The nationally-ranked Calvin volleyball team suffered a pair of defeats 
Saturday at the Calvin Fieldhouse, dropping a 15-6, 15-13, 15-11 
conference decision to rival Hope and then falling to Cornerstone 15-4, 
15-10, 14-16, 15-9 in non-conference play. 

The pair of losses drops Calvin to 5-2 on the year and to 1-1 in the 
MIAA. Hope remained unbeaten in MIAA competition, improving to 2-0 in 
league action. Cornerstone defeated Hope 9-15, 15-8, 15-4, 15-2 in a 
non-conference match also played Saturday at the Calvin Fieldhouse. 

In its loss to Hope, Calvin was led by senior Ann Wiersma (Vista, CA) 
who tallied 12 kills while sophomore Sara Ahrenholz (Prinsburg, MN) had 
39 asssists and seven digs. Senior Rhonda Volkers (Holland Christian) 
added nine digs and seven kills. 

Against Cornerstone, Volkers came up with 11 kills, seven digs and 
three aces while Wiersma had 15 kills and eight digs. Ahrenholz also 
recorded 44 assists and two aces while freshman Trisha Balkema 
(Highland, IN) had 11 digs. 

Calvin returns to action on Tuesday night when travels to Albion for a 
conference match at 6:30 pm.