Who was the other Hope WBB sophomore that started last year but did not come back?  Anybody know why?

Hope vs. Wittenberg starts just over one hour.  You will see a familiar face in their starting lineup:  Karsen Karlblom #32, who started for Hope last year.  This year she is shooting 11.4 PPG, tied as the leading scorer of the Tigers' WBB team.  She is shooting 52.2% from the field, including 45.2% beyond the arc.

How did the Richards twins perform?  What about the other frosh?  High scorer?

Just thought I would mention, the January 29, 1997 game at Van Andel Arena in downtown Grand Rapids, a 70–56 Hope College triumph over Calvin College (now University), established an NCAA Division III single game attendance record with a capacity crowd of 11,442.  I think it is still the record for D3.  I wanted to see this game, but waited too long to buy a ticket; they were already sold out!  Any posters at this game?

Did you notice that Hope's WBB 5-11 Freshman Guard Chloe Brunsburg from Minnesota led the team in scoring and rebounding.  She made 5 out of 11 shots, including 2 threes, plus gathered in 8 rebounds (4 offensive) in only 13 minutes of play. Keep your eye on her!  It was her first collegiate game.

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It was nice to see a solid attendance today to watch Calvin's 67-56 conference-season clincher over Trine. Attendance numbers have been trending up this year, partly due to folks finally noticing the Knights have a pretty good club (we're slow learners on the Knollcrest Campus), and partly due to people putting COVID concerns in the rear view mirror.

Indeed.

Might be time to review admissions standards.

I have it on good authority that certain members of Calvin's Class of 1985, benefited from a particularly weak admissions standards then in place.

Have the standards been upgraded since 1985?

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With Evan Thomas sidelined (hopefully to return next week, and for a satisfying completion of his stellar career), Hope fans got an advance peek at the heart of next year's team, with nonseniors scoring all but 19 of the team's 87 points. Gabe Quillan (28 points) surely deserves this year's most improved player award. He and lightning-quick Marcus Wourman are going to be a fun inside/outside pair to watch the next two years. But first comes hopes for redemption at Calvin and beyond.

Believe it or not we're still a couple years away from the extra COVID year cycling out so the questions keeps needing to be asked: is it for sure Thomas, and other MIAA seniors, are done after this season?

I have a very reliable source that told me last year that Dykhouse is returning for his fifth year, but Thomas is not, since he has been accepted at U of M Medical School. Not sure about the other seniors.  If that is still true, that means that all but six of the points scored against Olivet came from non-seniors.   

F Abi Tarrant did not play much last year, but I thought she showed potential when she did.  Came highly rated, but not on the roster this year.  Anyone know why?

Those five players have lost only one game in the past three years!  That loss was to Trine this year, but they also defeated Trine three times during the most recent season.

A Holland Sentinel article about the Hope BB women going to Italy this summer mentioned that KATE MAJERUS would be taking the extra year of eligibility and coming back to play on the 2022-23 team! 

Anyone know if any of the other 4 year seniors are coming back?

Here's the article:  https://www.hollandsentinel.com/story/sports/2022/07/31/hope-women-heading-italy-basketball-cultural-immersion/10183824002/

Former Hope College basketball JV player from 1956-7, and who was scheduled to play for the basketball varsity the following year, has much bigger plans this coming weekend, according to a Hope College News Release:

Jim Kaat's Number Retired by the Minnesota Twins

Hope College baseball head coach Stu Fritz joined former Flying Dutchmen pitcher Al Kobar '60 over the weekend when the Minnesota Twins retired Jim Kaat's number during a ceremony.

Kaat and Kobar were the Flying Dutchmen's top two pitchers during the 1957 season. Kaat earned All-MIAA honors in 1957, then left Hope after being drafted by the Washington Senators.  A Zeeland native, Kaat pitched in Major League Baseball for 25 seasons and won 283 games. Kaat will be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday, July 24, in Cooperstown, N.Y.

Note:  Kaat played for the Washington Senators in 1959 - 60; this team transferred to Minnesota for the 1961 season.  At one point Kaat held the Major League record for Gold Gloves with 16 consecutive awards.  A great athlete, "in 2013 Golf Digest noted that he had played full rounds in fewer strokes than his age as both a righty and as a lefty, perhaps the first player to have done so" (SABR bio).

Sydney Vis, the Hope recruit from South Christian and a 1,000 point scorer in High School, is 6'2" according to MLive.

https://www.mlive.com/highschoolsports/2022/02/south-christian-senior-keeps-promise-reaches-career-milestone.html

After losing Voskuil, we also add 6'3" sophomore Raven Jemison who was injured for most of this year.  Plus we get Feenstra (6'1") back from injury and 6'1" Courtney Lee after completing her freshman year.  There are other unproven six footers from the JV team and incoming freshmen. 

But we will miss Vosk!

Is it asking too much that Hope College could possibly win two NCAA D-3 Championships in four days:

For the second year in a row, the Hope College hockey team is champion of the Division III club hockey world. The Flying Dutchmen defeated Michigan 2-1 in the ACHA Division III Tournament championship game on Tuesday in St. Louis to claim  their second consecutive ACHA title. And they accomplished it with a freshman goalie.  They ended their season with a record of 34 - 1.

But first, a very strong foe for the ladies:  Trine! 

If Hope and Trine are fortunate to play again this tournament, when would that be?

I am trying to plan my weekend around another event.  Assuming the women win on Friday, what time is the game on Sat. at the DeVos?