ERIE, Pa. – The No. 5 seed Penn State Behrend men's volleyball team will travel to No. 1 seed St. Vincent Bearcats for the 2024 Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Semifinals on Friday night. Game time is set for 4:30 p.m.

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Behrend News & Notes

* The Lions defeated No. 4 Altoona in the first round of the AMCC playoffs to advance
* Behrend won three unanswered sets to upset the Altoona Lions in four
* The Lions are now 12-15 overall and have won their last two matches
* Kyle Hoffman (Carlton, PA/Cochranton) posted a double-double with 10 kills and 10 digs
* Daniel Easly (Erie, PA/McDowell) led the match with 16 kills for a .282 attack percentage
* Alex Jackson (Cochranton, PA/Cochranton) managed 34 assists on 44 total kills
* Jackson also added five digs, three aces, three blocks and two kills
* As a team, Behrend ranks ninth in the NCAA Division III statistics in blocks per set (2.19)
* The Lions are also averaging 12.36 kills and 13.06 digs in conference play

St. Vincent News & Notes

* The Bearcats were named the AMCC Regular-Season Champions and earned the No. 1 seed for playoffs with a 9-0 conference record
* This is the final season St. Vincent will compete in the AMCC as an affiliate member
* The Bearcats will compete in the PAC along with their other sports
* St. Vincent is led by outside hitter Shawn McSwiggen, who leads the conference with 3.86 kills per set and is fourth in the AMCC with 0.40 service aces per set
* McSwiggen has 347 kills on the season
* Libero Matthew Klasnic tops the squad with 2.57 digs per set
* The Bearcats enter the tournament on an eight-match winning streak

Series History

* The Behrend Lions fell at St. Vincent 3-0 on March 23
* Behrend is 8-1 against the Bearcats dating back to 2020