The Malone University volleyball team enters the final week of the regular season in must-win mode as the Pioneers are on the borderline of clinching a postseason berth. Malone can secure a spot in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) Championship with two wins this weekend. In every other scenario, the Pioneers will need some help if they hope to make their fourth-straight trip to the postseason.
 
The row to hoe won't be easy as Malone must go on the road to face fourth-place Cedarville University on Friday night and third-place Tiffin University on Saturday afternoon. Both teams have already clinched a postseason berth and will be fighting for playoff positioning.
 
Match Info
11/15 Malone at Cedarville – 7:00 pm
Live video/stats: portal.stretchinternet.com/malone
 
11/16 Malone at Tiffin – 12:00 pm
Live video: portal.stretchinternet.com/malone
Stats: https://www.gotiffindragons.com/sports/wvball/2019-20/boxscores/20191116_zm64.xml

Team Comparison (as of 11/14)

Category	Malone	CED	TIF
Record (G-MAC)	9-20 (4-6)	15-9 (7-3)	15-12 (8-2)
Attacking. %	.190	.169	.208
Opponent att. %	.201	.177	.197
Kills per set	12.3	12.1	13.1
Digs per set	17.2	15.2	17.5
Blocks per set	1.21	1.87	1.73
Aces per set	1.41	1.99	1.46

Malone Notes

• The Pioneers are coming off of a pair of four-set losses to Findlay and #11 Hillsdale last weekend on the road.
• Earlier this season, Malone met Tiffin in a non-conference match in Florida where the Dragons prevailed in five sets. Hannah Eliason (16), Kayla Jarosz (15), Faith Lau (13), and Rachel Santos (10) all reached double digits in kills during the match.
• Setter Abbie Swaino totaled 28 assists and a career-high 18 digs in the loss to Tiffin. Swaino has also recorded double-doubles in assists and digs in each of the last two contests and now has seven on the season.
• Elizabeth Selleny has 10 double-doubles and a team-high 599 assists.
• Senior Faith Lau also has 10 double-doubles and ranks second on the team in both kills (248) and digs (363).
• Libero Sydney Black continues to lead in total digs, accumulating 512 (4.53 per set) over the course of the season. She leads the G-MAC in digs and leads Malone in aces (36)
• Freshman Kayla Jarosz has been outstanding during her rookie season, playing all 113 sets and leading the team in kills (305) and attacking percentage (.247).
• Senior Hannah Eliason leads the team with 63 blocks and now has 322 for her career. By the end of the season, she could be as high as second all-time in G-MAC history.
• Malone's last match against Friday night's opponent, Cedarville, resulted in a four-set road victory for the Pioneers last season. Eliason totaled eight blocks in the win.
• The Pioneers, who have played 21 of their 29 matches away from home this year, are 3-8 in true road games, 2-8 at neutral sites.
   

Cedarville Notes

• The Yellow Jackets, who own the highest average home attendance of any team in the G-MAC are 4-4 in their own gym. Cedarville has rotated wins and losses in each of the last five matches and is coming off of a five-set win over Trevecca Nazarene last Saturday.
• Cedarville is led by outside hitter Liene Miller, who ranks second in the G-MAC in kills per set (4.21) and Lauren Willow, who ranks second in blocks (1.04). Both rank among the top-4 in the conference in total points.

Tiffin Notes

• The Dragons are led by the G-MAC's leading scorer in Jenna Huffman, who averages 4.67 kills per set – the second most in Division II.
• Tiffin, which faces Walsh on Friday, is also coming off a five-set loss to Trevecca in their most recent match. Prior to that loss, however, the Dragons won four straight, including three sweeps.