(Photo by Lowell McGuiness)

ALBION - The fourth-ranked Calvin men's soccer remained unbeaten with a 4-0 win at Albion Tuesday afternoon.  

The Knights are now 11-0-1 overall and 7-0-0 in league play, six points ahead of second place Alma and Kalamazoo.

Calvin grabbed a quick 1-0 lead on a goal by junior Isky VanDoorne (Calgary, AB/Western Canada HS) in the 10th minute of play. The goal was the second of the year for VanDoorne.

In the 21st minute, senior Sam Hanover (St. Johns/St. Johns HS) connected off a feed from junior Jay Noyola (East Lansing/Lansing Christian HS) to put the Knights up 2-0.

With just over five minutes left in the first half, sophomore Micah Beard (Otsego/Otsego HS) popped in his team-leading seventh goal of the season to enable the Knights to take a 3-0 halftime lead.

Calvin closed out the scoring with just 1:20 remaining as freshman Jacob Witte (Grand Rapids/Grand Rapids Christian HS) scored his fourth goal of the season.

Calvin outshot Albion 18-8. Senior goalkeeper Niko Giantsopoulos (Markham, Ont./St. Augustine Catholic HS) came up with two saves in posting his seventh shutout of the season while lowering his season goals-against-average to 0.26.

"It's always good to get an MIAA road win," said Calvin men's soccer coach Ryan Souders after the match. "Albion is a very committed team and this is always a tough place to play. I am proud of the way our guys moved the balls  and finished their chances when they had the opportunity. Now we turn our attention to a very difficult Trine team."

Calvin will travel to Trine on Saturday for a match slated to start at noon.