Cornerstone Falls 11-9 To Aquinas In Eight Innings

May 4, 2009

The softball season came to an end today as the Golden Eagles lost their second game at the WHAC Tournament. Aquinas defeated Cornerstone 11-9 in eight innings. Aquinas took a 2-0 lead in the 1st inning but the Golden Eagles ralliedwith one run in the1st …

Golden Eagles Eliminate Panthers

May 1, 2009

Cornerstone scoredfour runs in the 2nd inning and two runs in the 3rd inning and went on to defeat Davenport 6-5 in an elimination game today. Dinah Gruppen started off the scoring with an RBI double in the 2nd. Kayla Hamilton followed with an RBI single …

Farrell Picks Up His 200th Victory In 8-0 Win Against Concordia

May 1, 2009

The Golden Eagles exploded with five runs in the top of the 6th inning to go up 8-0 and held the Cardinals scoreless in the bottom half of the inning to defeat the Cardinals and eliminate them from the double elimination tournament today. Coach Jim Farrell picked up his 200 win as Head Coach of the Golden Eagles with the win. Christy Chapman hit a three run double to and later scored on a wild pitch to account for four of the five runs in the inning. Cornerstone scored one run in the 1st and two runs in the …

Golden Eagles Come Up Short In Game 1 of WHAC Tournament

May 1, 2009

#6 Cornerstone faced #3 UM-Dearborn in their first game of the WHAC Tournament and fell 2-1. The Golden Eagles got on the board first in the second inning on a Dinah Gruppen homer. The Wolves also scored in the bottom half of the inning to tie the score at …

Brown Named First Team All-WHAC

May 1, 2009

Emily Brown was named All-Conference by the WHAC coaches for the 4th straight year. Brown batted .318 and hit 6 Home Runs this season. Jill Peterson, Mandee Michielsen, Melanie Creager, and Julie Nietering were all name Honorable Mention All-Conference. Jill Peterson was also name to the All-Academic Team and the Champions of Character Team. The Golden Eagles open up WHAC Tournament play today at 1:00 after being rained out yesterday.

Golden Eagles Swept By Indiana Tech

Apr 27, 2009

The Golden Eagles started out well today picking up a run in the first inning. Julie Nietering doubled and Emily Brown singled to bring her home to give Cornerstone a 1-0 lead. Tech responded with one of their own in the bottom half of the inning. The game …

Golden Eagles Pull Out Huge Sweep of UM-Dearborn

Apr 25, 2009

The Golden Eagles were beaten rather soundly by UM-Dearborn a couple of weeks ago but they showed up to play today as they swept the Wolves 8-7 and 7-5 (8 innings) to help keep them in 4th place in the WHAC. Cornerstone rallied from a 6-0 deficit in game …

Golden Eagles Swept By League Leader Madonna

Apr 24, 2009

The Golden Eagles traveled over to Livonia to play league leader Madonna and came away with 4-3 and 11-3 losses. Emily Brown hit an RBI double in the top of the sixth to start a three run rally. Melanie Creager hit atwo run single later in the inning to bring …

Same Song, Different Verse

Apr 23, 2009

The Golden Eagles played Davenport for the second day in a row and split games again with the Panthers. Davenport won the first game 8-3 and Cornerstone won the second game 10-4 to gain the split. The Golden Eagles rallied with three runs in the top of the …

Golden Eagles Win One, Lose One

Apr 22, 2009

Cornerstone took the first game of the double header today 3-1 and lost the second game 9-0. Emily Brown led off the 4th inning with a double off the left field fence. Melanie Creager hit a ball to the second baseman which hit off her glove and rolled into …

Cornerstone Takes Two of Three Against Siena Heights

Apr 18, 2009

Julie Nietering went three for four, scored twice, and knocked in four runs to lead the Golden Eagles to a 13-1 win in game 1 against Siena Heights today. Emily Brown, Christy Chapman, Mandee Michielsen all hadtwo RBI's for Cornerstone in the first game. …

Golden Eagles Sweep Concordia

Apr 17, 2009

The Golden Eagles picked up two wins (6-0, 15-9) over Concordia. Melanie Creager had a 2 run single in the 1st inning and Emily Brown led off the 3rd with a solo home run to put the Golden Eagles up 3-0. Cornerstone added 3 more runs in the 3rd inning with …

Cornerstone Splits With Finlandia

Apr 16, 2009

The Golden Eagles split a pair of games with Finlandia University this afternoon. Finlandia won game one 2-1. Cornerstone committed 4 errors in the game which led to both runs for Finlandia. Jill Peterson hit a solo home run in the 6th inning to put the Golden …

Golden Eagles Defeat #1 Aquinas

Apr 15, 2009

Cornerstone split games with Aquinas today. The Golden Eagles dropped the first game of the double header 9-3. Cornerstone took an early lead but Aquinas rallied scoring four runs in the 5th and four runs in the 7th to go on to defeat the Golden Eagles 9-3. …

#17 Madonna Sweeps Cornerstone

Apr 11, 2009

NAIA's National pitcher of the week, Jess Irwin, of Madonna struck out 11 batters on her way to a shut-out. The Crusader bats scored four runs at the top of the second followed by two more in the third and the fourth to shut the Golden Eagles out 8-0 in game …

Wolves Devour Eagles in Doubleheader

Apr 10, 2009

UM Dearborn scored their first run in the top of the second. Cornerstone tied it up in the bottom of the fourth. Chelsey Sobralski doubled to center field to score Emily Brown. The Wolves countered and scored three runs in the top of the fifth and closed …

Indiana Tech Scores Early in Win over Golden Eagles

Apr 9, 2009

Indiana Tech defeated the CU 6-1 in the first game of a WHAC double-header. The Warriors got on the board early scoring their first run off a CU error. Tech held CU scoreless in the bottom of the first and scored 2 runs in the second. The Warriors pushed …

Neitering Named Softball Player of the Week

Apr 7, 2009

Julie Nietering,a sophomore from Coopersville, Mich.,hit 0.615 on eight-for 13 to help Cornerstone post a 3-2 week. The utility player scored four runs and recorded six RBIs in the five games. Cornerstone followed up a pair of losses at the hands of Aquinas …

Golden Eagles Sweep Cardinals

Apr 4, 2009

The Golden Eagles doubled their win total of 3 games in one day today as they defeated Siena Heights in a single game in the morning and swept Concordia in two games in the afternoon. Julie Nietering broke a 1-1 tie in the top of the sixth inning with a 2 …

Golden Eagles Offense Comes Alive in 13-1 Win Over Siena Heights

Apr 4, 2009

The Golden Eagles played the first game of their rescheduled double header from yesterday and the bats came to life at Siena Heights today. Cornerstone scored eight runs in the 2nd inning, three in the 3rd, and two in the 4th as they went on to defeat Siena …

Golden Eagles Lose Twice at Aquinas

Apr 1, 2009

The Golden Eagles dug a big hole early in both games and couldn't climb out of it today as Aquinas swept Cornerstone 7-4 and 8-2 in their first WHAC games of the season. Aquinas scored 5 runs in the first two innings of game 1 and went on to win 7-4. Chelsey …

Golden Eagles Swept At Grand Valley State

Mar 27, 2009

The Golden Eagles started off well today by scoring a run in the first inning. The bad news was that they wouldn't find a way to score any more than that on the day. Grand Valley scored 8 runs in the bottom of the third to break the game open. Emily Brown …

#7 Ranked Ferris State Sweeps Golden Eagles

Mar 26, 2009

It was a tough outing for the Golden Eagles today as they were swept by #7 (Division II) Ferris State today. The Bulldogs won the first game 10-1 in 5 innings. Emily Brown, Chelsey Sobralski, Julie Nietering, and Christy Chapman all had 1 hit each for the …

Pilots Sweep Golden Eagles

Mar 24, 2009

It was a cold windy day and both Cornerstone and Bethel (IN) struggled to get hits today. Bethel defeated Cornerstone 1-0 in game one. The Golden Eagles had 4 hits in the game. Bethel kept the Golden Eagles out of scoring position. Cornerstone had 3 hits …

Golden Eagles Lose Another Two Close Ones In Tucson

Mar 13, 2009

Cornerstone lost 6-8 toMinot State in the first of two games today. Chelsey Sobralski had 2 hits and 2 RBI's for the Golden Eagles. Melanie Creager had 2 hits and scored 2 runs and Julie Nietering had 2 hits, 1 RBI, and scored once in the loss. Dinah Gruppen …

Golden Eagles Fall Twice In Arizona

Mar 12, 2009

The Golden Eagles lost their third close game in a row today as they fell 2-1 to Robert Morris (IL). Cornerstone committed four errors in the game which led to both of Robert Morris's runs in the bottom of the 5th inning. The Golden Eagles scored a run in …

Golden Eagles Drop Two Close Games in Arizona

Mar 10, 2009

Cornerstone lost a couple of close games today in Tuscon, AZ. The Golden Eagles lost 3-4 to Waldorf (IA) in 8 innings in their first game of the day. The Golden Eagles tied the game at 3-3 in the bottom of the 7th inning on a Chelsey Sobralski home run but …

Golden Eagles Sweep On Day Two At Tuscon Invitational

Mar 9, 2009

Cornerstone defeated Calumet College of St. Joe 5-2 and Judson College 5-4 to improve to 3-1 on the year. The Golden Eagles scored 2 runs in the 2nd inning to take an early lead against Calumet College of St. Joe. Dinah Gruppen and Kayla Hamilton both had …

Golden Eagles Split On First Day in Tuscon

Mar 7, 2009

The Golden Eagles fell behind early in their first game of the season but they exploded for 8 runs in the top of the seventh inning to defeat College of St. Mary (NE). Mandee Michielsen and Emily Brown both doubled and knocked in 2 runs each in the top of …