RESULTS

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Today the Calvin hosted their inaugural home meet when they welcomed the Bulldogs of Adrian to Van Noord Arena where, despite having a dominant second half, the Knights fell just short of the Bulldogs.
 
In the first event of the evening, the Knights competed in the compulsory event which included acro, pyramid, toss, and tumbling heats. Calvin had a start value of 34.00 and received a final score of 23.25 with their highest score of 7.30 coming in the pyramid heat. Adrian had a start value of 38.00 and received a score of 28.45.
 
In the acro event Calvin had a start value of 24.90 and received a score of 21.65 while the Bulldogs had a start value of 26.35 and finished with a 22.00.
 
In the final event before halftime, the Knights competed in the pyramid event where they had a start value of 24.90 and received a score of 25.05. Their highest score came in the inversion heat where they posted a score of 8.75. Adrian had a start value of 27.70 in the pyramid event and received a 25.95.
 
In the second half, the Knights really came alive as they won their first event of the evening when they competed in the toss event. Calvin had a start value of 25.90 and received a score of 22.45 while Adrian had a start value of 26.20 and received a score of 21.40.
 
The Knights carried the momentum into the tumbling event, which consisted of a duo pass, a trio pass, a quad pass, an aerial pass, a six-element pass, and an open. Calvin had a start value of 48.05 and finished the event with a score of 41.35 with their biggest boost coming from freshman duo Jenna Wert (Saint Clair, Mich./Saint Clair) and Bethany Nakai (Calgary, Canada) when they both posted scores of 8.075 when they competed in the aerial pass and six-element pass, respectively. Adrian had a start value 45.10 and received a score of 36.80.
 
Unfortunately, injuries prevented the Knights from putting fifteen athletes on the mat in the team event therefore forcing Calvin to forfeit the event. Adrian entered the team event with a start value of 61.55 and finished with a score of 45.90. 
 
At the end of competition, the Bulldogs edged out the Knights as they beat Calvin 180.60-133.75.
 
COACHES COMMENTS: "It's been overwhelming today," said head coach Ellen Barker. "It felt like we were in a championship environment and we are very grateful for our experience here at Calvin. I'm very proud of the teams showing today, I thought that we nailed it. Obviously, disappointed we couldn't compete in the team event but hopefully that a one time situation. I tell this team all the time that I have been apart of some other first year teams where, even on our best day, we were not a competitive team. This team is young and they don't yet realize how good they are because they have nothing to compare it to and they just have to take my word for it when I say that they can and will be competitive." 
 
UP NEXT: The Knights will be back in action on Saturday, March 22nd when they travel to Adrian to compete in a tri-meet against the Bulldogs and the Thunder of Trine at 2PM.