Warrior Invitational Tournament Webpage

The Malone University volleyball team travels to Detroit this weekend for four matches in the Wayne State University Warrior Invitational. Following a Friday morning non-conference battle against Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) foe Ursuline, Malone will face Midwest Region contenders Southern Indiana and Missouri-St. Louis before concluding the tournament against the hosts on Saturday night.
 
Schedule
9/13 Malone vs. Ursuline – 10:00 am
9/13 Malone vs. Southern Indiana – 4:45 pm
9/14 Malone vs. UMSL – 11:15 am
9/14 Malone vs. Wayne State – 6:00 pm
 
All matches can be watched online (for a fee) at: wsuathletics.com/watch
 
Malone Notes | Record: 1-4

• The Pioneers are coming off a 1-3 weekend at the Eckerd College Invitational and a five-set loss to Notre Dame College on Tuesday night.
• An extremely balanced offensive attack has led to five Pioneers producing between 46 and 49 kills through five matches.
• Faith Lau and Hannah Eliason each have 49 kills, Anna Mallette has 48 kills, and Rachel Santos and Kayla Jarosz have connected on 46 kills. Santos tallied a career-high 15 kills on Tuesday night.
• In the two-setter system, Abbie Swaino (106 assists) and Elizabeth Selleny (98) have helped the Pioneers achieve a .223 attacking percentage, fourth-best in the G-MAC.
• Malone is also fourth in the conference in digs, averaging 16.7 per set. Lau, who also has a team-high eight service aces, leads the team with 69 digs while Sydney Black, who has started four matches at libero, is second on the squad with 68.
• Hannah Eliason leads the team with 17 blocks ithrough 21 early-season sets.
• Malone last played in Detroit in 2015, the final season in the GLIAC, suffering a three-set sweep to the Warriors.

Opponent Notes
Ursuline | Record: 0-3

• The Arrows are led by All-Conference outside hitter Vikki Henderson (2.36 kills per set).
• Malone and Ursuline split a pair of games last season, each teams winning on their opponent's home court.

Southern Indiana | Record: 1-2

• Outside hitter Leah Anderson leads the Screaming Eagles with 3.45 kills per set.
• Malone swept USI in a three-set home match last season in the Hall of Fame City Challenge, 25-15, 25-17, 25-16.

UMSL | Record: 4-0

• The Tritons feature two All-GLVC attackers in Selena Nolte (3.92 kills per set) and Charlotte Richards (3.77 k/s).
• UMSL leads the GLVC with a .301 attacking percentage and is one of only two teams in the Midwest Region hitting better than .280.
   

Wayne State | Record: 3-1

• The Warriors are led by reigning GLIAC South Player of the Week Taylor Wagner who has 61 kills in 17 sets.
• Wayne State leads the Midwest Region with 38 service aces