KENTWOOD, Mich. - Calvin celebrated Senior Day with a doubleheader sweep of Olivet. Calvin had 24 total hits in the doubleheader sweep and gain the No. 2 seed for the upcoming MIAA Tournament scheduled for next week at Trine University. With the sweep, Calvin finishes the regular season 14-0 at home.

GAME ONE
Calvin 10, Olivet 1

Calvin scored a run in the first, five in the second and four in the third to run away with the game one win. Junior Hannah Horvath (Caledonia, Mich./Caledonia HS) went 3-for-3 with a triple, three runs scored and two RBI. Freshman Hannah Biddlecome (Portage, Mich./Portage Northern HS) went 2-for-3. Sophomore Grace Stock (Vicksburg, Mich./Vicksburg HS) went 2-for-3 with a double and four RBI. Junior Kayla Groen (Frankfort, Il./Lincoln-Way East HS) belted a solo home run in the third.

Senior Anna Gernant (West Des Moines, Ia./Valley HS) went all five innings to collect her eighth victory of the season, striking out five and walking three. The victory was also the 50th of Gernant's collegiate career.

GAME TWO
Calvin 11, Olivet 1

Kayla Groen blasted her second home run of the afternoon - a three-run shot with two outs in the top of the fourth to give the Knights a 3-0 lead. Calvin then erupted for eight runs in the top of the fifth to build a double-digit lead. Olivet scored one run in the bottom of the fifth but scored no more as the Knights claimed the run-rule win.

Horvath had another huge performance, going 3-for-4 at the plate with two RBI. Seniors Abi Colon (Caledonia, Mich./South Christian HS) and Maddie DeGroot (Hudsonville, Mich./Unity Christian HS) both went 2-for-3 as did Groen and junior Grace Quiggle (Saranac, Mich./Lowell HS). Both of Colon's hits were doubles.

Sophomore Ellie Borst (Hudsonville, Mich./Unity Christian HS) went all five innings for Calvin in the circle to up her season record to 12-4.

At the conclusion of the game, Calvin honored seniors Anna Gernant, Abi Colon, Rachel Borden (Edwardsburg, Mich./Edwardsburg HS), Kristen Newman (Chelsea, Mich./Chelsea HS) and Maddie DeGroot.

COACHES QUOTE: "It was a great day to honor our seniors with two big conference wins to lock up the second seed in the conference," said Calvin head softball coach Becky Hilgert. "We had great contributions up and down the lineup today. I like how we attacked each at bat and we were very aggressive on the bases which put pressure on their defense. Our defense made several solid plays behind Anna and Ellie. Overall it was a great day to wrap up our regular season and finish undefeated at home."

NEXT UP: Calvin will be the No. 2 seed in the double-elimination MIAA Tournament scheduled to be hosted at Trine University next week. Calvin will open play against the still-to-be decided No. 3 seed on May 1.