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Augustana tops H o p e in O T end the Viking drive and keep H o p e
A N D R E W KLECZEK sports editor
alive. A u g u s t a n a interim c o a c h Larry
S a i u r d a y ' s fooiball g a m e hinged on one play as H o p e C o l l e g e w e n l
J o h n s e n e x p l a i n s the rationale behind going for n on fourth and short
for a i w o - p o i m c o n v e r s i o n and ihe
w h e n a field goal would h a v e won
win in ihc second o v e r t i m e againsi
the g a m e . i think il w a s the s a m e play we
Auguslana., U n f o r i u n a l e l y for h e a d c o a c h Dean Kreps and ihe Flying D u l c h men.
J.D.
pass, intended for Brian A d l o f f ( 01), was tipped away
by
Home
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scored on and w e d e c i d e d to run it b e c a u s e we were on the one-yard line and a hash Sept. I I. mark. They
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made
a greal
play
there,"
J o h n s e n said. AUGUSTANTA
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A m o n g ihe other big p l a y s
A u g u s l a n a def e n s i v e back Jeff B r a u n ("00). lo
H o p e c a m e up w i l h . w e r e f o u r
give ihe Vikings ihe 3 4 - 3 3 victory. Despile ihe o u l c o m e of ihe play,
t o u c h d o w n r u n s by N i c h o l s , w h o finished the day with 100 yards on
Kreps isn'l second guessing ihe call.
19 a t t e m p t s . A l s o s c o r i n g for the Flying D u t c h m e n w e r e Adloff, w h o
i h a v e n o regrels. I l ' s a n o n league g a m e , w e ' r e al h o m e , and w e ' r e g o i n g for ihe w i n , " K r e p s
f i n i s h e d wilh 7 r e c e p t i o n s for 81
said. Kreps also slaled il w a s a call he m a d e be l o r e b o l h l e a m s s c o r e d ,
34 p a s s i n g for 187 y a r d s and t w o
yards and G r a v e s , w h o w e n t 18-ofi nt ercept i ons . G r a v e s also rushed
photo by Scot
Spike it: Laura Hahnfeld C03) of Hope returns a volley during the Hope Tournament weekend. Hope finished third with a record of 2-2 in the tournament.
.nderson
this past
Injuries key e a r l y season struggles f o r v o l l e y b a l l
based upon h o w lired his leam w a s
for 9 3 y a r d s on 19 attempts. O t h e r H o p e players w h o m a d e an
and how easily A u g u s l a n a w a s
impact w e r e receivers Brent Mer-
MIKE Z U I D E M A
moving ihe fooiball.
chant ( ' 0 0 ) and M a l l H a n d z o ( ' 0 0 )
editor-in-chief
"I said if ihey s c o r e and we score, ihen w e ' r e g o i n g for il. O u r d e f e n s e
(5 r e c e p t i o n s for 5 4 y a r d s and 3 receptions for 33 yards, respectively).
w a s lired and ihey had us on i h e
we are g o i n g to set."
h a p p e n e d , " O d l a n d - D u n n said.
I n j u r i e s h a v e f o r c e d the team t o start M a r t h a L u i d e n s ( , 0 3 ) . L a u r a
" O n e thing I like a b o u t this leam,
Head volleyball c o a c h M a u r e e n
H a h n f e l d ( ' 0 3 ) , and K a r a VanAssen ( ' 0 3 ) . W h i l e O d l a n d - D u n n sees i m -
Pete Kellepourey ( ' 0 0 ) also saw
O d l a n d - D u n n f i g u r e d her t e a m w o u l d have a little trouble gelling
see that already." A M i c h i g a n Intercollegiate Ath-
ropes a lillle bil," said Kreps. H o p e had scored on a 13-yard run
s o m e action r u s h i n g for 31 yards. T h e H o p e d e f e n s e looked g o o d
out of the b l o c k s this season.
p r o v e m e n t in the team, the Flying Dutch have had early season
letic Association tournament will be i n t r o d u c e d this s e a s o n . T h e c o n f e r -
struggles.
lo ihe lefl side of ihe field by E r i c
at l i m e s a g a i n s t A u g u s t a n a , but it
Nichols ( ' 0 0 ) in ihe second overlime lo finish iheir scoring. T h e play
also m a d e s o m e m i s t a k e s accord-
team has stumbled to a 2-7 start, and will h a v e an uphill battle if it is go-
e n c e t o u r n a m e n t c h a m p i o n will rec e i v e an
has
won
ing to c l a i m it fourih c o n s e c u t i v e
the
past
had been selup by a 10-yard G r a v e s
ing l o Kreps. "At limes I think our defense
t h r e e
s c r a m b l e on ihe p r e v i o u s play.
p l a y e d o u t s t a n d i n g , but al o t h e r
l e a g u e title. "I e x p e c t e d to h a v e s o m e losses b e c a u s e I set u p a r e a l l y t o u g h
Intercolle-
s c h e d u l e for this y e a r , " O d l a n d -
giate Ath-
tureen O d l a n d - D u n n
D u n n s a i d . " W h e n 1 set u p t h e
letic A s s o -
Head volleyball coach
schedule last year, I purposely m a d e
c i a t i o n
11 would n e v e r h a v e r e a c h e d lhal
t i m e s w e had big b r e a k d o w n s :
poinl. h o w e v e r , if il h a d n ' l been for
t h i n g s we just c a n ' t let h a p p e n , "
ihe fourth d o w n heroics of ihe H o p e
K r e p s said. " W e ' l l m a k e o u r big-
d e f e n s e . D u r i n g ihe firsl o v e r t i m e , H o p e ' s o f f e n s e had turned the ball
gest i m p r o v e m e n t s f r o m this w e e k
over, and the D u t c h m e n d e f e n s e
to the n e x t . " Next week
m a d e a s l o p on the o n e - y a r d line lo
D e P a u w at h o m e . K i c k o f f is 1 p.m.
Hope
will
play
The Hope College volleyball
Michigan
O n e thing team
I like about
is that
this
they will improve
and I can see that
it d i f f i c u l t . " O d l a n d - D u n n , n o w in h e r third
titles, and last s e a s o n f i n i s h e d with a 3 3 - 8
y e a r a s c o a c h , had anticipated h a v -
overall record. At last w e e k e n d ' s H o p e Tourna-
ing three j u n i o r s and a s e n i o r in her starting lineup. But an ankle injury
sports brief
Hope
is that they will i m p r o v e and I can
already.
automatic berth into t
h
e
NCAA Division III tournament. OdlandDunn said
t h a t K a l a m a z o o a n d C a l v i n will p r o v i d e the t o u g h e s t league challenges, with A l m a and Albion close
to all-Region setter K i m Grotenhuis
a record of 2-2, behind rivals Calvin
behind. "I think b e c a u s e we have such
( ' 0 1 ) a n d a s e a s o n - e n d i n g k n e e in-
and Hillsdale. On Saturday, H o p e
y o u n g players, c o n f e r e n c e play will
on the t e a m in s c o r i n g wilh five
j u r y to A m y B r o w e r ( ' 0 1 ) , has left
d e f e a t e d A q u i n a s 15-11, 15-0, 16-
be t o u g h , " O d l a n d - D u n n said. " B u t
Hope looking for contributions
14, b u t f e l l in its n e x t m a t c h t o
I ' m e x p e c t i n g t o win a c o n f e r e n c e
three of its first five g a m e s , a f t e r a
g o a l s and six assists. F o r the first t i m e this season, the
season that s a w the f i n i s h u n d e r
Flying D u t c h m e n will play in a con-
f r o m y o u n g e r team m e m b e r s . " W e h a v e t w o f r e s h m a n in the
Calvin, 7 - 1 5 , 13-15, 16-18. Returning all-conference first
c h a m p i o n s h i p . If we c o n t i n u e to i m p r o v e at the p a c e w e are, then we
.500 for ihe first lime u n d e r head
f e r e n c e t o u r n a m e n t , with the win-
m i d d l e w h i c h is h u r t i n g us, b u t t h e y ' r e d o i n g the best j o b they can
team m e m b e r H e a t h e r Veiling ( ' 0 0 ) m a d e the a l l - t o u r n a m e n t team.
s h o u l d be t o u g h . " H o p e will h o s t a n o t h e r tourna-
and improving," O d l a n d - D u n n said.
" W e w e r e l o o k i n g to get o v e r s o m e m e n t a l errors that w e ' v e been
m e n t this w e e k e n d . O p p o n e n t s include: O h i o W e s l e y a n , Albion and
h a v i n g and for the m o s t oart that
Ohio Wesleyan.
Men's soccer starts n e w season s t r o n g The Hope College m e n ' s soccer t e a m has s t a r t e d s t r o n g , w i n n i n g
coach Steve S m i t h . Lasl year, the team finished with a record and e n d e d in sixth place in the M i c h i g a n Intercollegiate Athletic A s s o c i a t i o n . T h i s s e a s o n . H o p e is b e i n g c o a c h e d by L e e S c h o p p . as S m i t h is r e c o v e r i n g f r o m back surgery. H o p e i m p r o v e d to 3-2 on the seas o n w i l h a w e e k e n d s w e e p of Wabash (4-1) and H a n o v e r (3-0). The Flying Dutchmen return three p l a y e r s w h o e a r n e d all-conf e r e n c e h o n o r s last s e a s o n . All-
ner e a r n i n g an a u t o m a t i c berth in the N C A A Division III tournament. H o p e will next host North Park, III. S a t u r d a y at 1:30 p.m.
" A n d o u r tough s c h e d u l e is g o o d because the players can see the p a c e
m e n t , the team finished third with
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M I A A s e c o n d leam h o n o r e e Ben B a c o n ( ' 0 1 ) led the l e a m in s c o r i n g last year wilh nine goals. " O u r passing g a m e is really g o o d and we also have a really g o o d defense and strong senior leadership." B a c o n said. B a c o n and G r e g Kilby ("01) lead ihe leam in s c o r i n g s o far this year wilh t w o goals each. Also reluming are a l l - M I A A first leam m e m b e r Rob Allison ( ' 0 0 ) and all-MIAA second leam member Mall V a n d e r N a a l d ( ' 0 1 ) . Malt Hassenrik ( ' 0 0 ) w a s second
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