2020-21 SEASON PREVIEW 

The senior laden Golden Eagles are excited to finally open their season at Lourdes on Saturday, October 3. Head Coach Randy Strawser and the Cornerstone roster comes off a phenomenal 2019 season where they went 14-5, 8-3 WHAC for their most wins since 2012. Coach Strawser enters his 21st year as the Head Coach at Cornerstone and holds a 210-134-34 all-time record. The schedule this year looks a little different for CU, playing a conference schedule only with five games in the fall and the remaining WHAC contests in the spring of 2021. 

LOADED SENIOR CLASS

Cornerstone has a loaded senior class with seven on the roster. These seniors include, two-time First Team All-WHAC Athlete Phoebe LaCroix, and Second Team All-WHAC goalkeeper Mikayla Johnson. Madissen Kruit and Raelee VandenBerg are also on the list of seniors as they both played a crucial role last year starting all 19 games the Golden Eagles played. 

WE GOT SUPER SENIORS TOO

Cornerstone is excited to welcome back super seniors Mya Copado and Maddie Tassoni as well in 2020 as both will play significant roles in adding to the depth of the CU roster this season. Copado started and played in all 19 games last season, while Tassoni came in 13 off the bench. Each recorded an assist last season and Tassoni also tallied a goal.

2020 WHAC PRESEASON POLL

After finishing third in the WHAC last season, the Golden Eagles have been selected to finish fifth in the 2020 WHAC Preseason Poll. CU earned 99 total votes based on their 8-3-0 conference record last season. Madonna and Siena Heights both have been ranked above the Golden Eagles despite CU winning both matches vs. those opponents last season. The sixth seeded team of Lawrence Tech forced Cornerstone out in an early exit in postseason play last year, taking the Golden Eagles down 2-1 in double overtime in the WHAC Quarterfinal. 

GOAL SCORERS

Cornerstone has two primary goal scorers returning looking to build off phenomenal seasons in 2019 as Jozlyn VanTol and Phoebe LaCroix combined for 12 goals last season. VanTol tallied six goals and tied for a team high with seven assists to total 19 points, while LaCroix had four goals and three assists for 11 points. The Golden Eagles erupted for 44 total goals last season, their largest team total since 2007 as they averaged 2.32 goals per game. 

KEY LOSSES

Cornerstone lost two of the teams top three goal scorers in Alexys Riksen and Anna Morgan. Riksen battled injury her entire career and chose to come back for a fifth year with eligibility left, and managed to record her best year yet with 13 goals and two assists for a team best 28 points. Morgan played just one season at CU and the defender with a dynamic left foot was able to tally six goals along with seven assists for a total of 19 points. The Golden Eagles had just six seniors on the roster in 2019 and two of them chose to return in 2020 with eligibility still remaining for this season.