Ryan Castle terminates a ball in the Crusaders 3-0 loss to Cornerstone
Cornerstone Sports Info
0
Madonna MUVB 13-5, 5-4 WHAC
3
Winner Cornerstone CSVB 14-7, 6-3 WHAC
Madonna MUVB
13-5, 5-4 WHAC
0
Final
3
Cornerstone CSVB
14-7, 6-3 WHAC
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Madonna MUVB 19 16 23 (0)
Cornerstone CSVB 25 25 25 (3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | | Zachary Shore

No. 23 @MUCrusadersVB drops makeup at Cornerstone

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – It's not the start the 23rd-ranked Madonna University volleyball team head in mind as they begin a run of four matches in six days. The Crusaders dropped the first of the daunting road trip in a sweep (19-25, 16-25, 23-25) to Cornerstone University at Mol Arena on Monday night.

HOW IT HAPPENED: Cornerstone (14-7, 6-3 WHAC) 3, No. 23 Madonna (13-5, 5-4 WHAC) 0

  • Set one

    • The Golden Eagles took control early as the home team won six of the first seven points. After the teams traded side-outs, the Crusaders took six of the next seven points to take the lead 11-10. The run featured kills from Nyla Greer, Ryan Castle and Erica LaBaere as well as a Betsy Cook service ace. A MU miscue led to a 12-2 run for the Golden Eagles and put MU behind 22-13. Three kills by Jodie Kelly and a pair from Greer highlighted a 5-1 Madonna run to cut the deficit to five, 23-18. The home team followed with two of the next three points for the first set win, 25-19.

  • Set Two

    • Cornerstone captured the first three points in set two, then after the teams traded side-outs, the Blue and Gold used a Kelly, Greer block, and a kill from each to tie the game at six. The teams again traded points before the home team scored 8-of-9 points to take a 16-9 lead. The Crusaders didn't back down and used a pair of Kelly kills and some CU miscues to cut the lead to three, 18-15. The Blue and Gold failed to finish though as the home team scored seven of the final eight points for the 25-16 win.

  • Set Three

    • It was a better start for the Crusaders in the final game as Madonna captured three of the first four points for the early lead. The Golden Eagles won five of the next six points before a pair of LaBaere kills knotted the set at six. LaBaere again ended a 3-0 run by the home team and sparked the Blue and Gold to a 6-1 rally to take a 12-10 lead. Six of the next seven went to the Golden Eagles before MU responded with a 5-1 rally led by kills from Kelly and Taylor Suurmeyer. An Olivia Sweeney ace and kills by Kelly and Lauren Korth put Madonna in front 23-22, but again the home team closed out the game and the match with three straight points.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

  • Kelly led the team with 12 kills and added nine digs

  • Greer paced MU with a .556 attack percentage with seven kills and three blocks

  • Korth finished with 28 assists and 10 digs while Alyssa Facione also tallied 10 digs

  • Cornerstone outhit Madonna .287 (41-12-101) to .121 (31-19-99) while CU led MU in aces (10-2), blocks (7-4) and assists (39-31) while the Crusaders led the team in digs (43-40)

MILESTONES TO WATCH

  • Head Coach Jerry Abraham (1,193) continues his pursuit of 1,200 career wins and needs seven more.

  • Korth sits in seventh on the all-time assist list with 3,770; 138 shy of Jennie Wind (1998-01) for sixth.

UP NEXT

  • The four-game road trip continues for the Crusaders on Wednesday, Oct. 3 as Madonna returns to Grand Rapids for a matchup with Aquinas College at 7 p.m.

  • Live coverage links are available at mucrusaders.com.

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