Golden Eagles Earn WHAC Honors

Apr 30, 2008

Several member of the 2008 Golden Eagles Softball team were honored by the WHAC coaches by being named All-WHAC. Emily Brown (junior from Zeeland), Melanie Creager (freshman from Grand Rapids), and Jessica Dood (senior from Jenison) were all named First Team …

Golden Eagles Season Come To An End

Apr 28, 2008

The Golden Eagles season came to an abrupt end today with a double header loss at Madonna. Cornerstone had to win at least one game in order to make the WHAC Playoffs but they came away with 2 shutout losses to the Crusaders so UM-Dearborn gets into the playoffs …

Golden Eagles Pull Out Split at Indiana Tech

Apr 26, 2008

Cornerstone traveled to Ft. Wayne for a crucial double header against Indiana Tech today and came away with a split. The Golden Eagles lost 3-5 to the Warriors in game 1 but pulled out a 9-2 victory in Game 2.The Warriors scored 2 runs in the 3rd and 3 in …

Golden Eagles Swept By League Leader Madonna

Apr 26, 2008

It was a tough day for the Golden Eagles. Cornerstone took a 3-0 lead into the 6th inning but Madonna scored 4 runs in the 6th and 4 runs in the 7th to take an 8-3 victory in Game 1. Jessica Dood led the Golden Eagles attack with 2 hits, 2 RBI's, and a run …

Cornerstone Splits With Rochester

Apr 23, 2008

The Golden Eagles started out well in Game 1 against Rochester today but they fumbled away Game 2 for a split with the Warriors. The Golden Eagles opened with 6 runs in the 1st inning and went on to an 8-0 victory in 5 innings. Emily Brown had 3 hits, 2 RBI's, …

Golden Eagles Rally Twice To Sweep Siena Heights

Apr 22, 2008

The Golden Eagles swept the Saints twice today but they had to rally late in both games to pull out the victories. Cornerstone scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 5th inning to win the first game 3-2. Cornerstone was up 4-1 in the second game but gave up 5 …

Saints Double Up Golden Eagles

Apr 19, 2008

Aquinas came over and took two crucial games from the Golden Eagles today. The Saints won the first game 10-2 in six innings. Aquinas scored 3 runs in the first, 4 runs in the third, and 3 runs in the sixth for the win. Cornerstone scored their only 2 runs …

Golden Eagles Rebound To Gain Split

Apr 18, 2008

Cornerstone dropped the first game of a double header at UM-Dearborn today but they rebound to win game 2 to earn a split for the day. Jessica Dood had 2 hits and 3 RBI's in the first game. Cornerstone took a 4-2 lead in the top of the 5th inning but gave …

Cornerstone Splits Double Header With Concordia

Apr 18, 2008

The Golden Eagles fell 6-3 to Concordia in the first game of their double header after leading 2-0 going into the 6th inning. The Cardinals scored 3 runs in the 6th and 3 more in the 7th and went on to defeat the Golden Eagles 6-3. Cornerstone went up 2-0 …

Cornerstone Splits With UM-Dearborn

Apr 16, 2008

The Golden Eagles took to the field on probably the warmest day of the season since coming back from Arizona and came away with a split with UM-Dearborn. The Golden Eagles won Game 1 (2-1) and lost Game 2 (3-5). Jill Peterson had 2 hits and an RBI and Leah …

Warriors Sweep Golden Eagles

Apr 14, 2008

The Golden Eagles started out well today but the Warriors bats started heating up in the late innings and they went on to defeat Cornerstone 7-0 in game 1 today. The Warriors scored three runs in the 5th, one in the 6th, and three more in the 7th inning to …

Golden Eagles Win Two 1-0 Games Against Concordia

Apr 12, 2008

The Golden Eagles had a rare sweep of the Concordia Cardinals today with two 1-0 victories. Maureen Masters pitched a complete game 3-hitter and shutout the Cardinals in Game 1. Mandee Michielsen hit a single in the bottom of the eighth inning, she advanced …

Golden Eagles Sweep the Trolls

Apr 8, 2008

The Golden Eagles improved to 9-13 overall today with a double header sweep of Trinity Christian. Cornerstone won the first game 6-5 in 8 innings. Trinity scored 2 runs in the top of the 7th to send the game into extra innings. The Trolls scored 2 more runs …

Creager Named WHAC Player of the Week

Apr 8, 2008

Cornerstone University freshman Melanie Creager has been named the WHAC Player of the Week for April 7, 2008. Creager put together a solid week at the plate for the Golden Eagles, hitting .500 (7-for-14) with five extra-base hits and 10 RBIs in a four game …

Golden Eagles Drop Two At Ferris State

Apr 7, 2008

The Golden Eagles began a busy week with a double header on the road at Ferris State today and came home with a 0-5 and 2-13 losses. Maureen Masters pitched a pretty good game but ran into trouble in the 4th inning giving up all 5 runs for the game. The Golden …

Golden Eagles Sweeps Siena Heights

Apr 5, 2008

The Golden Eagles earned their first sweep of the season with two wins over Siena Heights today. Cornerstone won the first game 6-3 and the second game 11-2 to improve to 3-1 in WHAC play. Melanie Creager did most of the damage in Game 1 with three hits (including …

Madonna Games Rescheduled

Apr 4, 2008

The CU @ Madonna games scheduled for today have been rescheduled for April 28th at 3:00 p.m. due to poor field conditions.

Golden Eagles Split with Aquinas in Conference Opener

Apr 2, 2008

Cornerstone started the WHAC season with a 1-1 split over host Aquinas College. In the first game the Saints scored 2 runs in the first inning. Mandee Michielsen singled up the middle in the 3rd and Jessica Dood doubled to right center for an RBI to tighten …

Siena Heights Games Switched

Apr 1, 2008

The games between Siena Heights and Cornerstone to be played this Saturday have been moved to Siena Heights because of poor field conditions at Cornerstone. The first pitch will be thrown at 1:00 p.m. Cornerstone will now host Siena Heights on Tuesday, April …

Cornerstone Splits on Last Day of Arizona Trip

Mar 17, 2008

The Golden Eagles played Dordt for the second time and came away with a 3=2 victory this morning. Jessica Dood had 2 hits, 1 run, and 1 RBI for Cornerstone. Leah Gruppen picked up her second win of the season for the Golden Eagles. Cornerstone lost to an …

Golden Eagles Split on Day 5 In Arizona

Mar 17, 2008

The Golden Eagles opened game day 5 with a 6-2 loss to Jamestown (SD). Jamestown scored 3 runs in the fourth inning and 1 in each of the last 3 innings while the Golden Eagles scored 1 in the fifth and 1 in the seventh. Mandee Michielsen had 2 hits, 1 run, …

Cornerstone Defeats Calvin - Loses to McKendree

Mar 14, 2008

Cornerstone and Calvin are only about 5 miles apart but the Golden Eagles and Knights traveled about 2000 miles to play each other for the first time this season. The Golden Eagles came away with a 7-2 victory. Cornerstone used a 5 run second inning to go …

Cornerstone Picks Up First Win Against Purdue North Central

Mar 12, 2008

The Golden Eagles split today and picked up their first win in Arizona against Purdue North Central. Cornerstone lost their first game to Iowa Wesleyan 8-9 in eight innings. The Golden Eagles were up 8-5 going into the sixth inning but gave up 3 runs in the …

Golden Eagles Fall Twice In Arizona

Mar 11, 2008

The Golden Eagles bats fell silent today in their first game against Purdue - North Central in Tuscon. The Panthers scored 4 unearned runs in the first but the Golden Eagles shut them out for the remainder of the game but Cornerstone managed only 3 hits and …

Golden Eagles Drop First 2 Games in Tuscon, AZ

Mar 10, 2008

Thefirst chance at getting outside to play the game usually proves to be a tough task for Cornerstone. They have not be able to even look at a fly ball until they get to the warmer climate. The Golden Eagles faced a tough (9-2) Dickinson State team on the …

GR Press Sports Editor, Bob Becker, Joins CU Athletics Staff

Sep 6, 2007

(Grand Rapids, Mich) Bob Becker, a recent inductee into the Grand Rapids Sports Hall of Fame, has joined the Cornerstone University staff as adjunct professor of journalism and assistant softball coach. He will also handle some Sports Information Director …