MIAA WOMEN'S SOCCER TOURNAMENT CENTRAL

The Calvin-Hope women's soccer rivalry is set to renew on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at Calvin Soccer Stadium. The contest will take place in the championship final of the MIAA Tournament presented by Collegiate Credit Union

Calvin will enter the game ranked 10^th in the IWSOC Top 25 poll. The Knights are also ranked 7^th in the NCAA Division III National Power Index (NPI) while Hope is ranked 32nd.

Tickets can be purchased online at: Calvin-Hope Women's Soccer Tickets. MIAA students will be given one complimentary ticket when presenting a valid school ID.

Saturday's game will be live streamed through the Calvin Sports Network on YouTube at: Calvin-Hope Women's Soccer Broadcast – 11-7-26

It will also feature live stats at: Calvin-Hope Women's Soccer Live Stats – 11-7-26

Calvin will carry an overall record of 15-1-1 into the match while Hope is currently 12-3-2. The teams shared the MIAA regular season title with 7-0-1 league records.

The teams met on October 17 at Hope with the match finishing in a 0-0 draw.

The two rivals met twice last year with Calvin winning both games by a 2-1 score. Both contests were played at Calvin Soccer Stadium. The second matchup took place in the MIAA Tournament final with Hope tying the match with 3:31 left in regulation only for Calvin to score the winning goal with 45 seconds left to play.

Saturday's match will be the 72nd meeting between the two rivals in a series that dates back to 1988 and sees Calvin holding a 43-19-9 series edge. The last 15 matchups see Calvin holding an 8-3-4 series edge.
Calvin is 29-6-4 all-time in the MIAA Tournament and is 10-1-2 in MIAA Tournament finals including 6-0-1 against Hope in the final. Hope is 20-16-4 all-time in the MIAA Tournament and is 3-6-2 in the MIAA Tournament final including 0-6-1 against Calvin in the final.

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 135-31-14 (.776) that includes MIAA regular season titles in 2021 (spring and fall), 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. 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 10 different Knights scoring two goals or more this fall. Senior midfielder Mikaela Waroway leads the Knights in scoring with 33 points on the strength of 15 goals and three assists. Junior winger Vivian Nagelkirk has six goals, six assists and 18 points. Junior winger Ellery Boeving has five goals, four assists and 14 points. Junior forward Olivia Rawls has four goals, five assists and 13 points. Sophomore Lexi Glowick has three goals, three assists and nine points. Freshman Maya Thebeau has four goals, one assist and nine points. The Calvin defense is backstopped by junior goalkeeper Aubree Lee. She has 40 saves and a 0.40 goals-against-average on the year. Senior centerbacks Lucy Iverson and Peyton Pratt also play key roles on defense.

Waroway was named the MIAA's Most Valuable Player and landed a spot on the All-MIAA First Team. She was joined on the All-MIAA First Team by Calvin teammates Lucy Iverson, and Katherine Bergman. Emily Kovar, Ellery Boeving, Aubree Lee and Peyton Pratt were named to the All-MIAA Second Team.

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). She carries an overall won-loss record of 36-11-8 (.703).

Hope senior forward Halle Barnard leads the Flying Dutch in scoring. She has eight goals, four assists and 20 points. Seven Hope players have two goals or more. Junior forward Alexis Suptela has seven goals, one assist and 15 points. Freshman forward Avery Plummer has six goals, one assist and 13 points. Freshman midfielder Jessica Reyes has one goal, seven assists and nine points. Senior midfielder Bri Rose has one goal, three assists and five points as does junior Amelia Streberger.  Senior Clara Feenstra has been the primary goalkeeper for Hope, recording 45 saves and a goals-against-average of 0.64.

Jessica Reyes was named the MIAA Newcomer of the Year. Halle Barnard, Clara Feenstra, Mia Hesley, Reyes and Alexis Suptela were named to the All-MIAA First Team. Kayla Cannon and Jenna Schreiber were named to the All-MIAA Second Team.