HOLLAND, Mich. – The Calvin-Hope men's soccer rivalry was renewed on Tuesday night and for the second consecutive year, the two rivals fought to a 1-1 tie in their season opener.

A year ago, Calvin and Hope met in their league opener at Calvin Soccer Stadium with the teams finishing in a 1-1 draw.

Tuesday's match at Hope's Van Andel Stadium was hotly contested and highly entertaining to the 1,016 fans gathered for the rivalry matchup.

The two sides probed back-and-forth through the first 20 minutes of the match before the Flying Dutchmen began to descend on the Calvin net, throwing waves of attackers at the Knight goal.

Hope (4-5-2 overall, 0-0-1 MIAA) broke through for the first goal in the 25^th minute. Hope fired two successive shots that were saved by Calvin senior goalkeeper Zac Moore (Pilesgrove, N.J./Woodstown)but the second rebound came to the feet of Seth Walters who blasted a shot into the top shelf of the net for a 1-0 lead.

Calvin (8-2-1 overall, 0-0-1 MIAA) met the challenge a minute-and-a-half later as junior Matt Torrell (Rochester, N.Y./The Charles Finney School) broke free through the left wing and with an inside-outside move fed a through ball into the Hope box. Running onside, junior Zac Brooks (Lone Tree, Colo./Valor Christian) was able to beat the Hope backline and blast a shot inside the far post to knot the score 1-1.

In the second half, the opening 20 minutes of possession belonged to Hope but Calvin's backline stood firm, holding the Flying Dutchmen without a shot.

Calvin began to turn the tables on Hope with possession and also began to create significant scoring chances. In the 72^nd minute, Torrell crammed a low shot off a free kick by freshman Odis Fickel (Holland, Mich./Holland HS) that was saved by a Hope defender.

In the 76^th minute, Calvin appeared to have taken a 2-1 lead on a shot in the box by freshman Toby Simeone (Riverside, Australia/St. Patrick's College) off a lead pass from sophomore Jake Ziolo (Dublin, Ohio/Dublin Jerome) but a delayed off-sides call waved off the goal.

In the 79^th minute, Simeone sent a cross into the box that Fickel latched onto. Fickel uncorked a left-footed shot that deflected off a Hope defender's leg and skipped off the crossbar.

Torrell headed a shot in the 83^rd minute that was snared by Hope goalkeeper Daniel Morgan.

Hope had a pair of corner kicks in the closing minutes as well as a dangerous free kick that was punched out of danger by Moore.

Calvin's final scoring chance came in the 88^th minute as Simeone broke free through the right wing but saw his shot sail a foot wide of the far post.

Calvin finished with a 21-12 shots at goal advantage including 13-0 in the second half. Moore had six saves in goal for Calvin while Morgan had six saves in goal for Hope.

COACHES COMMENT: "Rivalry games are always intense and always close and we knew that coming in," said Calvin head men's soccer coach Ryan Souders. "Credit to Hope. They're a good team that is well-coached. They executed the game plan they wanted to and I credit them for that. At the same time, I felt like we did enough to earn three points tonight. We were all over the net, had a goal called back and hit the post. We'll take the one point tonight but we would have liked to have had three."

NEXT UP: Calvin will host Trine Saturday night at 7 p.m. in a key conference game at Calvin Soccer Stadium.