ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend women's volleyball team will host Hiram in a non-conference match on Thursday at the Junker Center. Match begins at 7 p.m.

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Behrend News & Notes:

* The Behrend Lions are tied with Penn State Altoona for the top spot in the AMCC
* Behrend can clinch the No. 1 seed with a win over La Roche on Saturday combined with an Altoona loss
* On Tuesday night, the Lions defeated Wells on the road, 3-0
* Breanna Reynolds (Cranberry Township, PA/Seneca Valley) hit a career-high .786 with a team-best 12 kills to lead Behrend past the Express
* On Saturday in the win over Pitt-Greensburg, Meg Goodsel (Corry, PA/Corry) reached 1,500 career assists and Sara Novak (Lower Burrell, PA/Burrell) posted a career-high 17 kills
* It marked the fifth time the Lions registered 50 or more kills in a match (51)
* Goodsel also came up short of another triple-double in the win over Oberlin
* Goodsel tallied 29 assists, 15 digs and eight kills
* Sarah Noback (Athens, MI/Athens) leads the team with 4.44 digs per set and is eight away from 400 digs for the season (391)

Hiram News & Notes

* The Terriers conclude their regular season against Behrend and Marietta this week
* Hiram is 9-16 overall and is the fifth seed in the NCAC Tournament
* The Terriers will face No. 4 Oberlin in the quarterfinals next Tuesday
* Hiram has competed in the NCAC Tournament every season since 2000
* Last time out, the Terriers fell 3-1 to Ohio Wesleyan
* Cate Maguire led the team with 12 kills and one blocks in the loss
* Emily Richardson has a team-best 237 kills, followed by Maguire with 232

Series History

* The Terriers have a 6-1 lead in the all-time series dating back to 2001
* Behrend picked up a 3-0 win in 2021
* Last season, Hiram collected a five-set win in the season opener