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Hope Gearing Up For NCAA Women's Final Four
Division III Women's National Semifinal - Friday
At Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, Ill.
Hope (31-1) vs. Rochester, N.Y. (23-6), 8 p.m.
Click here for the official NCAA championship Website
Click here for Illinois Wesleyan's Final Four site
Click here for the complete women's Division III Bracket
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Calvin's Boerner Wins National Championship at NCAA Indoor Track Finals
Calvin junior Rachel Boerner won the NCAA Division III national championship in the women’s 400 meters Saturday at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships at DePauw University in Greencastle, Ind. Boerner posted a time of :55.95. Calvin also received a second-place finish from junior Sarah Reasoner in the shot put with a toss of 46 feet, 4 inches, as the Knights finished 11th in the national meet.
Click here for more details on Boerner and Reasoner's performances.
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MIAA Swimmers, Divers Compete at Division III National Championships
The first day competition is underway at the NCAA Division III swimming and diving championships in Minneapolis, Minn.
During Wednesday's preliminaries, the Kalamazoo men's 200 medley relay team of Paul Ellis, Alfonso Espinosa, Barret Mueller and Brian Bazzell posted the fastest time in 1:30.32, edging out the team from traditional powerhouse Kenyon, Ohio, by .05 seconds.
Kalamazoo also had two of the six fastest times in the men's 50 freestyle, as Craig Fleming finished third in :20.45 and Bazzell sixth in :20.56.
The meet runs through Saturday, with preliminaries beginning at 11 a.m. Michigan time each day and finals beginning at 7 p.m. each night.
Two MIAA entrants are the top seeds in their respective events - Fleming in the men's 100 freestyle, and Kalamazoo's men's 400 medley relay team of Ellis, Espinosa, Mueller and Fleming.
Official Championships Website
Watch Wednesday's Preliminaries
Live Results
List of MIAA men's qualifiers
List of MIAA women's qualifiers
Men's Official Psyche Sheet
Women's Official Psyche Sheet
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Olivet's Beckwith Receives NCAA "Elite 88" Honor
Olivet junior Kellen Beckwith has been named the recipient of the NCAA's Elite 88 award in Division III men's swimming and diving. The Elite 88 is presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade point average participating at the finals site for each of the NCAA’s 88 championships.
Beckwith, who is swimming in three events at this week's Division III swimming and diving championships in Minneapolis, Minn., carries a 4.0 GPA with a major in mathematics.
Click here to read more about Beckwith's honor.
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Wednesday's MIAA Contests
Women's Tennis
Olivet at Calvin, 4 p.m.
Tuesday's Results
Softball
Saint Mary's 4, Goshen, Ind. 2
Goshen, Ind. 5, Saint Mary's 3
Women's Tennis
Grand Valley State 7, Hope 2
Sunday's Results
Baseball
Alma 6, Rose-Hulman, Ind. 2
Rose-Hulman, Ind. 9, Alma 2
Softball
Alma 7, Emerson, Mass. 1
Saturday's Results
Baseball
Adrian 8, Franklin, Ind. 7
Albion 7, Fairleigh Dickinson-Florham, N.J. 4
Rose-Hulman, Ind. 5, Calvin 1
Rose-Hulman, Ind. 12, Calvin 1
Softball
Alma 10, Farmingdale State, N.Y. 2, 5 innings
St. Thomas, Minn. 3, Alma 2, 8 innings
Trine 8, Geneva, Pa. 0
Trine 2, Rowan, N.J. 0
Men's Tennis
Hope 8, Davenport 1
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Calvin, Hope Deadlocked in Commissioner's Cup Race
Calvin and Hope are tied for first place in the MIAA Commissioner's Cup race through the conclusion of the league winter sports season. Both schools have 136 points, with Hope holding a four-point lead in the men's all-sports race and Calvin holding a like advantage in the women's all-sports competition.
Overall Standings: 1. Calvin 136. 1. Hope 136. 3. Albion 83. 4. Adrian 73. 5. Kalamazoo 67. 6. Olivet 64. 7. Alma 62. 8. Trine 61.
Men's All-Sports Standings: 1. Hope 64. 2. Calvin 60. 3. Albion 44. 4. Adrian 37. 5. Olivet 33. 6. Kalamazoo 32. 6. Trine 32. 8. Alma 21.
Women's All-Sports Standings: 1. Calvin 76. 2. Hope 72. 3. Saint Mary’s 46. 4. Alma 41. 5. Albion 39. 6. Adrian 36. 7. Kalamazoo 35. 8. Olivet 31. 9. Trine 29.
• The MIAA Commissioner’s Cup award is based on the cumulative performance of each member school in the league's 18 sports for men and women.
• The final Commissioner’s Cup standings is determined on the basis of each college's best standings in eight of nine sports for men and eight of nine sports for women. The tabulation through the winter season is based on 5-of-6 sports for men and 5-of-6 sports for women.
• Hope won the 2008-09 Commissioner’s Cup.
• The Commissioner’s Cup (All-Sports Award) has been presented since 1934-35. Hope has won the award 31 times, followed by Albion 14, Kalamazoo 13, Calvin 9 & Alma 5.
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