GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The Calvin men's swimming & diving team fell to Grand Valley State on Friday night. The Lakers beat the Knights, 184-59. Calvin is now 0-1 on the season.

"We really weren't looking at the level of competition coming today," said head coach Dan Gelderloos. "We were more focused on ourselves coming into this meet. First of all, we wanted to make sure we took care of our freshmen and get them off to a good start. Second, we wanted to work on some values that we talked about in practice yesterday, about what a good team look like and I feel we executed that today."

Freshman Andrew Kasper (Batava, Ill./Marmion Academy) took third place in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:45.57. Kasper recorded a second-place finish in the 500 freestyle at 4:53.93.

Senior Brandon Muma (Grand Rapids, Mich./Forest Hills Eastern) touched the wall at 48.01 to take second place in the 100 freestyle.

The Knights took two of the three fastest times in the 100 backstroke on Friday night. Freshman Ben Holstege (Keswick, Va./Covenant) took second place in the 100 backstroke at 53.74. Sophomore Skyler Fish (Ionia, Mich./Ionia) finished in third place at 53.85.

The Knights took second and third in the 100 backstroke on Friday evening. Senior Johnson Cochran (Mount Vernon, Ohio/Mount Vernon) finished in second at 58.53. Junior Eli Holstege (Keswick, Va./Covenant) finished in third at 1:00.39.

The Knights finished the night winning the 400 freestyle relay. The team of Andrew Kasper, Brandon Muma, Freshman Nathan Olberding (Noblesville, Ind./Noblesville) and Sophomore Max DeYoung (Grand Rapids, Mich./Forest Hills Eastern) finished at 3:13.41.

The Knights return to action on Saturday as they host the MIAA Relays. The action is slated to begin at 1 p.m. at the Venema Aquatic Center.