The nationally-ranked Calvin men's soccer team remained unbeaten and stretched its win streak to four with a 7-0 conference victory at Adrian Wednesday afternoon.
Ranked eighth in the latest Division III Top-25 poll, Calvin (7-0-1 overall, 2-0-0 MIAA) led 4-0 at halftime and kept the pressure on in the second half.
Senior Joel Veldhouse (Sioux Falls, SD) continued his torrid scoring streak with his second hat-trick performance in the last three games. The three-goal effort by Veldhouse in Wednesday's victory over Adrian (2-3-0 overall, 0-1-0 MIAA) marked his third collegiate hat-trick. Veldhouse now has a team-leading nine goals and 19 points on the year.
Junior Matt Cosnek (Hopewell, PA) also scored a pair of goals for the Knights while sophomores Nick Capisciolto (Unity Christian HS) and Dave Holwerda (Grand Rapids Christian HS) had one goal each.
Freshman Jared Litty (Hudsonville HS) notched a pair of assists while senior Joel VandeKopple (Grand Rapids Christian HS), juniors Peter Malefyt (Lansing Christian HS) and Levi Kool (Holland Christian HS) and freshman A.J. Dufendach (Forest Hills Northern HS) were also credited with one assist.
Calvin held a 25-9 shots at goal advantage while junior goaltender Joe Westra (Grand Rapids Christian HS) pitched his fifth shutout of the year.
Calvin returns to action on Saturday when it hosts Albion at 1:30 p.m. at Calvin Field in a key MIAA match.