GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Cornerstone hits the road this weekend for a pair of crucial double-headers as the take on Northwestern Ohio and Indiana Tech on Friday and Saturday. CU currently sits second in the WHAC and will play the two teams that are right behind them this year in third place Indiana Tech and fourth place UNOH. Both double-headers are scheduled to start at 1 p.m. and further updates will be announced depending on weather with rain in the forecast in Fort Wayne on Saturday. 

Opponent: Northwestern Ohio
Date: April 23, 2021
Time: 1 p.m. DH
Location: Lima, Ohio (UNOH Baseball Field)
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Opponent: Indiana Tech
Date: April 24, 2021
Time: 1 p.m. DH
Location: Fort Wayne, Ind. (Warrior Baseball Field)
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Offense, Offense, Offense
The Golden Eagles sit in the best position they ever have in program history within the WHAC, due to a high powered offense. Cornerstone ranks first in the WHAC with a .312 team batting average, and leads the conference in hits per game averaging an obserd 10.09. Cornerstone also ranks best in the WHAC and within the top 25 in the NAIA in triples with 16 this season. Austin Hurt and Jordan Wenzel have each recorded four to lead the team and rank 22nd in the NAIA individually. As far as season records go, if it was not for a shortened season, Cornerstone would be on pace to break just about every offensive category in program history. 

Scouting UNOH 
After a slow start to the season, the Racers have started to find their way, winning eight of their last 11 games with their only losses coming at UM-Dearborn and a pair of losses at Indiana Tech. UNOH is aggressive especially on the base pads as they sit right behind Cornerstone with 15 triples this season to go along with 2.26 stolen bases per game. Despite the aggressiveness, it has not always paned out for Northwestern Ohio as they also are one of the NAIA leaders in caught stealings, with 17 so far this season. Offensively, Don Goodes is hitting .391, while leading the team with 14 stolen bases and 32 runs scored. On the mound, the Racers have seen Drew Clavenna lead the way as the teams best starter with a 5-4 record and a 3.61 ERA to go along with a team high 56 strikeouts. the rest of the staff has been inconsistent as they hold a team ERA of 5.94 while allowing 152 earned runs this season. 

Scouting Indiana Tech 
Indiana Tech is in the top three in the WHAC in terms of games played this season going 23-20 on the year. The defending WHAC Champions have been as streaky as they get, starting the year with a seven game losing streak. As of March 13th the Warriors sat with a record of just 3-12. Since then, IIT has gone 20-8, seeing win streaks of five and eight games as well as another losing streak of five games. Indiana Tech is a new team, losing a lot of their star players from a season ago and that has showed at the plate, hitting just .290 as a team. On the mound, the Warriors have been exceptional with two starters posting a 3.79 ERA in Spenser McGhee and Yeshua Saint, with a third starter in Hayes Sturtsman with a 4.10 ERA. The IIT pitching staff has struck out 329 batters this year with eight players recording more than 20.