GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The Golden Eagles are set to continue WHAC play with two home conference competitions this weekend. Cornerstone will host Indiana Tech on Friday and Northwestern Ohio on Saturday. Both games will have live stats available as well as live video/audio stream through the CSPN. Stay tuned to cugoldeneagles.com for information regarding potential cancellations due to weather. 

The Matchups:
Opponent: Indiana Tech
Date: Friday, March 29
Time: 3:30 p.m. | 5:30 p.m.
Location: Grand Rapids, Mich.
Field: CU Softball Stadium
Coverage: Video / Stats / Twitter

Opponent: Northwestern Ohio
Date: Saturday, March 30
Time: 1:00 p.m. | 3:00 p.m.
Location: Grand Rapids, Mich.
Field: CU Softball Stadium
Coverage: Video / Stats / Twitter

Quick Recap vs. Rochester on Wednesday

• Maddie Vassar hit her first career home run, a three-run blast in the 2nd inning of game one.
• Kaitlin Johnson had a career-high nine strikeouts in game one.
• Cierra Langejans drove in the only two runs of game two with a 2-RBI double.
• Sierra Sanchez and McKena Razenberg both had four hits on the day.

Scouting Indiana Tech

• The Warriors have a 7-14 overall record, 1-1 in the WHAC after splitting the conference opener with Northwestern Ohio.
• Indiana Tech suffered a 19-4 mercy to #6 Marian just four days after Cornerstone got mercied 12-1 in Florida.
• Brianna Glass leads the team with a .455 batting average.
• Emily Martin leads the team with 17 RBI.
• Amanda Shonka leads UNOH in the circle with 4 complete games and a 4.38 ERA.
• Cornerstone and Indiana Tech split last year's doubleheader in Grand Rapids.

Scouting Northwestern Ohio

• Grace Jackson leads the team with a .473 batting average and 17 RBI.
• The Racers as a team are batting .355 on the season.
• UNOH is outscoring their opponents 115-76... (31-7 in 5th innings)
• Aubrey Brunst (2.98 ERA) and Hunter Conzelmann (2.93 ERA) lead the Racers in the circle.
• The Racers won the WHAC Tournament title in 2018.

Notes about the Golden Eagles

• Freshman pitcher Kaitlin Johnson struck out nine batters in game one against Rochester on Wednesday. Her previous career/season high was 7 against Trinity Christian on March 4 in her first career win. Last season, Brooke Leonard struck out 9 batters against Lawrence Tech on 4/4/18. No CU pitcher has struck out 10+ batters in a game since Heidi Walburg had 10 strikeouts against Aquinas on 4/23/14. Both Brooke and Heidi currently serve as assistant coaches in the CU Softball program.
• Sophomore Maddie Vassar entered the games on Wednesday at Rochester as the leader in hits with 15, but none for extra bases. Vassar's first extra-base hit of the season came in big fashion. She blasted her first career home run in the 2nd inning of game one, a three-run shot over the fence in left center field to help CU win 4-1. 
• After starting 0-for-9 at the plate this season, Courtney Ducharme has turned things around to go 13-for-27 with three doubles and four RBI since the cold start. Ducharme has reached base safely in nine consecutive games. 
• McKena Razenberg recorded a career high three hits against Rochester on Wednesday. The junior's RBI total (10) already surpasses last year's total of three. After four hits on the day on Wednesday, Razenberg's career hit total sits at an even 50. 
• Freshman Ashley Loera leads the pitching staff in ERA with 2.44 and holds the opposition to a .229 batting average. 

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