After nine straight matches away from Osborne Hall, the Malone University volleyball team comes home looking to ride the momentum from Tuesday night's win over Ursuline. This weekend, the Pioneers will square off with two Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletics Conference (GLIAC) opponents, Northwood University (MI) and Lake Superior State University (MI), before a non-conference showdown with Alderson Broaddus (WV).

Matches:
Oct. 23: Malone vs. Northwood (MI) 7:00 pm
Oct. 24: Malone vs. Lake Superior State (MI) 1:00 pm
Oct. 24: Malone vs. Alderson Broaddus (WV) 3:30 pm
 
Live Stats (Northwood): http://www.gliac.org/sports/wvball/2015-16/boxscores/20151023_kjh4.xml
Live Stats (LSSU): http://www.gliac.org/sports/wvball/2015-16/boxscores/20151024_9f5c.xml
Live Stats (AB): http://www.gliac.org/sports/wvball/2015-16/boxscores/20151024_d8ei.xml
 
Records (as of October 23rd):
Malone 7-16, 1-8 GLIAC | Northwood 8-12, 4-5 GLIAC | Lake Superior State 0-16, 0-9 GLIAC | Alderson Broaddus 9-13, 4-1 GMAC
 
Rosters:
Malone | Northwood | Lake Superior State | Alderson Broaddus

Statistics:
Malone | Northwood | Lake Superior State | Alderson Broaddus
 

• Mallory Adams leads the team with 2.48 kills per set and 23 service aces. In Malone's last two games, she's set team individual season-highs with 19.0 points against William Jewel and 19.5 points against Ursuline. Among GLIAC freshmen, she is 5th in kills per set, 4th in aces, 3rd in total blocks (45), and 3rd in total points (246.5).
• Elizabeth Maczuzak is 2nd on the team with 2,27 kills per set. She is 7th in the GLIAC in total blocks (67) and 4th in block assists (56). She is currently tied for 7th on Malone's career block assists list (records kept since 1995) with 181
• Veronica Gehring has 37 kills over her last four matches
• Setter Cathryn Miller is 8th in the GLIAC and 3rd among GLIAC freshmen with 652 assists. She recently moved into 9th all-time (since 1995) on Malone's career assists list.
• On defense, Malone has set season-highs in its last two matches with 80 digs against William Jewel then 86 digs against Ursuline.
• Heather Papp set a Pioneers' individual season-high with 26 digs against Ursuline
• The Pioneers set a season-high with 15 total blocks against Ursuline.
• Haley Kool tallied 5 blocks in that match and is averaging 0.74 blocks per set this season

Northwood Notes:

• Outside hitters Krysta Kramer and Allison Getty lead the offense with 3.03 and 2.71 kills per set respectively
• Freshman middle blocker Colleen Mayer is 3rd in the GLIAC with a .394 attack percentage. She leads the team with 39 total blocks.
• Setter Taylor Pritchett is averaging 9.01 assists per set and is 4th in conference with 35 service aces.
• The Timberwolves lost to Malone in five sets in last fall 24-26, 25-22, 31-29, 23-25, 11-15.

 

• Setter Janelle Nagy leads the team with 3.73 assists per set and 1.78 kills per set.
• Middle blocker Sydne McMullen is hitting a team-high .244 and has a team-high 0.58 blocks per set
• Libero Justice Kjolhede averages a team-high 2.90 digs per set
• The Lakers fell in five sets to Malone last season 17-25, 25-23,20-25, 25-21. 7-15

Alderson Broaddus Notes:

• Outside hitters Megan Christmann and Caitlin Cain lead the offensive attack with 2.36 and 2.30 kills per set
• Middle hitter Lauren Daudelin is 2nd in the GMAC with a .252 hitting percentage and has a team high 53 total blocks.
• Libero Lauren Hogan is 12th in NCAA Division II with 5,82 digs per set.
• The Battlers dropped a three set match to Malone last year 22-25, 17-25, 22-25