The Calvin-Hope women's soccer rivalry is set to renew on Saturday at noon at Van Andel Soccer Stadium in Holland.

Calvin will enter the game ranked 11^th in the IWSOC Top 25 poll. The Knights are also ranked 7^th in the NCAA Division III National Power Index while Hope is ranked 55th.

Tickets can be purchased online at: Calvin-Hope Women's Soccer Tickets.

Saturday's game will be live streamed through the Hope Anchor Broadcast Network at: Calvin-Hope Women's Soccer Broadcast – 10-17-26

It will also feature live stats at: Calvin-Hope Women's Soccer Live Stats – 10-17-26

Calvin will carry an overall record of 11-1-0 into the match while Hope is currently 8-3-1. Both teams are 4-0-0 in league play and locked in a three-way tie for first place with Kalamazoo with 12 points each.

The two rivals met twice last year with Calvin winning both games by a 2-1 score. The first ma

Saturday's match will be the 71^st meeting between the two rivals in a series that dates back to 1988 and sees Calvin holding a 43-19-8 series edge. The last 14 matchups see Calvin holding an 8-3-3 series edge during that stretch.

Calvin is under the direction of head coach Emily Ottenhoff who is in her ninth season as head coach. She has a carer won-loss record of 131-31-13 (.773) that includes MIAA regular season titles in 2021 (spring and fall), 2022, 2023, 2024 & 2025. She has led Calvin to five MIAA Tournament titles (2021 spring, 2022, 2023 & 2024) and NCAA III Tournament trips in 2021 (fall), 2022, 2023, 2024 & 2025 with the Knights advancing to the Round of 16 of the NCAA III Tournament in 2023 and 2025. Ottenhoff is a 2010 Calvin graduate. She was an All-American midfielder for the Knights in 2009 and was part of national quarterfinalist teams in 2006 and 2009. She was also a four-year member of the Calvin women's basketball program.

Calvin features a balanced scoring attack with seven different Knights scoring two goals or more this fall. Senior midfielder Mikaela Waroway leads the Knights in scoring with 24 points on the strength of 11 goals and two assists. Junior winger Ellery Boeving has five goals, three assists and 13 points. Junior winger Vivian Nagelkirk has three goals, five assists and 11 points. Junior forward Olivia Rawls has four goals, one assist and nine points. Sophomore Lexi Glowick has two goals, two assists and six points. The Calvin defense is backstopped by junior goalkeeper Aubree Lee. She has 27 saves and a 0.56 goals-against-average on the year. Senior centerbacks Lucy Iverson and Peyton Pratt also play key roles on defense.

Hope is under the direction of third-year head coach Holly Van Noord who spent the previous three seasons as an assistant coach with the Hope women's soccer program. She has also served as the varsity girls soccer coach at Hudsonville High School. She was a Division I goalkeeper at Liberty University where she was a four-year member of the program. She was a two-time Big South Conference Defensive Player of the Year at Liberty (2014 &2016).

Hope senior forward Halle Barnard leads the Flying Dutch in scoring. She has five goals, three assists and 13 points. Five Hope players have two goals or more. Freshman forward Avery Plummer has five goals and 10 points. Junior forward Alexis Suptela has four goals and eight points. Freshman midfielder Jessica Reyes has one goal, four assists and six points. Senior midfielder Bri Rose has one goal, three assists and five points.  Senior Clara Feenstra has been the primary goalkeeper for Hope, recording 31 saves and a goals-against-average of 0.85.