The Saints women's volleyball squad traveled across town in Grand Rapids tonight (Oct. 20) to take on the Cornerstone Golden Eagles at Mol Arena. Aquinas opened up the match strong with a 25-19 win in the first set. The Golden Eagles returned with a strong set of their own, winning the second set by a score of 25-15. The third set went back in favor of the Saints, with a close set win of 25-21. CU flipped the script in the fourth set, winning 25-21. In the fifth and final set, Cornerstone got an early jump on AQ and held onto it, just barely beating out the Saints by a score of 15-13.

The loss puts Aquinas at an overall record of 17-12 and a WHAC record of 8-6. This result comes with two more important matches against Lourdes and Siena Heights later this week.

Neither team held a statistical advantage over the other with the match being as close as it was. The Saints topped the Golden Eagles in hitting percentage (.154-.142), assists (54-52), digs (87-84), and total blocks (18-9). CU led in kills (57-55) and service aces (9-5).

Three Saints eclipsed the ten-kill mark, with Meredith Kraus again leading the team with 16 kills (.160). Abbi Perkins and Jackie Rozell had 14 kills (.346) and 13 (.200), respectively. Kraus added an additional 12 digs and six block assists in the effort. Perkins had five digs and eight block assists along with Rozell's seven digs and five block assists.

Chloe Mitchell averaged ten assists per set with 50 assists over the five sets. Mitchell also had two kills (.200), two digs, and two block assists.

Adrien Yondo had another good game as the Saints libero, scoring 26 digs in the match.

The Saints return to their home court on Friday (Oct. 22) at 7:00 PM against Lourdes.