GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Softball returns home to the Midwest as they spent their first week of games playing down in sunny Cocoa, Florida. Cornerstone played 12 games in six days and are off to a 4-8 start with half of the losses coming by just one run, meaning they are right there in the games that they lose. With coming back to the Midwest, comes weather issues as softball is no longer in the warm sun. Last week, both double-headers for softball were canceled as they had hope to play at Olivet Nazarene and St. Francis for a pair of nonconference games. The Golden Eagles have a busy week with three double-headers all at home as they start off against nonconference opponent Indiana University South Bend. They will then host conference opponents Madonna and Cleary over the weekend with hopes that the weather allows them to be played.
 
Opponent: Indiana University South Bend
Location: Grand Rapids, Mich. – CU Softball Field
Date: Wednesday, March 22
Time: 3 & 5 p.m.
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Opponent: Madonna
Location: Grand Rapids, Mich. – CU Softball Field
Date: Friday, March 24
Time: 3:30 & 5:30 p.m.
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Opponent: Cleary
Location: Grand Rapids, Mich. – CU Softball Field 
Date: Saturday, March 25
Time: 1 & 3 p.m.
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Player Spotlights
There were some solid performances by the Golden Eagles down in Florida. Delaney Wilson has gotten off to a hot start for the season as she leads the team in batting average at .462, hits with 18, and RBI with six. 17 of her 18 hits have been singles as she gotten the offense going each game. Alyssa Braam has set the tone pitching for the Golden Eagles as she leads the team in innings with 28.1 while maintaining a 1.73 ERA, striking out 25 batters. She had a career game striking out 11 batters in her performance against Florida National University.
 
Pitching Highlights
The Golden Eagles had a solid pitching performance by their pitchers down in Florida. After a tough first game of the year, Cornerstone settled in nicely with Alyssa Braam leading the way pitching 28.1 innings, striking out 25 with a 1.73 ERA. Mikayla Meade has pitched 22 innings and has a 3.18 ERA with a complete game shutout as McKenna Glide has pitched 27 innings with a 3.89 ERA as the Golden Eagles have a team total of 3.10 ERA through the first 12 games of the season.
 
Opponent Outlook
IUSB is off to a 7-12 start as Jozie Ramer is leading the way with a .381 average. Kaylee Darnell is leading IUSB in homeruns with three. Abigail Yarnell is their primary pitcher as she has thrown 80 innings and has a 3.94 ERA. They have multiple other pitchers with limited innings as Maddy Edwards has the best ERA for IUSB with 1.58 ERA in 17.2 innings.
 
Madonna comes into this game at 17-5 winning their last three games. Madonna has five players batting over .400 with Jenna Gilbert leading the way batting .424. Madonna has a team average of .343 as well as having a good pitching staff. Maesan Schlaud is their primary pitcher who has pitched 75 innings striking out 83 while only walking five batters to go along with a 2.24 ERA.
 
Cleary is sitting at 6-15 losing their last three games coming into the weekend against Cornerstone. Kate Currie is leading the way for Cleary with a .308 batting average. Sonya Terleckyj is their primary pitcher as she has thrown 58 innings with a 3.98 ERA as they have a team ERA of 4.38.
 
 
Softball Contact: Jesse Campbell
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