Behrend Men's Volleyball Travels to Thiel for AMCC Quad Match

Behrend Men's Volleyball Travels to Thiel for AMCC Quad Match

ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend men's volleyball team will travel to Greenville, Pa. for an Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference quad match against Penn State Altoona and Wittenberg on Saturday.

Schedule/Coverage

Saturday, Mar. 30              
Penn State Behrend vs. Penn State Altoona, 12 p.m.
Penn State Behrend vs. Wittenberg, 2 p.m.

Behrend News & Notes:

* The Lions dropped an AMCC match to D'Youville on Wednesday night, 3-2
* Behrend is now 13-9 overall and 5-3 in conference play, good for fourth in the AMCC standings
* Dillon Hildebrand (Red Lion, PA/Red Lion) tied the all-time services aces record at 66 against the Spartans
* Hildebrand also led the match with 19 kills, while JP Goodsel (Corry, PA/Corry) and Joey Reynolds (Saegertown, PA/Saegertown) each add 12 kills
* Setter Anthony Sprentz (Cranberry Township, PA/Seneca Valley) posted a double-double with 11 digs and 51 assists, one assist shy of tying his career high
* Hildebrand is now 25 kills away from becoming the program's all-time leader in kills
* Hildebrand continues to lead the AMCC in kills per set (3.24) and is first in kills in conference matches with 120
* Defensive specialist Josh Mathews (Rochester, NY/Churchville-Chili) continues to lead the conference with 0.51 aces per set

Penn State Altoona News & Notes:


* The Altoona Lions are 10-12 overall and 2-6 in the AMCC
* Altoona is 3-5 overall in the month of March and is coming off a 3-1 loss to Juniata on Wednesday in its home finale
* Brian Sheddy led with 14 kills vs. the Eagles, while Tyler Chan added 12 digs in four sets
* Chan ranks second in the AMCC in digs (240) and digs per set (3.08)

Wittenberg News & Notes:

* The Tigers are 14-10 overall and 6-3 in the AMCC
* Wittenberg recently defeated Geneva and Hiram in an AMCC tri-match by identical 3-0 scores on its newly renovated 1929 Gymnasium
* Isaiah Brock leads the team with 83 blocks and is second in kills (155) and service aces (24)
* Ashton Sellers ranks second in the AMCC in kills per set (3.05) behind Behrend's Hildebrand

Series History:

* This is the second time this season Altoona and Wittenberg will battle Behrend
* Back on Feb. 23, the Behrend Lions defeated Altoona 3-2 and fell to the Tigers 3-0 in Altoona
* Behrend is 8-4 all-time against Altoona and has yet to beat Wittenberg in the three matches in the last two seasons

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