CKSR (Baseball Takes Two From Albion / Men's Tennis Edges Hope in Rivalry Match / NCAA D3 Week Continues at Calvin College)

CALVIN KNIGHT SPORTS REPORT FOR APRIL 5, 2018

BASEBALL
Calvin 3, Albion 2
Calvin 5, Albion 2

ALBION, Mich. – Calvin swept both ends of a doubleheader at Albion Thursday afternoon, taking game one 3-2 and winning game two 5-2.

Scheduled for seven innings, game one went an inning extra as the Britons (6-16 overall, 4-6 MIAA) tied the game at two with a run in the bottom of the sixth.

In the eighth, Calvin (9-11 overall, 7-3 MIAA) scored the go-ahead run. Freshman Ricky Padilla (Poway, Ca./Poway HS) led off the inning with a single to left and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by junior Jonathan Keane (Brookfield, Wisc./Brookfield Central HS). Padilla moved up a base on a fly-out to right by junior Miles Kuperus (Grand Rapids, Mich./Grand Rapids Christian HS) and then scored on a wild-pitch.

Padilla’s winning run came in unusual fashion as junior Beau Redfield (Cedar Springs, Mich./Northpointe Christian HS) struck out but reached base on a wild pitch on a swinging strike three.

The wild pitch allowed Padilla to scamper home with the go-ahead run.

Sophomore Trevor VanDuyn (Jenison, Mich./Jenison HS) had a strong bottom half of the eighth, striking out the first two batters he faced before Albion extended the inning on a fielding error.

With a runner on base, VanDuyn struck out his third hitter of the evening to seal his third victory of the year.

Keane went the first 5.1 innings before giving way to VanDuyn in the sixth. Keane struck out eight batters and walked only one during his time on the mound.

Calvin outhit Albion 9-7 in the game one win. Padilla was 3-for-3 at the plate and walked once. Senior Nate DeZwaan was 2-for-4 with a double.

Padilla and Kuperus had one RBI each in the win.

In game two, Calvin built a 5-0 lead and held on for the win in the bottom of the seventh as Albion scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh and had the tying run at the plate. Junior Logan Walker (Imlay City, Mich./Lapeer East HS) came in the seventh to get the final two outs of the game and pick up his third save of the season.

Padilla and Kuperus both went 3-for-4 at the plate with Kuperus driving in two runs and Padilla driving in one. DeZwaan had a pair of hits – both of which were doubles. Keane and sophomore Quinn Hyndiuk (Elm Grove, Wisc./Brookfield East HS) both drove in one run apiece.

Sophomore Sam Schellenberg (Grand Rapids, Mich./Forest Hills Northern HS) tripled and later scored a run back in the third.
Junior Clay Francisco (Delton/Thornapple Kellogg HS) went six innings to pick up his third victory of the season. Francisco struck out four and walked only one.

Calvin is scheduled to host Albion in a doubleheader Saturday at 1 p.m.

MIAA BASEBALL STANDINGS THROUGH 4-5-18
Adrian 7-1
Calvin 7-3
Hope 5-3
Alma 4-4
Albion 4-6
Kalamazoo 3-5
Trine 2-6
Olivet 2-6

MEN'S TENNIS
Calvin 5, Hope 4

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The Calvin men's tennis team defeated arch-rival Hope on Wednesday evening in another exciting chapter of the Calvin-Hope rivalry. The Knights remained perfect in the MIAA with a 5-4 victory over Hope and improve to 11-2 on the year. The Flying Dutchmen sink to 4-8 and 1-1 in MIAA play.

"Our guys were really determined and played hard," said Calvin head coach John Ross. "Every time that we play Hope, every match is tight over the last 15 years I have been here. We did a really nice job in doubles. Every match was close and that's what you expect in the rivalry."

Senior Matt Van Winkle (St. Joseph, Mich./St. Joseph) and junior Jason Wolters (Hudsonville, Mich./Unity Christian) got the ball rolling for the Knights with a victory over Hope's VanderStoep and Kroeze at No. 1 doubles, 8-6.

Junior Jose Larrea (Caracas, Venezuela/U.E. Colegio San Jose) and freshman Max Stallings (Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich./North) sank the Dutch at No. 3 doubles, 8-5.

Hope cut the Calvin lead in half with an 8-6 victory at No. 2 doubles.

The Flying Dutchmen took the lead to start singles play with victories at No. 2 and No. 4 singles.

Matt Van Winkle tied the match at three with a victory at No. 3 singles. Van Winkle defeated Mike Kiley, 7-5, 6-4.

Sophomore Rodrigo Castellanos Vaca Guzmán (Tarija, Bolivia/Felipe Palazon) gave the Knights the lead at No. 1 singles with a come-from-behind 1-6, 6-2, 6-1 victory over Danny Kroeze.

Hope tied the match at four with a victory at No. 6 singles to send the match to court five for the deciding point.

Jason Wolters took the first set from Justin Folkert, 6-4. Folkert responded with a 7-5 victory in the second set. Down a break,

Wolters rallied to win the third set, 6-4.

"I knew the match was going to be close from the beginning," said Wolters. "I've been in that situation before and knew what to expect. I knew I just needed to play my game. This was a great overall win for our team."

The Knights return to play on Saturday against Trine.

MIAA MEN'S TENNIS STANDINGS THROUGH 4-5-18
Calvin 2-0
Kalamazoo 2-0
Adrian 1-0
Hope 1-1
Trine 1-1
Alma 0-1
Albion 0-2
Olivet 0-2

NCAA D3 WEEK UPDATE

Calvin's celebration of NCAA Division III Week continues.

On Wednesday night Calvin student-athletes competed in a dodge-ball charity tournament.

For a recap visit the Calvin website at: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__calvinknights.com_general_2017-2D18_releases_20180404xyazt1&d=DwIF-g&c=4rZ6NPIETe-LE5i2KBR4rw&r=5aYEzXF7nc6LZSmi__PTAKGUps4SiBVbwUKLqa54NW8&m=mKLUmM3VpXOmao81OeiAJzzSmYSresCzSTPc8fNGeDQ&s=QF-EpemRyQO_CBuObgZRAIDzaXvMa59zj0aRu60duho&e=

For a video profile on Calvin student-athlete Kara Minderhoud of the Calvin women's basketball team visit the Calvin website at: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__calvinknights.com_sports_wbkb_2017-2D18_releases_20180405ghs1sp&d=DwIF-g&c=4rZ6NPIETe-LE5i2KBR4rw&r=5aYEzXF7nc6LZSmi__PTAKGUps4SiBVbwUKLqa54NW8&m=mKLUmM3VpXOmao81OeiAJzzSmYSresCzSTPc8fNGeDQ&s=b8omvhi_WugGnqqmBrwFcI0MnZl9-ayHxG7AmoiMzTo&e=

For a feature story on Calvin student-athlete Michael Moentmann of the Calvin men's swimming and diving team visit the Calvin website at: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__calvinknights.com_sports_mswimdive_2017-2D18_releases_20180405zi8x7u&d=DwIF-g&c=4rZ6NPIETe-LE5i2KBR4rw&r=5aYEzXF7nc6LZSmi__PTAKGUps4SiBVbwUKLqa54NW8&m=mKLUmM3VpXOmao81OeiAJzzSmYSresCzSTPc8fNGeDQ&s=0FXu5aDhN-vwrAi-WCAch_NeQxDtlU8CY3ZZtg3PGGs&e=
Received on Fri Apr 6 00:12:39 2018