LIMA, Ohio – The Golden Eagles faced a scrappy UNOH team that saw long rallies and great defense by both teams, but eventually saw Cornerstone winning the game 3-1 (25-5, 25-18, 22-25, 25-15). The defense was the difference maker in the game with huge digs off UNOH attackers by Olivia Keelean, Patsy Morris, and Rylie Walters that diminished any chance the Racers would have. Coach Megan Lenhart now extends her longest win streak to 15 games as Cornerstone returns home next week on Wednesday, September 28 to face off against Rochester University. 

Game Highlights: Cornerstone - 3 UNOH – 1 (25-5, 25-18, 22-25, 25-15)
• Cornerstone continued their strong play by scoring the first three points of the set with kills by Aubrey Lenz and Jada Thomas.
• Cornerstone extended their lead to 9-2 early in set one with great defense and kills by Kaylee Dykema and Patsy Morris, Regan Vaughn added a service ace to force the UNOH timeout.
• The Golden Eagles continued to dominate the first set as they forced another UNOH timeout after extending the lead 16-3. Regan Vaughn added another service ace and kills by Rylie Walters.
• Was all Cornerstone in set one as they win 25-5, Kylie Barron, Olivia Keelean, and Jada Thomas had kills and Aubrey Lenz added a solo block.
• UNOH came out strong in set two as they scored as many in the first set in the first seven points. UNOH leads 5-2 after a few attacking errors by Cornerstone.
• Cornerstone came back to tie it at 11-11 after a nice kill Patsy Morris and Rylie Walters.
• Cornerstone finally started to pull away in the second set after a key kill by Jada Thomas and Kaylee Dykema has continued to have great defense all season with yet another block.
• Olivia Keelean had a great second set as she had multiple kills down the stretch and an Aubrey Lenz service ace as Cornerstone won set two 25-18.
• The Golden Eagles started out strong in the third set scoring the first three points thanks to a few errors by UNOH and another kill by Rylie Walters.
• Like last set, UNOH jumps out to the lead 9-6 after kills by Logan Thomas and a few attack errors by Cornerstone.
• UNOH goes on a run to force Cornerstone to use their first timeout, down 14-8 in set three after attack errors by the Golden Eagles and a service ace by Taylor Reust.
• Cornerstone storms back going on an 8-2 run to tie the game at 16-16. Olivia Keelean and Jada Thomas had key kills and UNOH helped Cornerstone with back-to-back attack errors.
• The Golden Eagles used their second timeout after UNOH ties the game after back-to-back kills by Anika Burke, making it 20-20.
• The third set battle came to a conclusion that saw a long almost two-minute rally that led to a UNOH point. They took that momentum to close out set three with the win 25-22.
• The Golden Eagles came out strong in the fourth set scoring the first six points with kills by Jada Thomas, Kylie Barron, and Rylie Walters.
• UNOH responded with six straight points to tie the game 6-6 after more attack errors by Cornerstone.
• The Golden Eagle defense has been outstanding with big digs by Rylie Walters and Patsy Morris all afternoon as they go on a 4-0 run to force the UNOH timeout leading set four 13-8. 
• Olivia Keelean has continued her overall great play with back-to-back kills for the Golden Eagles extending the lead 19-10 in set four.
• Cornerstone finished the set strong with what won them the game, their defense. Big blocks by Kylie Barron and Rylie Walters and a kill by Kaylee Dykema. Winning set four 25-15.


By the Numbers:
100 – The defense was the difference as the Golden Eagles recorded an even 100 digs on the game
40 – Aubrey Lenz recorded yet another game with 40 or more assists.
39 – Patsy Morris records her season high in digs with a huge performance of 39 digs.
14/23 – Olivia Keelean led the team in kills with 14, hitting .389 for the game and had 23 digs for the game, tying her season high.



What's Next?
The Golden Eagles have the next few days off before they return home to face off against Rochester University on Wednesday, September 28 at 7 p.m.

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