The Penn State Behrend volleyball team will host the 2008 AMCC
Volleyball Championship tournament Friday, November 7 and Saturday,
November 8 at the Junker Center. Behrend (21-8) earned the #1
seed and right to host by posting a perfect 9-0 mark in the
conference during the regular season, collecting the program's
third regular season conference title in the past four
seasons.
The blue and white will face #4 Pitt-Bradford (15-13) at 6:00 p.m.
on Friday in the first semifinal. Behrend defeated
Pitt-Bradford 3-1 on October 29 in the Junker Center. In the
second semifinal, #2 Frostburg State (27-5) will meet up with #3
Pitt-Greensburg (13-9) at 8:00 p.m. Frostburg State beat
Pitt-Greensburg 3-1 during the regular season on October 21.
Friday's semifinal winners will play for the championship on
Saturday at 1:00 p.m. in the Junker Center.
Behrend will be led by junior setter Brooke Gallentine (Mt.
Pleasant, PA/Southmoreland) who was recently named the AMCC and
ECAC Southern Region volleyball player of the week.
Gallentine leads the Behrend Lions with 874 total assists on the
season (8.74 apg). Offensively, the blue and white will look for
big performances by junior middle hitter Sheila Ogden and freshman
outside hitter Lauren Dalton (Cochranton/Cochranton). Ogden
has pounded out 268 kills while Dalton has hammered 258 kills this
season. Defensively, Behrend is led by Stefanie Kelley (Moon
Township/Moon) who has collected 338 digs, Liz Emerick
(Hopewell/Hopewell) who has tallied 313 digs, and Danielle Woods
(Pittsburgh/Baldwin) who has 287 digs for the year. The squad
will also look for big plays from senior defensive specialist
Brittany Hennessy (Hopewell/Hopewell) and junior outside hitter
Carissa Johnston (Cambridge Springs/Cambridge Springs) who have
both battled back through injuries to make an impact down the
stretch.
Frostburg State is the defending AMCC Champions, while Behrend last
won the AMCC championship in 2005. The 2008 AMCC Champion
will receive the conference's automatic bid to the Division III
NCAA Tournament next week.