2009 News
Golden Eagles Defeat Panthers in Four on Senior Night
Nov 5, 2009
The Cornerstone women’s volleyball team completed their regular season on Thursday evening with a 3-1 win over the visiting Panthers of Davenport.The Golden Eagles began the night by honoring their six seniors and followed it up by winning the first …
TerHaar Named Player of the Week for Second Time
Nov 3, 2009
Alicia Terhaar led Cornerstone University to two victories en route to being named the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference Volleyball Player of the Week.
The junior from Caledonia, Mich. averaged 3.57 kills and posted a .339 hitting percentage as the Golden Eagles improved to 22-16 overall. As a middle hitter, she had 15 kills and eight digs ina 3-1 victory against Siena Heights University and a had a double-double in a3-0 win against Concordia University, recording 10 kills and 11 digs.
It's the …
Tuesday's Volleyball Match vs. Davenport Postponed Unitl Thursday
Nov 1, 2009
The final WHAC volleyball match for the season vs. Davenport has been postponed to Thursday. The match was originally scheduled to be played at Cornerstone on Tuesday but Davenport's team has been overrun by what appears to be the flu virus. Seventeen out …
Golden Eagles Sweep Cardinals at Home
Oct 29, 2009
The Cornerstone women's volleyball team made quick work of the visiting Cardinals on Thursday night by winning in three. CU bettered their conference record to 7-6 with the season winding down. In game one, Concordia stuck with the Golden Eagles early on …
Golden Eagles Win at Siena Heights
Oct 27, 2009
The volleyball team improved to 21-16 overall and 6-6 in the WHAC with a 3-1 win at Siena Heights. Holly Cousins had a team high 17 kills and 19 digs. CU won the first game handily 25-13 but the Saints responded with a 24-26 win in the second set.The Golden …
Golden Eagles Lose 3-1 at Madonna
Oct 22, 2009
Madonna continued their winning ways over the Golden Eagles in Livonia, Mich.Cornerstone jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the firstgame and never looked back winning 25-18. CU connected on 16 of 39 (.308) attempts in the first set. It looked like the second set …
Volleyball Team Wins on the Road
Oct 20, 2009
The Cornerstone volleyball team improved to .500 in the WHAC (5-5) with a 3-0 win over UM-Dearborn. CU won the first set 25-20 and then hit an impressive .778 in the second set to win 25-12. They went on to win the third 25-22. Holly Cousins led the team with 11 kills on 21 attempts (.524). Marcie Blacquiere dished out 32 assists, Kayla Wilson was the dig leader with 13. The Cornerstone defense had 6 team blocks and 54 digs to UMD's 38 digs and 7 team blocks.
Cornerstone travels to #17 Madonna on Thursday, …
Golden Eagles Finish Strong at St. Francis Invite.
Oct 18, 2009
Cornerstoneclosed out theSt. Francis Ill. Tournament with two wins to go 3-1 for the weekend. The Golden Eagles had to come from behind to beat Illinios Tech losing the first set 27-25. They won the next two sets 25-20, 25-23 dropped the fouth set 19-25 to …
Golden Eagles Split on First Day of St. Francis Invite.
Oct 16, 2009
The volleyball team defeated the host St. Francis Ill. 3-1 (25-16,22-25, 25-20,25-23) in the first match of the St. Francis Ill. Invitational. Alicia TerHaar led the team with 18 kills on 37 attempts for a.459 hitting average. Holly Cousins finished with 14kills, Katie McKee added 12 and Becky Albrecht finished with 12. Cousinsled the team with 21 digs. Seter Marcie Blacquiere dished out 53 assists and the team finished with a.268 hitting percentage. The Golden Eagles found themselves on the losing end 0-3 …
Golden Eagles Just Miss Upset Over Warriors
Oct 13, 2009
The Cornerstone women's volleyball team got as close as they could to an upset before falling to the visitors of Indiana Tech on Tuesday night. The league leading Warriors came into the game with an undefeated (7-0)conference recordand ranked 25th in the most recent NAIA national ratings.
The Warriors came into thematch with the momentum as they scored the first point in game one and never trailed going on to win 25-20. In game two, Cornerstone rallied early before eventually falling 26-24.
After winning …
TerHaar Named Volleyball WHAC Player of the Week
Oct 13, 2009
Alicia Terhaar led Cornerstone University to a 5-1 week en route to being named the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference Volleyball Player of the Week.
The junior from Celedonia, Mich. averaged 3.32 kills and 2.2 digs during the six-match stretch. She also had seven serving aces and 17 blocks. Cornerstone posted a 3-1 victory over Davenport University and 3-0 victories over Viterbo University (Wis.), Cardinal Stritch University (Wis.), MidAmerica Nazarene University (Kan.) and Ashford University (Iowa). …
Cornerstone Completes the Sweep Go 4-0 at Clark Invite
Oct 10, 2009
The volleyball team went undefeated going 4-0 at the Clarke College Invitational. Cornerstone began the day with a 3-0 win over MidAmerican Nazarene (25-19, 31-29, 25-19). Jodi Grandholm led the team with 13 kills, Marcie Blacquiere dished out a team high 37 assists, Holly Cousins finished with a team high 12 digs, and Alicia TerHaar added 3 blocks. The Golden Eagles closed the day with a 3-0 win over Ashford (Iowa) winning 25-23, 25-18 and 25-20. Grandholm was the kill leader once again with 11 kills. Blacquiere …
Golden Eagles Win Two on First Day of Clarke Invitational
Oct 9, 2009
The volleyball team improved to 14-13 overall with a two 3-0 winsover Viterbo Wisc. (25-23, 25-16, 25-17) and Cardinal Stritch (25-14, 25-20, 25-12). Alicia TerHaar led the the team with 11 kills on 29 attempts (.345) vs. Cardinal Stritch. She also had a …
Golden Eagles Fall in Three to Saints
Oct 7, 2009
The Cornerstone women's volleyball team dropped a tough match in three games to visiting Aquinas on Wednesday night. With homecoming activities taking place all week on Cornerstone University's campus,student fansshowed up dressed in 80's attireexcited to support their Golden Eagles. In front of a packed house, CU's play on thecourtlived up to the hype though they were unable to knock off the cross-town rivals.
In game one, Aquinas startedearly and led for the first27combined pointsbefore the Golden Eagles …
Golden Eagles Cage Panthers
Oct 7, 2009
The women's volleyball team moved into fourth place in the WHAC with a 3-1 win over the host Davenport Panthers. The win positioned CU a half game ahead of Davenport and one game behind third place Aquinas. Cornerstone won the first two games 27-25, 25-19 …
Golden Eagles Win in Three
Oct 1, 2009
Cornerstone defeated the Concordia Cardinals 3-0 to move to the .500 mark in the conference. CU won the first game 25-20 then 25-18 and finished the night with a 26-24 win. Marcie Blacquiere paced CU with 35 assists and Katie McKee finished with a team high …
Golden Eagles Sweep the Saints
Sep 29, 2009
The Cornerstone women responded well after a weekend off defeating the visiting team of Siena Heights in three games on Tuesday night. The Golden Eagles improved their overall record to 10-12 and their WHAC record to 2-3.
In game one, CU led 12-6 when Marcie Blacquierestepped behind the serviceline andstrung togetherseven straight points to widen the lead to 19-6. The Golden Eagles went on to win by a score of 25-10. Cornerstone finished the game with a .520 attack percentage with 14 kills and only one error …
Cornerstone Women Lose Heartbreaker in Five
Sep 24, 2009
The Cornerstone women's volleyball team fought hard for nearly two hours before dropping a nail biter to nationally ranked Madonna on Thursday night. The No. 9 Crusaders came into the contest leading the conference with a 4-0 WHAC record and an overall mark …
Golden Eagles Win in Three
Sep 22, 2009
The Cornerstonewomen opened their home season in Mol Arena with a 3-0 (27-25, 25-16, 25-13)win over UM-Dearborn on Tuesday night in convincing fashion. In game one, the Golden Eaglesheld onto thelast rally to claim the 27-25 win as both teamsbattled back and forth with the lead. The momentum carried over for Cornerstone in game two as they jumped out to an early 16-3 lead and never looked back as they cruised toa 25-16 victory. UM-Dearborn scored the first point in game three andstayed evenwith the Golden …
Golden Eagles Go 2-2 Over the weekend
Sep 19, 2009
After going1 for 2 on Friday at the Malone-Walsh Tournament Cornerstone end the weekend doing the same thing on Saturday. The first match vs. UNOH (University Northern Ohio) was decided in 5 games. Unfortunately the Golden Eagles were on the losing end winning …
Golden Eagles Go One for Two
Sep 18, 2009
The volleyball team defeated Shawnee State 3-1 (26-24, 20-25, 25-23, 25-19) in the first match of the Malone tournament. Becky Albrecht led the team with 24 kills and 9 digs. Alicia TerHaar had 5 blocks and Marcie Blacquiere dished out 49 assists.
The second match of the day was a reversal of the first match. The Golden Eagles lost to the Pioneers of Malone1-3 (24-26, 23-25, 25-20, 23-25). Albrecht posted 21 kills and 12 digsto lead the team, TerHaar led the team with 11 blocks and 2 aces and Blacquiere …
CU Keeps it Close but Can't Close out the Saints
Sep 17, 2009
Entering the WHAC season, the Golden Eagles had to face two of the top contenders, Indiana Tech and Aquinas. Losing to Indiana Tech on Tuesday the Golden Eagles knew the importance of Thursday's match vs. Aquinas. However CU was not at full strength playing …
Warriors Ground the Golden Eagles
Sep 15, 2009
The four match winning streak came to a halt when the volleyball team traveled to Fort Wayne to take on the Indiana Tech Warriors. TheGolden Eagles lost 3-0 with the first game being a back and forth slugfest that ended 34-32. CU lost the next two 25-15, 25-17. Alicia TerHaar and Becky Albrecht led the team with 9 kills apiece. Albrecht had a team high 14 digs and Kayla Wilson added 13. Indiana Tech had a hitting percentage of .240 to CU's .083. The Warrior improved to 5-6 overall and 1-0 in the WHAC while …
Blacquiere Named WHAC Player of the Week
Sep 15, 2009
Marcie Blacquiere helped Cornerstone University post a 4-0 week with her outstanding play at the net. The senior was named the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC) Volleyball Player of the Week for her efforts.
The senior from Byron Center, Mich. continued her record-setting week last week to average 10.7 assists and 1.7 digs during the Golden Eagles 13 games at the McKendree Invitational. The setter expanded on herschool-record for career assists she set last week with 139 more this week. She …
Volleyball Wins 4th in a Row
Sep 12, 2009
Cornerstone improved to 6-7 overall with two more wins at the McKendree Invitational.The Golden Eagles defeated Brescia 25-13, 25-16, 25-15. Becky Albrecht led the team with 13 kills in 20 attempts for a .600 hitting percentage.As a team CU hit .384 for the …
Cornerstone Wins Two on Day One at McKendree Tournament
Sep 11, 2009
Playing against the nations top teams in California the first two weeks of the season did nothing but make the Golden Eagles better and ready to face the rest of the competition on the schedule. Cornerstone defeated Harris Stowe 25-14, 25-7, 25-10. Alicia …
#2 Concordia (Calif.) Remains Perfect Ground the Golden Eagles
Sep 5, 2009
The Golden Eagles faced yet another ranked opponent in their9 match stint in California. This time it was undefeated #2 Concordia (Calif). After losing a grueling late night five game match to #3 Point Loma Nazarene the night before, Cornerstone couldn't …
Golden Eagles Pushes #3 Cal Baptist to 5 Games
Sep 5, 2009
It appeared Cornerstone fell asleep in the first two games vs. national powerhouse Cal Baptist. Playingat9:00pm PSTor 12:00am EST the Golden Eagles lost the first two games bydecisive scores of 14-25 and 15-25. But CU came to life in the next two games winning …
#8 Point Loma Bounces Cornerstone
Sep 4, 2009
Cornerstone faced their 4th ranked opponent in 5 matches and unfortunately the end result was the same. Point Loma Nazarene, ranked #8 in the NAIA, defeated Cornerstone 25-23, 25-20, 25-18. Becky Abrecht led the team with 14 kills, Marcie Blacquiere added …
Blacquiere Becomes All Time Assist Leader
Sep 1, 2009
The Golden Eagles traveled to Santa Barbara to take on the Warriors of Westmont College.Cornerstone lost the first two games 25-20, 25-18 before winning the third game 25-23.Kate Zwier gave the Golden Eagles a 24-22 lead with a kill and CU scored the final …
Campbell Notches First Career Win
Aug 29, 2009
After playing three teams in the top 30 the Golden Eagles were able to regroup and defeat Westminster College 3-0 (25-20, 25-22, 28-26) and give first year coach Ryan Campbell his first career collegiate win.Three Golden Eagles were in double figures for …
#1 Fresno Pacific Too Much For Golden Eagles
Aug 29, 2009
Cornerstone was overwhelmed in the first two games to the #1 team in the country losing 25-13, 25-13.The Golden Eagles put up a fight in the third game but still fell short 25-20.Playing some of the best teams in the country has been a great measuring stick …
#20 Biola Defeats Golden Eagles
Aug 28, 2009
For the second time of the day Cornerstone faced a top thirty ranked opponent when they took on #20 Biola. Cornerstone lost 3-0 (25-20, 25-22, 25-18) dropping their second match of the early season. Becky Albrecht led the team again with 15 kills on 30 attempts. …
CU Falls Short in Campbell's Coaching Debut
Aug 28, 2009
The Golden Eagles fell just short of giving head coach Ryan Campbell his first collegiate win as the head coach for Cornerstone. The team opens against some of the top rated NAIA teams in the country in a 9 game stretch in California. CU opened the season …
