Men's Volleyball Wins Third Straight; Defeats D'Youville

ERIE, Pa.  – Ty Sheehan (Cochranton, PA/Cochranton) had a double-double with 12 kills and 11 digs to go with five blocks to lead the Penn State Behrend men's volleyball team past D'Youville 3-1 in Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) action on Tuesday night.

The Lions (11-9, 6-1 AMCC) completed the season sweep with a 25-19, 24-26, 28-26 and 25-21 win over the Spartans (11-5, 3-2 AMCC), snapping their 10-match winning streak and handing them their second loss in the conference.

Trenton Munk (Baden, PA/Ambridge) continues to hit well for Behrend, posting a .455 attack percentage with 12 kills on 22 attempts with just two errors.

Brock Tetreault led D'Youville with 18 kills, while Alex Johnson added 13 digs and Matt Loos made eight blocks at the net.

Behrend jumped out to a 19-11 lead in the first set thanks to flawless hitting from Derek Polishen (Plum, PA/Plum), who had four kills on seven attempts. The Spartans narrowed the lead to four points with the last at 23-19, but Eric Theiss (Plum, PA/Plum) registered a kill and the Lions won the set on an attack error.

The next two sets came down to the wire. D'Youville had match-point three times, before an attack error tied it at 24-all. A kill from Tetreault and a block by Loos and Brett Cawthorn tied the match at 1-all.

The Spartans faced the same situation in the third set with three chances at match point. A service error tied the set at 25-all. Tetreault knocked in a kill but then served it into the net to keep it knotted. Sheehan served the final two points, getting an attack error out of D'Youville and then getting his only ace of the game to put Behrend ahead 2-1.

The fourth set had nine ties with the last coming at 16-all. The Lions began to pull away, using three errors by the Spartans to hold on for the 25-21 win and the match.

Mitch Farabaugh (North Huntingdon, PA/Norwin) set his way to 25 assists and added nine digs. Libero Joe Price (Cranberry Township, PA/Seneca Valley) posted a team-best 14 digs.

Behrend returns to action on Thursday against Nazareth. Match begins at 7 p.m.