Cathi Velzen earns Post-Season Award

Mar 18, 2003

Cathi Velzen, a 5'8 sophomore on the women's basketball team, was named NAIA Division II Honorable Mention All-American. She is the 3rd All-American named to the Women's basketball program in the last 3 years.

Weston named NAIA Academic All-American

Mar 17, 2003

Jessica Weston, a junior on the Women's Basketball team, was named to the 2003 NAIA Academic All-American Team. Weston boasts a 4.0 and is a History/Secondary Education major. She holds a sophomore standing in athletics but qualifies as a junior academically. …

Cornerstone Falls To Madonna 59-66 in WHAC Final

Mar 3, 2003

The Golden Eagles went cold at the wrong time and Madonna capitalized to win the WHAC Championship by the score of 66-59. The Crusaders made an 11-0 run from in a 3 1/2 minute span late in the second half to regain the lead for the first time in the second …

Golden Eagles Outduel Spring Arbor 71-69

Mar 1, 2003

It was a clash of two very evenly matched teams and Cornerstone came out on top with a 71-69 victory over Spring Arbor to advance to the WHAC Championship game on Monday night versus the winner of the Tri-State - Madonna game which will be played at 7:00 …

Golden Eagles Break Out In Second Half To Defeat Aquinas 71-56

Feb 26, 2003

Maureen O'Malley scored 9 of her 11 points in a four minute span in the second half to help the Golden Eagles go from 1 point down to a 9 point advantage with 7:06 left in the game. The Saints would never recover and the Golden Eagles went on to defeat Aquinas …

Cathi Velzen Named All-WHAC (First Team)

Feb 24, 2003

Sophomore Cathi Velzen was named All-WHAC (First Team) and All-Defensive Team. Velzen led the Golden Eagles with 12.8 points per game and led the WHAC with 123 Assists during the 2002-2003 campaign. Velzen had 1.8 steals per game, 1.5 blocks per game, and 5.2 rebounds per game on the defensive side of the ball. Amy Popielarz was selected to the All-WHAC (Second Team). Popielarz was the second leading scorer for the Golden Eagles scoring 11.8 points per game.

Women's Basketball Hold On To Defeat Aquinas 61-56

Feb 22, 2003

The Golden Eagles built a nine point lead in the first half and held off the Saints in the second half to finish the season in 3rd place in the WHAC. Mindy Rader, Maureen O'Malley, Lindsay Maat, and Katie Anderson all shot 50% or better and scored a total …

Cornerstone Dominates Siena Heights

Feb 19, 2003

The Golden Eagles came into the game in a tie with Indiana Tech in the conference standings and held their end of the bargain as they cruised past Siena Heights 69-44. The Lady Eagles used a very balanced scoring attack throughout the game as they were able …

Women's Basketball Team Rallies to Defeat Madonna 67-62

Feb 15, 2003

The Golden Eagles overcame a 30-27 half-time deficit and 33% shooting in the first half to finish the game with a 67-62 victory over Madonna. Cornerstone came out in the second half and shot 50% from the field and out scored Madonna 40-32 and beat the Crusaders …

Golden Eagles Drops 67-57 Decision To WHAC Leader Tri-State

Feb 12, 2003

Tri-State came to the Bernice Hansen Center and continued to work their way towards the WHAC title. The Thunder took and early lead against the Golden Eagles. Cornerstone drew to within 4 points with 2:45 left in the game but Tri-State hit key foul shots …

Women's Basketball Rolls Over Concordia

Jan 11, 2003

Senior Andrea Bush led the Golden Eagles with 16 points and 9 rebounds in 25 minutes of play. Cornerstone jumped out to an early lead and never relinquished it as they rolled to a 66-43 victory over the Cardinals from Concordia. Amy Popielarz added 12 points with 7 rebounds while Cathi Velzen pulled down a game-high 12 rebounds for Cornerstone. The Golden Eagles held a 31-15 advantage at half-time. Cornerstone will go on the road for the next two games. The Golden Eagles will play their next game at Indiana …

Women's Basketball defeats #23 Trinity Christian

Nov 9, 2002

The Golden Eagles won a nail-biter over the Trolls of Trinity Christian 62-59. Free-throws won and sealed the victory for Cornerstone. Sophomore Cathi Velzen hit two free-throws to give the Golden Eagles 60-59 lead with 16 seconds remaining. Freshman, Katie …