Behrend Men's Volleyball Falls to Mt. Union in Five Sets

ERIE, Pa. – The Mount Union men's volleyball team rallied back from a 2-1 deficit to defeat Penn State Behrend in five sets in non-conference action on Thursday night in the Junker Center.

Score: Mt. Union 3, Penn State Behrend 2 (21-25, 25-23, 22-25, 25-23, 15-10)
Records: Penn State Behrend (2-2), Mt. Union (3-0)

Key Moments:

* Mt. Union earned its first win over Behrend Lions to spoil their home opener
* The Purple Raider remain undefeated with the five-set victory
* Tied at 21-all in the third set, Behrend got a kill from Colin Dedert and JP Goodsel along with help from Mt. Union attack errors to take a two-set lead
* The fourth set saw five lead changes and nine ties to force a decisive fifth set
* The Lions had a small 3-2 edge in the fifth, but the Purple Raiders Justin Sibble tallied six of the eight kills in the set to give Mt. Union the win
* The Purple Raiders had eight kills on 12 attempts in the final set
* Dillon Hildebrand (Red Lion, PA/Red Lion) had a double-double with 18 kills and 13 digs
* Goodsell matched his career high from the first match of the season, knocking down 16 kills and adding five digs and two aces
* Adrian Martinez (San Juan, Puerto Rico/Wesleyan Academy) had his first double-digit digs night with 14
* Setter Jake Albert (Cranberry Township, PA/Seneca Valley) had a career- high 32 assists on 61 kills
* Sibble led the match with 27 kills for Mt. Union

Up Next: 

* The Behrend Lions return to action on Sunday for a tri-match at home with Randolph-Macon and Wells. First match is at 11 a.m.