Winfield-Mount Union volleyball not only continued to roll with a straight-sets win over Lone Tree Thursday night. A historic week for setter Keely Malone also continued. Malone’s 14th assist of the night Thursday broke the Wolves volleyball record for career assists, passing Samantha Walker. Malone had already earned JET Physical Therapy Athlete of the Week honors for reaching 1,000 career assists, and she’s now only 13 shy of 1,200. Malone dished out a total of 25 assists as WMU defeated the Lone Tree Lions 25-6, 25-15 and 25-18. It was an active night for the senior, as she added five kills, two aces, and three digs.

Senior Bradie Buffington led the Wolves’ attack with 13 kills, while senior Melina Oepping added seven kills, seven aces, and eight digs. Along with starting conference play 4-0, Winfield-Mount Union wins their fourth straight to improve to 14-5 overall. The loss for Lone Tree is their fourth in the last five matches.

The Lions fall to 2-11 ahead of taking on Pekin Tuesday night. Meanwhile, WMU will next be action Thursday, when they start pool play at the Super Conference Volleyball Tournament, which they will also host this season.