Men's Volleyball Travels To Nazareth Friday; St. John Fisher Saturday

Men's Volleyball Travels To Nazareth Friday; St. John Fisher Saturday

ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend men's volleyball team will travel to Nazareth to compete in the Golden Flyer Invitational on Friday night and Saturday morning.

Schedule/Coverage

Friday, Feb. 1               
Elmira vs. Penn State Behrend, 4 p.m. | Live Stats
Elms vs. Penn State Behrend, 6 p.m. | Live Stats | Video       

Saturday, Feb. 2
Penn State Behrend vs. St. John Fisher, 11 a.m. (at St. John Fisher) | Live Stats | Video

Behrend News & Notes:

* The Behrend Lions are 3-0 on the young season
* Senior libero Robert McMaster (North Huntingdon, PA/Norwin) is 24 digs away from becoming the all-time leader. He enters the weekend with 583 digs and is looking to break Derek Polishen's record at 606
* The Lions have blanked all three opponents, recently defeating St. Joesph and Cairn in a tri-match last weekend
* Senior setter Anthony Sprentz recorded 32 assists over the pair of matches to reach the 2,000 career assists mark
* Behrend is averaging 9.11 kills per set
* Sophomore JP Goodsell (Corry, PA/Corry) had tallied 17 kills in three matches

Elmira News & Notes:

* The Soaring Eagles are 3-3 so far this season
* Elmira picked up three wins last weekend at the Arcadia Inviational
* The Soaring Eagles took Ramapo and Eastern Mennonite to five-set victories
* Josh Malave leads the team with 88 kills and 18 service aces

Elms News & Notes:

* The Blazers went a perfect 4-0 last weekend at the SUNY Poly Wildcat Invitational
* Elms enters this weekend on a six-match winning streak 
* Jeremy Torres and Jovanny Torres were selected to the Wildcat Invitational All-Tournament Team
* Carlos Mercado racked up 146 assists in the first two weekend of competition to be recognized as the New England Collegiate Conference Rookie of the Week

St. John Fisher News & Notes:

* The Cardinals are 2-3 overall and are coming off a 3-1 win over Hiram last Saturday
* St. John Fisher's other win was a 3-2 decision over Concordia at the Hiram Terrier Invite
* Ivan Lopez has 24 blocks in five matches this season

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