GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – A 10-match winning streak, pair of home games, national ranking for the first time in 2022, and a pair of home matches are all on tap for the Golden Eagles this weekend as they host Lourdes on Friday night for Western night, before taking on Siena Heights on Saturday inside Mol Arena. CU looks continue their momentum as WHAC play is now in full swing against a pair of teams that each won their WHAC opener last week. To purchase tickets for this weekend's action visit the link HERE.

Opponent: Lourdes
Location: Grand Rapids, Mich. (Mol Arena) 
Date: Friday, September 16
Time: 7 p.m. EST
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Opponent: Siena Heights
Location: Grand Rapids, Mich. (Mol Arena) 
Date: Saturday, September 17
Time: 1 p.m. EST 
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Western Night
Cornerstone is looking forward to hosting Western Night on Friday night where students are asked to dress in Western theme for the big match vs. Lourdes at 7 p.m. CU will be playing country music throughout the night and hosting a western theme throughout the facility for the WHAC home opener. 
 
NAIA Top 25
The new NAIA Top 25 poll has come out and Cornerstone after a 10-match winning streak finds themselves ranked 23^rd in the country. CU is ranked for the first time since 2020 and is looking to achieve the highest ranking ever under Head Coach Megan Lenhart in the upcoming weeks of 21^st that was achieved in the middle of the 2020 season where the program only had four total losses. 
 
Keelean 34 Away
After getting one of four matches off this weekend, senior outside hitter Olivia Keelean continues to inch closer to the 1000 kill mark, needing just 34 more to achieve the milestone. In the 2022 season Keelean has 121 kills to average 2.69 per set and rank second on the team. 
 
Morris Ninth in the Nation 
Senior Patsy Morris has been dominant on the defensive end ranking ninth in the NAIA in total digs with 275. She ranks 15^th in the country with 5.61 digs per set. 
 
Ms. Consistent Kaylee Dykema 
Senior middle Kaylee Dykema has been consistent in all facets of the game as she leads the team in kills (146), hitting percentage (.281), and total blocks (49). Dykema is on pace to break all three of her career best marks from last season as it stands. CU has been dominant on offense as a team with five players hitting over .200 so far this season. 
 
Scouting Lourdes
The Gray Wolves have been streaky so far in the early season winning their first two in straight sets, dropping the next three in straight sets, then again winning three in a row all in straight sets. Lourdes is a veteran team with five seniors in their regular rotation. With all of their matches being in straight sets so far, the team has yet to be tested. McKenna Hall leads LU in kills with 62 averaging 2.70 per set. Defensively, the Lourdes block has been effective in the early season averaging 1.73 blocks per set. 
 
Scouting Siena Heights
Siena Heights has gone 5-5 in the early season and has yet to play a true road contest with their first of the year being at Cornerstone. Unlike Lourdes, the Saints have played multiple five set matches in the early year and gone 1-3 in those contests. The Saints are very young with just two seniors as they are led by a true freshman in Devyne Eisenhauer who has 97 kills in 10 matches. Junior Aubrey Bates has been a solid setter for SHU in the early season, averaging 9.15 assists per set as her team is hitting .170 on the year. 
 
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