GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The Golden Eagles achieved multiple milestones on Senior Day with their four-set victory over UM-Dearborn. CU became just the second team to end the WHAC Regular Season a perfect 20-0, they earned Head Coach Megan Lenhart's 300^th career victory as a Head Coach (209 – Davenport, 91 – Cornerstone), and secured a 29^th straight win to improve to 29-3, 20-0 WHAC. Cornerstone will now get set to host the WHAC Tournament starting on Wednesday, November 9^th. The opponent and game time are still to be announced and will be announced later. 

Game Recap: #21 Cornerstone – 3 UM-Dearborn 1 (25-18, 25-23, 22-25, 25-18)

• Regan Vaughn did was she does best to open the match with a pair of service aces to spark a 4-0 run. 
• Fellow Regan in Regan Rose for the Wolverines would tie things at five with a service ace of her own. 
• A pair of Kathryn Detweiler kills, helped Cornerstone respond with a 7-1 run to double up UM-Dearborn at 12-6. The run included Kaylee Dykema the senior serving for the first time this year as part of Senior Day. 
• UM-Dearborn again would cut the deficit to just one at 13-12, but CU did not give up the lead, going on to take set one 25-18 on a Wolverine attack error. 
• Kills from seniors Rylie Walters and Kaylee Dykema helped Cornerstone get out to a 9-6 lead in set two. 
• A big block from Aubrey Lenz and Kaylee Dykema increased the CU advantage to five at 12-7. 
• UM-D again showed fight coming back to tie the set at 14 on a kill from Brooke Wetherill kill. 
• A Wolverine block from Regan Silwinski and Regan Rose gave them the lead 19-18. 
• The Golden Eagles came up big in crunch time yet again though as a pair of kills from Kaylee Dykema and a big block from Aubrey Lenz would help them secure set two 25-23. 
• In set three, Cornerstone could not figure out the Sydney Eggleton serve, as they were out of system and fell behind 7-1 to force a timeout. 
• The scrapy play from the veteran Golden Eagles again got them right back into the set as Patsy Morris made some outstanding plays, including a rare kill to cut the deficit to two at 9-7. 
• Back-to-back hard-hitting kills from Kaylee Dykema and Olivia Keelean kept the Wolverines from pulling away in set three, cutting the deficit yet again to two, 14-12. 
• Cornerstone later tied the set on a kill from Kathryn Detweiler at 16 to force UM-Dearborn into a timeout. 
• The Wolverines would bounce back nicely from the timeout scoring three straight points to go on top 19-16 and force Cornerstone into a timeout. 
• Kaylee Dykema continued to do it all recording a huge assist as CU saved a ball that led to an Aubrey Lenz kill to put CU within one at 21-20. 
• The UM-Dearborn block would help them maintain the lead and take set three 25-22. 
• Cornerstone responded nicely to start set four with a big solo block from Aubrey Lenz and a service ace from Emma Whitley to go on top 5-2. 
• Rylie Walters got hot later in the set with a pair of kills to put CU on top 13-9 and force the Wolverines into their first timeout. 
• UM-Dearborn used their second timeout trailing 17-12 thanks to an over kill from Aubrey Lenz. 
• UM-Dearborn was let right back into the set with three errors from the Golden Eagles. CU took a timeout with a 17-16 lead. 
• Cornerstone would find their way to the finish line however, taking set four 25-18 to complete the perfect WHAC regular season at 20-0. The win also served as Head Coach Megan Lenhart's 300^th career victory with 91 of those coming at Cornerstone. 

 
By the Numbers:
2019 – Cornerstone joins the 2019 Lawrence Tech team as the second ever team to go a perfect 20-0 in WHAC play. 
15/12/10 – The three senior hitters of Kaylee Dykema, Olivia Keelean, and Rylie Walters finished 1-2-3 in total kills with 15,12, and 10. 
25 – The other senior Patsy Morris finished the match with a team high 25 digs. 
 
What's Next?
Cornerstone will now serve as the host for the WHAC Tournament beginning on Wednesday, November 9. Official opponent and game time to be announced later.   
 
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