Calvin stretched its win streak to four games and remained in a share of first place in the MIAA standings with an important 1-0 victory at Albion Wednesday afternoon. Calvin entered the afternoon locked in a three-way tie for first place in the league standings with Albion and Kalamazoo. The Knights (6-4-1 overall, 4-1-0 MIAA) are now tied with Kalamazoo for first place in the MIAA as Kalamazoo defeated Adrian 3-0 on Wednesday to also move to 4-1-0 in conference action. 

Calvin has now won five of its last six games with all five victories coming by way of shutout. In fact, Calvin has allowed just one goal over its last 555 minutes of play. Calvin junior goalkeeper Darrin Cline (Grandville HS) has played a big role in Calvin's strong defensive run as the first-year starter now has a season goals-against-average of 0.47 and is currently ranked among the nation's leaders in goals-against-average. 

Cline was in top form again on Wednesday, posting a pair of saves and his fourth shutout victory of the season. Cline's biggest save came in the 68th minute with the Knights clinging to a one-goal lead. A shot by Albion's Jordan Matthews appeared headed for the top corner of the goal but Cline was able to flick it just over the crossbar to keep Calvin on top. 

Albion's Mark Feger also had a dangerous scoring attempt in the final six minutes of play but was thwarted by the Calvin defense. 

The only goal of the game came in the 33rd minute as freshman Kurt VanSickel (Pittsburgh, PA) was able to redirect a corner kick taken by senior Nick Capisciolto (Unity Christian HS) into the back of the net. The goal was VanSickel's second of the year and the first game-winning goal of his career. 

Calvin finished with a 9-8 shots at goal advantage. Albion goalkeeper Jordan Thomas had five saves for the Britons (4-5-0 overall, 3-2-0 MIAA) 

Calvin returns to action on Saturday when it travels to Adrian for a 2:00 p.m. contest.