CEDARVILLE, Ohio - The Malone University volleyball team lost their penultimate match of the regular season to Cedarville University on Friday night in straight sets. The Pioneers fall to 6-20 and 5-10 inside the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC). The Yellow Jackets are still in search of a potential regular season championship at 21-5 and 13-1 in league action.
 
Junior Jaymes Gilbert had 13.5 points on 12 kills, a .478 hitting percentage and seven digs, all team-highs. Sophomore Helaina Edgar was credited with all 29 assists on offense. Senior Annika Nichols, junior Brianne Salinas and freshman Hailey Conrad threw down five kills each.
 
Malone was error-free in the first set with 11 kills, but it was not enough to overcome a swarming offensive output by the home squad. Cedarville scored 20 points off of kills and their 14-7 lead to begin the first led them to a 25-19 win in the first.
 
The Pioneers claimed an early 8-7 lead thanks to a pair of kills by junior Laiken Wallick, but the Yellow Jackets responded well to retake the advantage. An ace by Edgar capped off a 4-0 run for Malone that brought the team to within two at 21-19, but four of the final five points were tallied by Cedarville in the 25-20 loss.
 
The wheels fell off the wagon in a 25-15 third set loss where two early timeouts by Head Coach Rafael Gonzalez could not shift momentum. Gilbert had four kills in the period, but a flurry of service errors took the Pioneers out of the set and ultimately the match.
 
Malone travels to Ohio Dominican University on Saturday, November 15 for the final regular season match of 2025. First serve is at 1:00 P.M.