SCHEDULE:
#11 Hillsdale College (21-3 overall, 10-0 G-MAC) at Lake Erie (10-18 overall, 4-6 G-MAC) 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15 Live Stats | Webcast
#11 Hillsdale College at Ursuline College (4-20 overall, 2-8 G-MAC) 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 16 Live Stats and Webcast
LINKS: G-MAC Schedule | G-MAC Standings | G-MAC Statistical Leaders
THE SERIES: Hillsdale leads the all-time series vs. Lake Erie 14-0...Hillsdale leads the all-time series vs. Ursuline 3-0
WEEKEND PREVIEW: The Chargers can clinch the 2019 G-MAC regular season championship with a win Friday night at Lake Erie...A win Friday would also clinch the No. 1 seed in next week's G-MAC Tournament for the Chargers...The Storm have won a set in each of the last three meetings with the Chargers, which includes a match in the 2018 G-MAC Tournament Semifinal...The Chargers have swept the Arrows in all three all-time meetings...Ursuline and Lake Erie were two of the three teams Hillsdale beat in last year's conference tournament...The first round of the 2019 G-MAC Tournament will be played Tuesday, Nov. 19 at the campus sites of the top four seeds...Hillsdale has clinched hosting that match, which will begin at 7:00.
VOLLEYS:
- Malone, Lake Erie and Findlay are all tied for 7th place in the G-MAC entering play this weekend...two of those three teams will occupy the #7 and #8 seeds in next week's conference tournament, while the third team will be knocked out and will not qualify for the conference tournament...If it is the #1 seed, Hillsdale will host the #8 seed in the G-MAC Tournament Quarterfinal on Tuesday, Nov. 19 at 7:00
- The Chargers held steady at #11 in this week's AVCA Division II Top 25 poll, its highest ranking in eight years
- The Chargers have won 50 straight G-MAC regular season and postseason matches, a streak that is entering its 25th month
- None of those 50 wins required a fifth set
- Three different players - Allyssa Van Wienen, Lindsey Mertz and Karoline Shelton - have been named G-MAC Offensive Player of the Week this season...Wiese has won the defensive award twice
- Van Wienen has been named G-MAC Offensive Player of the Week an unprecedented six times this season
- Head coach Chris Gravel has 497 career victories
- Hillsdale is the team statistical leader in six of the 10 categories the G-MAC actively tracks