Men's Volleyball Faces Hiram Tuesday Night in Junker

The Penn State Behrend men’s volleyball team will face non-conference Hiram in the Junker Center on Tuesday night. Match begins at 7 p.m.

Men's Volleyball Faces Hiram Tuesday Night in Junker
January 27, 2025

ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend men's volleyball team will face non-conference Hiram in the Junker Center on Tuesday night. Match begins at 7 p.m.

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Behrend News & Notes:

 * Behrend is 2-5 overall and is coming off a 1-2 weekend in the AMCC vs. PAC Invitational
* The Lions defeated Geneva 3-1 on Friday night and fell to Chatham and Thiel in five sets on Saturday
* Cameron Schleicher (Meadville, PA/Meadville) averaged 2.86 kills and 1.93 digs per set this weekend
* Schleicher posted a career-high 16 kills vs. the Golden Tornadoes and then registered a pair of double-doubles on Saturday
* Lewis Rhodes (Reston, VA/South Lakes) was named the AMCC Defensive Player of the Week for averaging 1.92 blocks per set in three matches
* Joseph Sciscio (Warrington, PA/Central Bucks West) had a career-high 10 block assists and one solo against Chatham
* Setter Caden Mealy (Meadville, PA/Meadville) registered a career-high 50 assists vs. Thiel
* Sciscio and Rhodes are nationally ranked in blocks per set in Division III statistics
* Rhodes is fifth with 1.27 and Sciscio is tied with nine others for 27th place (1.00)
* As a team, Behrend is ranked 11th in blocks per set (2.37)

Hiram News & Notes:

* The Terriers are 2-2 overall this season, defeating Chatham (3-0) and Adrian (3-1)
* The win over Adrian was the first victory over the Bulldogs in program history
* Hiram is coming off a 3-0 loss at Mt. Union last Tuesday
* The Terriers begin their first year as a member of the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC)
* Derek Chiang, last week's PAC Offensive Player of the Week, leads the team with 43 kills and 3.31 kills per set
* Hiram ranks second in the PAC in blocks per set (2.15) and is third in kills per set (10.38)
* Matthew Albano averages 8.23 assists per set, good for second in the conference

Series History:

* The Behrend Lions hold an 8-3 advantage in the all-time series that began in 2018
* Last season, Hiram tallied a 3-1 win on March 30