Dominick Byrne
MEN’S SOCCER
The Hope College men’s soccer team struck twice before the Thunder rumbled. Two goals during the opening 7 1/2 minutes propelled the Flying Dutchmen to a 2-1 victory against Trine University on Friday at Van Andel Soccer Stadium.
Junior Griffin Bruso (Bloomington, Illinois/Normal HS) and senior Dominick Byrne (Fremont, Michigan/Fremont) scored for Hope. The Flying Dutchmen upped their record to 2-0 overall and 2-0 in MIAA play while dropping the Thunder to a 6-3 overall and 2-1 in the MIAA.
Sixty-nine seconds into the game, an unchallenged Bruso headed in a rebound from eight yards out for a 1-0 lead.
The Flying Dutchmen scored in the eighth minute after Trine failed to clear a corner kick.
After an initial save and a Trine whiff on a kick inside the penalty area, Byrne buried a loose ball into the lower left corner of the net for his first goal of the season.
VOLLEYBALL
Though tested in the first game, the Hope College volleyball team secured a straight-set win over Kalamazoo College on Friday, 30-28, 25-15, 25-22.
It marks the 33rd consecutive win for the Flying Dutch over the Hornets, dating back to October, 2005. Of those 33 wins, all have been straight-set victories except one that went to four sets.
Hope now stands at 3-0 overall and in MIAA action. Kalamazoo falls to 0-2.
The first set was a highly contested affair between the Flying Dutch and Hornets as the lead changed 21 times with 18 ties. Momentum was elusive for each team.
On the match, Ana Grunewald (Grand Rapids, Michigan/East Grand Rapids HS) led with 12 kills while Otto (Wheaton, Ill./Wheaton North) followed with 11, and Charlotte Brecht (Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich./ Grosse Pointe South) and junior outside hitter Molly Ligon (Beverly Hills, Mich./ Birmingham Seaholm) tied with seven apiece.
WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD
The Hope College women’s track and field team continued the outdoor season on Friday at the Comet Invitational, hosted by Olivet College. Senior Addyson Gerig, pictured right, impressed in the field events, picking up wins in both the high jump and triple jump.
The Flying Dutch scored 115 points with a partial squad in attendance, good enough for fourth overall. Trine University owned the day with 196 points for first place.
Gerig of Holland, Mich. (West Ottawa HS) earned the top spot in both the high jump and triple jump – a week after placing second in both events at the outdoor season opener at Indiana Wesleyan.
She extended her collegiate-best mark in the triple jump, in either an indoor or outdoor venue, with a distance of 10.60 meters. She was the only student-athlete in the field to surpass the 10-meter plateau.
The senior picked up an additional 10 points in the high jump, with a first-place height of 1.55 meters.
Hannah Kenny (Grand Haven, Michigan / Grand Haven), pictured left, led Hope in the running events with a first-place result in the 1500 meters. The senior dominated the race, clocking a time of 4:45.02 – nearly 20 seconds faster than the closest competitor and 9+ seconds better than her previous collegiate-best time.
Kenny went on to take third in the 3,000 meters, clocking a 10:39.24.
MEN’S TRACK AND FIELD
The Hope College men’s track and field team carried on with the 2021 outdoor season on Friday at Olivet College’s Comet Invitational. Freshman Dan Campbell, pictured, earned his first outdoor victory to pace the Flying Dutchmen.
After earning a pair of runner-up finishes at last week’s season opener, Campbell (Brighton, Mich./Brighton) broke through for his first collegiate outdoor win. The freshman took top honors in the 1500 meters, clocking a 4:06.98 to better his next competitor by a sizable margin.
Hope got a second victory on the day from the 4×400 meter relay squad, comprised of Nathan Woolum (Mattawan, Mich./Mattawan), Drew Dow (Bridgman, Mich./Bridgman), Nick Hoffman (Holland, Mich./ Holland) and Nathaniel Trumble (Granger, Ind./Trinity School At Greenlawn). The crew combined for a winning time of 3:27.12.
Several members of the relay team fared well individually as well. Both Trumble and Woolum scored points in the 400 meters, with top-five times of 50.18 and 51.84, respectively.
Woolum also contributed in the field events, achieving a distance of 5.58 meters in the long jump for seventh place overall.
WOMEN’S TENNIS
The Hope College women’s tennis team served up five straight-set wins during an 8-1 victory against Kalamazoo College on Friday at VandePoel-Heeringa Stadium Courts.
The Flying Dutch raised their record to 4-2 overall. The match did not count toward the MIAA standings.
In singles play, junior Sydney Jackson of Fort Wayne, Indiana (Carroll HS) topped Kalamazoo’s Caroline Norton at the No. 1 flight, 6-2, 6-3.
At No. 2 singles, senior Leah Newhof of Caledonia, Michigan (Grand Rapids Christian) defeated Kalamazoo’s Helen Pelak, 6-2, 6-4.
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