Behrend Men's Volleyball in AMCC Championship Saturday at Hiram

HIRAM, Ohio – The No. 3 Penn State Behrend men's volleyball team will take on No. 1 Hiram in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Championship match on Saturday afternoon. No spectators are permitted in the Price Gymnasium. The match begins at 1 p.m.

Coverage

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No. 3 Penn State Behrend News & Notes:

* The Behrend Lions have advanced to the AMCC Championship match for the second time in four years
* Behrend is looking to secure its second overall conference title
* The Lions upset No. 2 Geneva 3-0 in the AMCC Semifinals on Wednesday
* The Behrend win kept the season alive and avenged a pair of 3-1 losses to the Golden Tornadoes during the regular season
* Setter Diego Ortiz (San Juan, Puerto Rico/Wesleyan Academy) registered the lone double-double with 19 assists and 10 digs on Wednesday
* Freshman Logan Hering (North East, PA/North East) led the match with 14 kills
* The winner of the championship will advance to the 2021 NCAA Division III Tournament

No. 1 Hiram News & Notes:

* The Terriers won the AMCC regular-season title and secured the No. 1 seed with an undefeated 7-0 record
* Hiram enters the championship match with a 9-1 overall record
* The Terriers managed a 3-0 win over No. 4 Penn State Altoona in the AMCC Semifinals (25-19, 25-23, 25-14)
* Hiram, who was picked to finish fourth in the AMCC Preseason Poll, is in the hunt for their first AMCC Title
* Tom Supan, the AMCC Preseason Player of the Year, leads the league in kills per set (4.48)
* Senior libero Cory Fischer is first in the AMCC in digs per set (3.36)

Series History:

* Hiram managed a 3-2 win over the Behrend Lions during the regular season
* The win marked the first for the Terriers since the series began in 2018
* Behrend is now 5-1 against Hiram
* This is the first meeting for both teams in the AMCC Championship match