Regional Tournament
at Terre Haute, Indiana Regional Website

Wednesday's Results
Adrian 4, Wooster 3 box
Rose-Hulman 4, Calvin 0 box
Thursday Results
Heidelberg 4, Calvin 1 (Calvin eliminated) box
Adrian 4, Rose-Hulman 3 box
Friday Game
Heidelberg (39-8) vs. Adrian (32-10), noon EDT livestats / broadcast

MIAA Well Represented at Championships

Men's Championship Tournament Scoreboard

Hope stands in 20th place among the remaining 23 teams after Thursday's round at the NCAA Division III golf championships being played in Braselton, Ga. The 72-hole tournament concludes Friday. The original tournament field was 35 teams. St. John Fisher, N.Y. tops the standings at 893 strokes while Hope is 54 strokes off the pace (947).

Scores of Hope golfers on Thursday and after three rounds are senior Tommy Yamaoka (Zeeland/Zeeland East HS) 79 (#46 out of 120 golfers, 232 strokes), senior Matt Lapham (Brighton/Brighton HS) 79 (#86, 240), senior Ryan Sheets (Saline/Saline HS) 77 (#86, 240), junior Don Kring (Williamsburg/St. Francis HS) 78 (#97, 242)and senior Steve Martindale 85 (#112, 250). The individual leader is Scott Harris of St. John Fisher at 210 strokes.

Olivet senior Joe Kiss (East Leroy/Harper Creek HS), one of five individual golfers in the field, shot an 81 on Wednesday for a two-day total of 163. He did not make the cut for the final two rounds of the tournament.

Women's Championship Tournament Scoreboard

MIAA champion Olivet is competing at the NCAA Division III women's golf championship in Waverly, Iowa. After Thursday's third round the Comets are in 11th place among the 20 teams. The leader was Methodist, N.C. at 915 strokes. Olivet's total was 973 strokes. Scores of the Olivet players on Thursday and thru three rounds are senior Amanda Sanders (Concord HS) 76 (#37 place, 243 strokes), junior Lindsay Pipkin (White Lake/Lakeland HS) 77 (#39, 244), sophomore Megan Rimmel (Ithaca HS) 81 (#52, 246), junior Trisha McKim (DeWitt HS) 81 (#57, 247) and freshman Amber Conrad (Battle Creek/Harper Creek HS) 85 (#70, 250). The leader after Thursday's round is Susan Martin of Methodist University with a three-day total of 221 strokes. The 72-hole tournament concludes Friday.

Headlines 07-08 Commissioner's Cup Standings
End in Tie Between Calvin and Hope

For the first time in the eight-decade-long history of the MIAA Commissioner's Cup (All-Sports) standings, there is a tie for first place. Calvin and Hope each accumulated 202 points in the compilation. 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 Commissioner's Cup (MIAA All-Sports Award) has been presented since 1934-35. The standings have been based on men's and women's sports standings since 1981-82. The closest finish before this tie occurred in 1999-2000 when Calvin edged Hope 178-176. Hope won the Commissioner’s Cup the next seven years (2000-01 thru 2006-07).

This year's "race" came down to the final MIAA athletic of the school year. By winnning its final baseball game, Calvin clinched the MIAA championship and garnered enough all-sports points to cause the tie.

Commissioner's Cup Standings:1. Calvin 202. 1. Hope 202, 3. Albion 153, 4. Olivet 110, 5. Alma 103, 6. Tri-State 102, 7. Adrian 89, 8. Kalamazoo 79

Men’s All-Sports Standings: 1. Hope 97, 2. Calvin 90, 3. Albion 68, 4. Olivet 60, 5. Tri-State 51, 6. Alma 45, 7. Kalamazoo 42, 8. Adrian 36.

Women’s All-Sports Standings: 1. Calvin 112, 2. Hope 105, 3. Albion 85, 4. Saint Mary’s 75, 5. Alma 58, 6. Adrian 53, 7. Tri-State 51, 8. Olivet 50, 9. Kalamazoo 37.

The final Commissioner’s Cup standings are determined on the basis of each college's standings in eight of nine sports for men and eight of nine sports for women.

All-MIAA Honors Baseball Softball Men's Track & Field Women's Track & Field Men's Tennis Women's Tennis

Hope's John Pelton Receives NCAA Invite Tournament Qualifiers

Hope junior John Pelton of Rock Hill, S.C. (Midland, Mich. HS) will compete in the singles competition of the NCAA Division III championship beginning Friday at Bates College in Lewiston, Me. He is one of 32 players invited to compete in the singles play. Pelton was conference MVP this season.