-7 with 10:51 remaining but Winkler scored unassisted with 5:20 remaining and freshman Nathan Jindra (South Bend, Ind./John Adams HS) scored the clincher with 2:14 left on a pass from Sparling.
"It was a great team win today," said Calvin men's lacrosse coach Dave Hoger. "Our seniors and captains stepped up in a huge way to lift us up and our young guys showed a lot maturity and poise today. We took care of the ball and did the little things right and that was the reason we were able to come out on top with a win."

In addition to scoring his key third quarter goal, Nedd scooped up seven ground balls. Fellow captain Ethan Brown (Falmouth, ME/Falmouth HS) also had seven ground balls and caused five turnovers.
Tri-captain Winkler had four goals, four ground balls and caused two turnovers.

As a team, Calvin caused 13 Wabash turnovers.

Freshman Joe Son (Aldie, Va./John Champe HS) had a goal and three ground balls. Bontreger finished with a goal and an assist.
Senior Derek VanderBrug (Woburn, Mass./Lexington Christian Academy) and sophomore Nick Pitre (Jacksonville, Fla./Providence HS) had three ground balls apiece. Boelens had two goals and forced a turnover. Jindra also scored for the Knights. Sparling had a team-high four assists.

Freshman goaltender Mitchell Wong (Schaumburg, Il./Schaumburg HS) had seven saves for the Knights.
Calvin will now break until next Saturday when it travels to Albion for its MIAA opener with the opening face-off set for 7 p.m.

WOMEN'S LACROSSE
Calvin 17, Adrian 6

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - The Calvin women's lacrosse team opened MIAA play with a victory over Adrian on a cold and windy Saturday afternoon. The Knights put away the Bulldogs, 17-6.
The Knights scored two goals in the opening minute. Junior Emma Tilma (Grand Rapids, Mich./Grand Rapids Christian) snuck the ball past the Bulldog keeper off a pass from sophomore Emma Verrett (Beaver, Pa./Beaver County Christian). Junior Lauryn Slachter (Grand Rapids, Mich./Grand Rapids Christian) then sprinted down the field untouched by the defense and scored seven seconds later.
Leading 2-1, junior Kelly Pepper (Wyckoff, N.J./Indian Hills) had a shot that was too hot for Hannah Emerson to handle. Pepper would continue to pepper the Adrian net and scored the next three Calvin goals.
Senior Amanda Davio (Okemos, Mich./Okemos) broke the Pepper scoring streak with a goal of her own.
Up a player, Lauryn Slachter struck again off a pass from Kelly Pepper.
Emma Verrett scored her first goal of the game with 9:14 left in the first half.
Over the next four minutes, Amanda Davio, Emma Verrett and Emma Tilma all scored.
Calvin walked into halftime with a 12-4 lead.
Kelly Pepper opened the second half scoring.
Senior Emma Hall (Harare, Zimbabwe/Chisipite Senior School) got on the scoreboard with a free position shot.
Amanda Davio struck two minutes later.
With 14:20 remaining, Lauryn Slachter scored off a pass from junior Genevieve Schneemann (Farmington, Mich./Farmington) and Kelly Pepper closed the Calvin scoring on a free position shot.
Lauryn Slachter filled up the stat sheet on Saturday with a game-high seven draw controls with seven shots on goal.
The six goals from Kelly Pepper tied her career high.
Junior Ellis Chalfant (St. Louis, Mo./Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School) was credited with the victory and recorded five save. Freshman Meghan Economou (Hartland, Mich./Hartland) finished with three saves.
Emma Hall notched a game-high three caused turnovers.
Calvin outshot Adrian on Saturday, 37-18.
The Knights return to action on Tuesday at Alma.
WOMEN'S TENNIS
Hope 8, Calvin 1

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - The Calvin women's tennis team fell to the Flying Dutch of Hope on Saturday afternoon, 8-1. Hope entered the match ranked 10th in the central region and improved to 2-0 in the MIAA. Calvin moves to 7-5 in 2018 and is 0-1 in the MIAA.
"We knew that we were going to be tested today," said head coach Kevin Van Haitsma. "I was pleased with how we fought. Anna did a good job today and earned that victory. I thought we also battled on a lot of courts this afternoon."
The freshman duo of Leah Newhof (Caledonia, Mich./South Christian) and Madeline Brouwer (Hudsonville, Mich./Hudsonville) fought hard at No. 1 doubles, but fell, 8-6.
The lone victory for Calvin came at No. 3 singles, where sophomore Anna Asfour (Grand Rapids, Mich./Grand Rapids Christian) defeated junior Taylor LaBarge, 6-2, 6-1.
Freshman Alexis Bonner (Alto, Mich./Forest Hills Central) took the first set from freshman Bailey Chorney, 6-3, but fell in the next set and the tiebreaker.
Calvin is scheduled to return to play on Tuesday at Alma.
Received on Sat Mar 31 22:24:12 2018