Behrend Men's Volleyball Hosts St. Vincent Saturday

Behrend Men's Volleyball Hosts St. Vincent Saturday

ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend men's volleyball team welcomes the St. Vincent Bearcats to the Junker Center in their second home match of the season on Saturday afternoon. No fans are permitted for the match that begins at 2 p.m.

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Behrend News & Notes:

* The Lions are 1-2 on the season with eight regular-season matches remaining
* Behrend defeated Thiel 3-0 in their home opener on Wednesday
* Today's match is the third in this week for the Lions
* Behrend fell in four sets to Mt. Union on Thursday night (25-20, 25-27, 25-22, 26-24)
* Freshman Logan Hering (North East, PA/North East) paced the Lions with 14 kills and seven digs
* Hering averages 3.9 points a set and has 41 kills and 16 digs for three matches
* Sophomore Adrian Martinez (San Juan, Puerto Rico/Wesleyan Academy) ranks third in the AMCC in digs per set with 2.36
* Martinez led the team with nine digs vs. the Purple Raiders Thursday night

St. Vincent News & Notes:

* The Bearcats enter the match with an 0-1 record
* St. Vincent opened the 2020-21 season with a 3-0 loss to Geneva on Wednesday
* Freshman outside hitter Joshua Welteroth led the team with seven kills vs. the Golden Tornadoes
* Last season, the Bearcats had a 0-13 record before the remaining games were cancelled due to the pandemic
* St. Vincent is led by one senior, one junior and four sophomores
* The Bearcats welcome five new faces to the roster this year

Series History:

* The all-time series between Behrend and St. Vincent began last season
* The Lions managed to sweep the Bearcats 3-0 in a pair of matches in 2020