October 1, 2005 - Kalamazoo College at Hope College

HOLLAND - The Kalamazoo College football team lost the MIAA opener 38-7 at Hope College on Saturday.

Hope scored on its opening possession, an eight-play, 72-yard drive capped off by running back David Booko's five-yard run. Kalamazoo responded with a touchdown of its own when Nick Toboy returned the ensuing kickoff 84 yards for a touchdown. Hope followed with another eight-play scoring drive to take a 14-7 lead on David Booko's second touchdown (four yards) of the game.

The Hornets would drive to the Hope 25-yardline on their next possession, but lost a fumble on first-and-ten. That would be the closest the Hornets would get to scoring the rest of the game.

Hope amassed 325 yards rushing on 63 carries. David Booko had 220 yards rushing with four touchdowns.

Kalamazoo's Tim Kaselitz was 10-of-28 passing for 89 yards with two interceptions. Kaselitz led Kalamazoo with 12 yards rushing.

Mike Leifeld was the Hornets' leading receiver with 65 yards on five catches. Jeff Green had three for 20 yards and Randy Rzeznik had two for 11 yards.

Jeff Green had an excellent day punting, averaging 40.1 yards per punt on eight attempts. Nick Toboy had kickoff returns of 84 and 60 yards while also intercepting a pass.

Hope's Joe Schwander was 9-of-24 passing for 139 yards. Brady Wilson had five catches for 96 yards.

Chris Werme led the Kalamazoo defense with 11 total tackles, a forced fumble and two pass break-ups. Robert Atwood and Alex Leonowicz each had 10 tackles.

Kalamazoo returns home next week to host Wisconsin Lutheran in the Hornets' homecoming game. Hope travels to Olivet.

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