CANTON, Ohio – The Lake Erie volleyball team hit the road to go to battle against the Malone Pioneers. The Pioneers would take a tight first set. The Storm would take the second set with extra points. The Storm would then take the next two sets for the victory. In the victory, Gabrielle Jones posted a career high in kills, while Dylan Fox posted career highs in assists and digs.  
 
Team Records
 
Lake Erie: 10-16 (3-10)
Malone: 6-17 (5-7)
 
Game Recap
 
Lake Erie- 3
Malone- 1
 
Set 1: The Pioneers would open with an early 8-2 lead to begin the set. Malone would then grow their lead to 16-10. The Storm would cut the deficit to 19-17 after a block from Jasmine Heyward and Kennady Wiley, and a kill from Sadie Nawrocki. The Pioneers would hold on for the set 25-21. 
 
Set 2: The Pioneers race out to an early 8-1 lead. The Storm would cut their deficit to 13-10 after a kill from Heyward and two errors. Malone would grow their lead back, bringing the score to 18-13. Lake Erie would tie the set up at 18, after five straight points with kills from Nawrocki, Kennedy Stewart, and Allison Kirch, and an ace from Nicole Colombo. The Pioneers would grab the lead back with the score at 24-22. The Storm would swipe the set 27-25, taking five of the last six points with two kills from Gabrielle Jones, two solo blocks from Stewart, and a block from Stewart and Jones.     
 
Set 3: After the teams exchanged points, the Storm would take five of six points for a 12-9 lead with a kill from Kirch, a block from Heyward and Wiley, and aces from Kirch and Kylie Anderson. The Pioneers would then respond with five of the next six points, going ahead 14-13. Lake Erie answered back with six of the next seven points, going ahead 19-15 with kills from Jones, Nawrocki, and Kirch. The Storm would grow their lead to 23-18 after an ace from Anderson and a kill from Jones, assisted from Cecelia Mullen. Lake Erie would close the set out 25-20 with kills from Kirch and Heyward, each assisted from Anderson.
 
Set 4: The Storm would jolt ahead to an 8-2 lead, with kills from Heyward, Stewart, and Jones, and blocks from Heyward, Jones, and Kirch, with Stewart assisting in each of the three. The Pioneers would cut their deficit to two, bringing the score to 10-8. Lake Erie responded with the next five points with kills from Jones and Heyward, and an ace from Kirch. The Storm would close the set out comfortably 25-14 with kills from Kirch and Nawrocki, each assisted from Dylan Fox. 
 
Key Team Stats:
 
Kills: Storm- 57, Pioneers- 51
Attack Errors: Storm- 24, Pioneers- 25
Hitting Percentage: Storm- .210, Pioneers- .164
 
Aces: Storm- 8, Pioneers- 6 
Blocks: Storm- 9, Pioneers- 10
Assists: Storm- 53, Pioneers- 48
Digs: Storm- 72, Pioneers- 65
 
Top Storm Performers:
 
Kills: Allison Kirch (14), Gabrielle Jones (13, *Career High*), Jasmine Heyward (12)
Aces: Kennady Wiley (2), Nicole Colombo (2), Allison Kirch (2)
Blocks: Kennedy Stewart (6), Jasmine Heyward (3), Kennady Wiley (3)
Assists: Dylan Fox (24, *Career High*), Kylie Anderson (20), Cecelia Mullen (6)
Digs: Cecelia Mullen (20), Allison Kirch (18), Dylan Fox (11, *Career High*)
 
The Matchup
 
Lake Erie and Malone would split the season series, with each team winning away from home. Lake Erie moves to 8-14 all-time against Malone, taking three of the last four matches. 
 
Looking Ahead
 
Lake Erie hosts senior day against Cedarville University on Friday, November 6th at 6 p.m.  
 
Cedarville is currently 18-5 overall and 10-1 in G-MAC play this season. Recently, the Yellow Jackets took two straight road victories at Kentucky Wesleyan and Ashland. In the 2025 preseason poll, Cedarville was picked as the favorites in the G-MAC South division.