The Malone University volleyball team wraps up the regular season this weekend in a pair of Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) matches. On Friday (Nov. 2), Malone hosts the University of Findlay at 7:00 pm. Then on Saturday (Nov. 3), the Pioneers welcome Ohio Valley University at 2:00 pm.
 
Saturday's match will be both Senior Day and Honored Educators Day. Seniors Mallory Adams, Veronica Gehring, Maggie Hamrock, and Cathryn Miller will be recognized prior to the start of the match.
 
Match Info
11/2 Malone vs. Findlay – 7:00 pm
11/3 Malone vs. Ohio Valley – 2:00 pm *Senior Day*
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Malone Notes

• The Pioneers are 15-14 on the season and 11-6 in the G-MAC. They come into Friday night's contest on a three-match losing streak after a four-set loss to Walsh on Tuesday. Overall, Malone has lost eight of its last 12, but will look to turn it around as they head into next Tuesday's G-MAC Quarterfinal.
• The Malone defense continues to play well even in defeat. Malone remains second in the conference in opponent hitting percentage, digs, and blocks.
• Mallory Adams led Malone with five blocks to go along with 10 kills vs. Walsh on Tuesday. The four-year standout is tops in the Pioneer record book in block assists (325), 6th in total blocks (405), and 9th in kills per set (2.69). Now with 1,248 career kills, she needs 30 over the rest of the season to crack the Malone top-10.
• Classmate Veronica Gehring has 1,073 career kills. She has reached double-digits kills in 11 matches this season, including a team-high 14 against Saturday's opponent Ohio Valley when the two teams met in early October.
• Senior setter Cathryn Miller is 5th in the Malone history book with 3,329 career assists and 7.53 assists per set. This season, Miller is 6th in the G-MAC with 9.05 assists per set. She is one block shy of 200 in her career.
• Senior libero Maggie Hamrock is 6th in the G-MAC with 4.65 digs per set. In her four years, including three as a libero, Hamrock has 1,486 career digs, the 10th most at Malone. She is 8th in digs per set (3.25) and also 5th in career service percentage (94.5).
• As a group, the outstanding 2018 senior class has combined for 2,449 career kills, 3,669 assists, 3,241 digs, 744 blocks, and 262 service aces. All four have played in at least 124 matches and 442 sets and they've helped lead Malone to back-to-back G-MAC tournament appearances.
• Friday night's opponent, Findlay, defeated Malone in three sets in the first round of the 2017 G-MAC Tournament the last time the two teams met. Over the last six seasons, Malone is 0-7 against the Oilers; the last win came in 2012.
• Over the past three seasons. Malone is unbeaten in four matches against Ohio Valley.
   

Findlay Notes 

• The Oilers are 20-6 on the season and 14-3 in the G-MAC. Findlay leads the league in hitting percentage (.279) and aces (2.5 per set), and ranks second in kills (14.0 per set). UF is coming off a three-set loss to Hillsdale on Tuesday.
• Findlay is led by All-American setter Hailee Olson, who is second in the G-MAC in assists (11.5 per set), and All-American outside hitter Amanda Winner, who is 10th in the conference in kills (3.26 per set).

Ohio Valley Notes

• The Fighting Scots are 9-17 this year and 4-13 in the G-MAC, but are winners of their last two matches, including a four-setter over Davis & Elkins last Saturday.
• Outside hitter Yolaine Mosquera Lopez leads the team in kills per set (2.50). She produced a team-high 12 against Malone in this season's previous meeting. Libero Kalyn Makimoto, who ranks 10th in the G-MAC in digs (4.36 per set) collected 24 in four sets against the Pioneers.