Behrend Men's Volleyball Heads to D'Youville Wednesday

ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend men's volleyball team will travel to Buffalo, NY to face the D'Youville Spartans in Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) action on Wednesday night. The match begins at 7 p.m.

Coverage
Live Stats | Video

Behrend News & Notes:

* The Behrend Lions enter the AMCC contest on a three-match winning streak
* The Lions recently defeated Thiel in the conference opener last Thursday (3-1)
* Dillon Hildebrand (Red Lion, PA/Red Lion) and JP Goodsel (Corry, PA/Corry) each had 12 kills in the match
* Josh Mathews (Rochester, NY/Churchville-Chili) added 10 digs defensively
* Behrend, Altoona and Wittenberg each have recorded an AMCC win
* Cody Geis (Mechanicsburg, PA/Cumberland Valley) leads the AMCC in blocks per set (1.11)
* Geis is 14 blocks away from 200 for his career and needs five more kills to reach 200
* Mathews needs 41 more digs to hit 500 for his career
* The Lions lead the league in kills per set (11.25) and hitting percentage (2.49)

D'Youville News & Notes:

* The Spartans are 1-9 this season, recently defeating Neumann 3-0 for their first win
* Dan Busha led with a career-high 12 kills against the Knights
* Busha also added a career-best 10 digs for his first-ever double-double
* D'Youville posted a 7-19 record last year
* The Spartans are under the direction of first-year head coach Chris Krueger

Series History:

* The Spartans snapped a six-match losing streak to the Lions last year with a 3-2 win on March 27
* Behrend won the first match up last season, 3-0
* Behrend leads the all-time series 13-6
* The series history began in 2012