GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – In a matchup of last year's WHAC regular season co-champions, the No. 14 ranked Golden Eagles made quick work of visiting Lourdes behind a strong defensive effort at the net. CU swept the Gray Wolves 25-19, 25-20, 25-20 to improve to 12-5 on the year and 5-0 in the WHAC. Cornerstone will have the weekend off as they prepare for a big week that sees them travel to RV Siena Heights and 20 Madonna as well as UM-Dearborn.
Match Flow…
Cornerstone's defense was the story of the match as they used 12.0 team blocks to put together multiple runs on their serve to open big leads in each of the three sets. CU used a 6-0 spurt in the opening set as they took a 9-9 tie and made it 15-9 behind three blocks and a couple of kills. They went on to win the opener 25-19.
With the Golden Eagles leading 8-6 in the second set, CU got four straight points behind a pair of blocks and a pair of kills from
Heather Carlson and
Jackie Stanko to lead 12-6 and they never looked back, winning 25-20.
The third set was all Cornerstone as they built a 24-13 lead only to see the Gray Wolves fight back to get within 24-20 before a final block from
Kendra Zwart and
Hope Leppink finished them off.
Notes…
Up Next?
Cornerstone will have the weekend off before facing Siena Heights in Adrian next Wednesday.
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