Calvin's road struggles continued as the Knights closed out their MIAA regular 
season campaign with a 29-31, 33-31, 31-29, 30-26 loss at Kalamazoo Tuesday 
evening. The loss dropped Calvin out of a three-way tie for first place with 
Alma and Hope and gives the Scots and Flying Dutch the inside track on first 
place in the regular season standings along with seeding and homecourt advantage 
for next week's MIAA Tournament. 

Calvin dropped to 16-10 overall and to 10-4 in the MIAA with the defeat. All 
four of Calvin's conference defeats this year have come on the road. The 
Knights are 9-10 overall on the road and 7-0 at home. 

After claiming a hard-fought game one win, Calvin led 29-26 in game two but 
could not hold on, as the Hornets regained momentum for the rest of the match. 

Junior Cassie Christopher (Fruitport) came up with 16 digs, 12 kills and two 
service aces in defeat while sophomore Tricia Balkema (Highland, IN) had 18 digs 
and 12 kills. Junior Melissa Pell (Fremont) also tallied 13 kills and nine 
blocks. Senior setter Sara Ahrenholz (Prinsburg, MN) added 42 assists and 16 
digs. 

Calvin returns to action on Friday when it hosts its own Midwest Invitational.