January 20 Hope Sports Report

The top-ranked Hope College women’s basketball team pushed its winning streak to 61 games with a 101-41 victory at Saint Mary’s College on Wednesday. The Flying Dutch matched Thomas More College (Ky.) for the third-longest winning streak in NCAA Division III women’s basketball history. Behind 20 points from senior Olivia Voskuil and 12 from senior Sydney Muller, Hope recorded a team-best fifth 100-point game of the season and 34th all-time.

Olivia Voskuil became the 18th Hope College women’s basketball student-athlete to reach the 1,000-point milestone during her career with the Flying Dutch at Saint Mary’s on Wednesday. The senior center and civil engineering major has scored 1,001 points in 121 games over five seasons.

Sydney Muller hit the 1,000-point milestone for her collegiate career during the Hope College women’s basketball game at Saint Mary’s on Wednesday. The senior guard and exercise science major has totaled 672 points with the Flying Dutch in 78 games over four seasons and another 328 points in one season at Cornerstone.

Junior Evan Thomas launched the Hope College men’s basketball team to an 81-78, come-from-behind victory at Adrian College with an MVP-caliber performance after halftime that kept Hope tied atop the MIAA standings. Thomas scored 30 of his career-high 36 points during the second half. He tied Jim Vander Hill’s 1961 team record with 13 free throws without a miss including two game-clinching free throws with one second remaining. Hope’s next game is Saturday, Jan. 22, at 3 p.m. vs. Alma College at DeVos Fieldhouse.