Men's Volleyball Host AMCC Quad Match Saturday

Men's Volleyball Host AMCC Quad Match Saturday

ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend men's volleyball team will host Geneva, Hiram and Thiel in an Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference quad match on Saturday in the Junker Center.

Schedule/Coverage
     
Geneva at Penn State Behrend, 10 a.m. | Live Stats | Video
Hiram vs. Thiel, 12 p.m. | Live Stats | Video
Geneva vs. Thiel, 2 p.m. | Live Stats | Video
Hiram at Penn State Behrend, 4 p.m. | Live Stats | Video

Behrend News & Notes:

* The Lions celebrated the four seniors and a 3-1 win over Medaille on Tuesday night
* Behrend is now 14-11 overall and has a two-match lead for fourth place with a 6-5 AMCC mark
* The Lions will look to secure one of the four spots in the AMCC Tournament next weekend
* Dillon Hildebrand (Red Lion, PA/Red Lion) registered his third straight match with 20 or more kills on Wednesday
* Hildebrand tallied 20 kills, including eight in the second set to help the Lions start the comeback
* The Lions had a .565 attack percentage in the second set against the Mavericks
* Tyler Herrmann (Cranberry Township, PA/Seneca Valley) is three kills away from 750 career kills and needs 52 more to move into second place on the all-time chart
* Hildebrand leads the AMCC in kills (292) and kills per set (3.48)

Geneva News & Notes:


* The Golden Tornadoes are tied for first place with Thiel  in the AMCC with a 10-2 record
* Geneva is coming off a 3-0 win over Penn State Altoona on Wednesday night to improve to 19-7 overall
* Quinn McCracken helped the Tornadoes against the Lions with a team-best 10 kills, eight digs and six blocks
* McCracken is second in the AMCC in kills with 283

Hiram News & Notes:

* The Terriers are 6-21 overall and 2-10 in the AMCC
* Hiram rallied to post a 3-2 victory over Medaille last Saturday but then fell to D'Youville 3-2 in an AMCC tri-match
* The Terriers host Randolph Macon on Friday before traveling to Behrend
* Hiram ranks third in the AMCC with 991 digs in 27 matches this season

Series History:

* Earlier this season, the Lions fell 3-2 to Geneva and came back to defeat Hiram 3-1 on March 2

Lions Sweep Neumann
March 16, 2019 Lions Sweep Neumann
Behrend Lions Handle Medaille
February 19, 2019 Behrend Lions Handle Medaille