Men's Volleyball | 3/22/2022 12:40:00 PM

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The Golden Eagles will play their final three games of the year as they return home for two before traveling to (RV) Goshen to end the year. The final two home games will be feature nights for the men's volleyball program with Wednesday serving as Staff/Faculty Appreciation Night and Friday serving as senior day. CU will honor Jacob Brinks, Alex Hekman, and Kairu Tuma'e for senior day in the second year of the program. To watch online view the below links for each of the final weeks contests. 
 
vs. Lawrence Tech 
Wednesday, March 23
Grand Rapids, Mich. (Mol Arena) 
7 p.m. 
Live Video
Live Stats
 
vs. Wittenberg
Friday, March 25 – SENIOR DAY
Grand Rapids, Mich. (Mol Arena) 
6 p.m. 
Live Video
Live Stats
 
(RV) Goshen
Saturday, March 26
Goshen, Ind. (Ruth Gunden Gymnasium) 
3 p.m. 
Live Video
Live Stats 
 
Senior Day Stats
Cornerstone's three seniors this season have been big pieces to the young core of the Golden Eagle program. Jacob Brinks has 118 kills this season to rank fifth on the team. Alex Hekman has been out with injury of late, but he is second on the team in digs with 179 to average 2.16 per set. Kairu Tuma'e has come off the bench most of the season and played 28 sets. In those 28 sets, he has 42 digs and four service aces. 
 
Tech to Five
Cornerstone in their last match at (7) Indiana Tech became just the third team this season to take them to five sets, doing so short-handed with Alex Hekman, Cade Meza, and Brunno Peres all out with injury. Indiana Tech is 24-1 overall and 10-0 at home. 
 
Scouting Lawrence Tech
The Blue Devils come into the final week of the regular season at 9-18, 1-11 WHAC. CU's lone conference win came at Lawrence Tech, while LTU's lone conference win came vs. Mount Vernon Nazarene. LTU is a young team led by two freshmen outside hitters in Felix Perez and Jeffry Fuhrmann. Both players have over 300 kills and are hitting above .200.  Perez also ranks second on the team with 168 digs and leads the team with 24 service aces as a true all-around player. Lawrence Tech did not play last season due to COVID-19 and are looking to rebuild after the year off with their 11 freshmen on the roster. 
 
Scouting Wittenberg
Wittenberg University is a school from Springfield, Ohio and they compete at the NCAA DIII level. This season, their men's volleyball program has gone 11-12 overall and 4-2 in their conference. Wittenberg is a small team that has had just nine players play this season. The offense is led by Dominic Melchiorre a middle blocker who has 229 kills this season. Defensively, the Tigers have been great all year with four players with over 100 kills and averaging 11.71 per set as a team. 
 
Scouting Goshen
The Maple Leafs continue to receive votes as they are 19-8, 6-6 WHAC on the year. They currently sit two games out of qualifying for the WHAC Tournament as one of the top four seeds. Goshen is known for their play at the net as they rank fourth in the nation in kills and eighth in the nation in blocks. Senior Alexander Rabadzhiev is the standout for Goshen as he dominated CU in their first appearance and leads the team with 371 kills at a .303 clip. 
 
Contact: Jesse Campbell | nathan-jesse.campbell@cornerstone.edu | 616-222-1505
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