With two games left in the MIAA season, Calvin remains in the thick of the MIAA title chase. The Knights remain three points behind league-leading Hope after gaining a 4-0 victory at Olivet Saturday afternoon. The shutout is the 14th of the year for Calvin. 

Hope maintained its grip on first place in the conference standings with a 1-0 overtime victory over Alma Saturday afternoon. Hope (11-0-0 MIAA) must travel to Kalamazoo on Wednesday while Calvin will host Tri-State. Calvin (16-1-1 overall, 11-1-0 MIAA) will then host Hope next Saturday at 2:00 p.m. in the regular season finale for both teams. 

Senior Joel Veldhouse (Sioux Falls, SD) provided the offensive spark in Saturday's win over the Comets as he collected his third hat trick of the season and the fourth of his collegiate career. 

Veldhouse scored his first two goals in the opening seven minutes of the game, staking Calvin to a 2-0 halftime lead. Veldhouse then gave the Knights a 3-0 lead on a goal in the 66th minute with junior Matt Cosnek (Hopewell, PA) closing out the scoring with a goal in the 77th minute of play.  

Veldhouse, Cosnek and sophomore Nick Capisciolto (Unity Christian HS) were also credited with assists on the afternoon. 

Veldhouse now has 18 goals on the year which ranks seventh on the Calvin single-season list. 

Junior Joe Westra (Grand Rapids Christian HS) and freshman Dave Fortosis (Wheaton, IL) combined on the shutout in goal for the Knights with Westra collecting three saves while Fortosis had none. Olivet's Will Drogt had 15 saves in goal for Olivet. 

Calvin also finished with a 33-7 shots at goal advantage. 

Wednesday's game against Tri-State will begin at 3:00 p.m.