The Malone University volleyball team will visit Tiffin University for a Great Midwest Athletic Conference road match Tuesday night at 7:00 pm. The two teams will be meeting for the first time as G-MAC members as Tiffin is in its first season in the conference.
 
Match Information
9/11 Malone at Tiffin
Match will be streamed live via the Great Midwest Digital Network at: portal.stretchinternet.com/malone

Malone Notes 

• The Pioneers enter the week with a 5-5 overall record and a 1-1 mark in the G-MAC.
• Malone is coming off a 1-1 weekend which included a competitive four-set loss to Hillsdale on Friday and three-set sweep of Ursuline on Saturday.
• Senior setter Cathryn Miller distributed 35 assists in the win at Ursuline, marking the most in a three-set match since her freshman season. Over the last five matches, Miller is averaging 9.72 assists, 2.72 digs, and 0.61 blocks per set.
• Across the same time frame, middle hitter Hannah Eliason has a team-high .319 attacking percentage and has averaged 3.00 kills per set, while Mallory Adams averaged a team-high 3.11 kills and attacked at a .297 clip.
• Eliason leads the G-MAC in blocks (1.20 b/s) while Adams is eighth in blocks (0.91 b/s) and second in total points (4.0/s). Collectively Malone leads the conference in team blocks, averaging better than 2.20 blocks per set.
• Right side hitter Rachel Santos has come on strong as of late, attacking at a .364 rate while averaging 2.5 kills over her last 10 sets.
• The Pioneer back row, led by senior libero Maggie Hamrock who is fourth in the G-MAC with 4.94 digs per set, has been outstanding. Malone leads the G-MAC in digs per set (19.31) and has allowed the fourth fewest service aces.
• The Pioneer defense will need to be at its best on Tuesday against a Tiffin team which hit .350 in a non-conference sweep of Malone last season. The .350 figure was the highest by an opponent all season.
• Senior outside hitter Veronica Gehring, who is approaching 900 career kills, led Malone with nine kills in the loss to Tiffin in 2017.
   

Tiffin Notes - Roster | Schedule | Stats

• All-Region middle hitter Jenna Huffman led Tiffin with 11 kills and a .579 hitting percentage in the win at Malone last season. This year, she leads the Dragons in hitting (.291) and is fifth in the G-MAC in total points (3.8/s).
• As a team, Tiffin is third in the conference in blocks and fourth in kills.
• The Dragons enter the week with a 7-3 overall mark and a 2-0 mark in conference. Tiffin has won five straight matches and has yet to lose a set in G-MAC play.