Men's Volleybal Heads to Thiel Tonight
The Penn State Behrend men’s volleyball team will travel to Thiel for their second match against the Tomcats on Wednesday night. The Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) match begins at 7 p.m.
GREENVILLE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend men's volleyball team will travel to Thiel for their second match against the Tomcats on Wednesday night. The Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) match begins at 7 p.m.
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Behrend News & Notes:
* The Behrend Lions are second in the AMCC with a 2-2 overall record and 1-0 conference mark
* The Lions recently defeated St. Vincent (25-11, 25-18, 25-7) on Saturday
* Behrend defeated the Bearcats by registering a .444 hitting percentage for the three sets
* The Lions also tied the program record for least amount of errors in a match
* Freshman outside hitter Logan Hering (North East, PA/North East) was named the AMCC Athlete of the Week
* Hering had double-digit kills in two of the three matches last week
* Hering posted a .426 hitting percentage to go with 34 kills and 18 digs
* Junior Cody Schnur (Butler, PA/Butler) tallied six blocks vs. St. Vincent and now ranks first in the AMCC in blocks per set (.85)
Thiel News & Notes:
* The Tomcats are coming off a 3-0 loss to Behrend a week ago
* Tonight marks the start of seven straight AMCC matches for Thiel
* Including the loss to the Lions, the Tomcats fell to Geneva 3-0 back on February 18
* Zac Smith continues to lead Thiel with 15 kills and 11 digs on the season
Series History:
* With the recent win over Thiel, the Lions improve to 11-6 in the all-time series
* Behrend earned a 25-10, 25-16, 25-15 victory vs. the Tomcats last week
* The series began back in 2012