GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The Golden Eagles and Gray Wolves meet Wednesday night as the top two teams in the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference as it will start a 3-match week for Cornerstone. CU (12-1) is just one game behind the Gray Wolves (14-0) as they will also play at Siena Heights and Rochester this weekend.

Scouting No. 9 Lourdes
The Gray Wolves, under the direction of Greg Reitz, have won their last 37 regular season WHAC contests dating back to last season and have only dropped three sets in league play in 2016. LU comes into the week ranked No. 9 in the latest NAIA Top-25 Poll and have won their last 15 matches overall. The Gray Wolves have a very potent attack as they lead the WHAC with a .257 hitting percentage and have five players over 140 kills on the season led by Stephanie Ruffin's 245. Megan Birr runs the offense, averaging 10.46 assists per set.
 
Scouting Siena Heights
Second year head coach Kim Berrington has the Saints at 19-9 overall entering the week and in a tie for third in the western division at 7-6 in WHAC play. Paige Hudgin lead the team in kills/set at 3.36 and she is part of a team that hits .197 on the season. Amanda Metz is the team leader in assists, averaging 8.88 per set while Gabrielle Kalugar is putting up almost five digs per set.
 
Scouting Rochester
The Warriors come into the week having won their last 10 matches overall and this will be their final regular season match on Saturday night. Head coach Shannon Billings is in her third season at the helm of the program that will enter the WHAC next year as a full member. The Warriors are led on offense by Shannon Murdock who is averaging 3.38 kills per set.
 
Winners and More Winners
Cornerstone is currently riding a 16-match winning streak and they have not lost since the last time they played Lourdes back on September 21. A win on Wednesday would tie the streak they they posted in 2011.
 
Zwart named WHAC Defender of the Week
Kendra has been dominant at the net over the course of the season and that included posting 15 total blocks in the three CU wins she was a part of this week. She had four blocks each in the wins over Aquinas and Marygrove and finished with seven against Lawrence Tech.
 
WHAC Regular Season Picture
The East Division is all but over as Madonna holds a three-match edge over second place Madonna but the west division is much closer as Lourdes (14-0) is just one game ahead of Cornerstone (12-1). The lone league loss for the Golden Eagles came against the Gray Wolves in mid-September.
 
 
 
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