Volleyball rolls to pair of sweeps at Olivet Nazarene tourney

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Campbellsville Box Score | Trinity Christian Box Score

BOURBANNAIS, Ill. – In what is usually one of the most competitive tournaments that the CU volleyball team enters each season, the Golden Eagles opened the Olivet Nazarene tourney with a pair of sweeps over Campbellsville and Trinity Christian. The two victories lift CU to 9-3 on the year as they will take on #RV Bellevue (Neb.) and No. 12 Columbia on Saturday.

Match 1 - #RV Cornerstone 3, Campbellsville (Ky.) 0 – 26-24, 25-19, 25-23

Cornerstone jumped out to 6-0 leads in each of the first and third sets only to see the Tigers fight back to make them close. With the opening set tied 24-24, Cornerstone got back to back kills from senior Megan Newhouse (SR/Grand Haven, Mich.) to win 26-24.

CU cruised through most of the second set and then again led big early in the third and after a kill from Newhouse to make it 22-17, looked to close out Campbellsvile in a sweep by the Tigers fought back to make 23-22 forcing the Golden Eagles into a timeout. CU then got kills from Murphy Heyer (SR/Rockford, Mich.) and Chelsea Lake (SR/Lake Odessa, Mich.) to finish off the win.

Match 2 – RV Cornerstone 3, Trinity Christian (Ill.) 0 – 25-12, 25-14, 25-19

Trinity Christian kept the Golden Eagles from a perfect run last year at this same tournament and CU got a little revenge as they walked away with a convincing sweep over the CCAC foe. CU raced out to an 11-1 lead in the opening set with five kills from Chelsea Lake and one each from Johanna Egerer (SR/Plymouth, Wisc.) and Hope Leppink (SO/Holland, Mich.).

That start propelled CU to a 25-12 win in which they followed with 25-14 and 25-19 victories to sweep the Trolls. The three middle combo of Johanna Egerer (8 kills), Ellie Van Laar (SO/Hudsonville, Mich.) (6 kills) and freshman Kendra Zwart (FR/Jenison, Mich.) (6 kills) combined for 20 kills.

Notes…
-   Cornerstone has now won four straight matches without dropping a set
-   The Golden Eagles will face two more teams inside the Top-25 or receiving votes on Saturday
-   CU hit .226 in the win over Trinity Christian and .186 against Campbellsville

Up Next?
Cornerstone will stay at Olivet Nazarene for two more matches on Saturday as they face No. RV Bellevue (Neb.) at 11 a.m. EST and No. 12 Columbia (Mo.) at 4 p.m. EST.

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