GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Calvin closed out a weekend sweep of visiting Marian University, defeating the visiting Sabers 5-1 on Saturday at Eagles Ice Center.
Saturday's win came on the heels of a 6-3 win over Marian Friday night.
In Saturday's victory, Calvin led 3-0 after two periods and built a 4-0 lead before settling for the comfortable win.
Calvin scored the only goal of the first period as junior
Joshua VanSchepen sniped home a feed from sophomore Cam Lauffer with freshman
Tyler Schofftall also drawing an assist on the play.
Junior
Zach Westrick and freshman
Luke DeBoer lit the lamp in the second period for Calvin. Junior
Nathan Sova and freshman
Reid Glupker assisted on the Westrick goal. Senior Sergei Yakunin and grad student
Gabriel Sova assisted on the DeBoer tally.
Nathan Sova put Calvin up 4-0 seven minutes into the third period off an assist from freshman
Reid Glupker.
Marian scored shortly thereafter but junior
Owen Hodel sealed the win with a goal in the closing seconds.
Freshman Ayden Karas got the start in goal and collected the win in between the pipes.
COACHES COMMENT: "A good win today," said Calvin head coach Lyn Sova. "We came out of the gate fast with good hard forechecking. We had a bit of a drop-off in the middle of the period but turned it around and finished strong. Really happy with how well our new players are meshing with the returners. Both wins were team efforts all the way around led by solid goaltending."
NEXT UP: Calvin will host Davenport University on Friday at 7:30 p.m. at Eagles Ice Center.