Stevenson Defeats Behrend Men's Volleyball in Season Opener

ERIE, Pa. – The Stevenson men's volleyball team spoiled Penn State Behrend's season opener with a 3-0 win over the Lions in non-conference action on Thursday night.

Score: Stevenson 3, Penn State Behrend 0 (25-21, 25-19, 26-24)
Records: Penn State Behrend (0-1), Stevenson (1-0)

Key Moments:

* The Mustangs improve to 3-0 all-time against the Lions with a straight-set victory
* Stevenson hit .346, knocking down 43 kills and adding 10 team blocks
* Over the three sets, there was 19 ties and seven lead changes
* The Mustangs used a 5-0 spurt in the second set behind kills from Ryan Thenell and Brian Farrell to take the lead for good at 19-13 and the eventual 2-0 lead in the match
* In the third set, Luke Mumpower (North Huntingdon, PA/Norwin) served up five straight points, including two aces to give Behrend a 21-20 lead
* A pair of kills by Owen Wienczkowski (Waterford, PA/Fort LeBoeuf) kept the Lions one-point lead at 23-22
* Back-to-back service errors, one by each team along with an attack error by Behrend knotted the game at 24-all
* The Mustangs won the final two points off a kill and service ace at 26-24
* Wienczkowski led with 10 kills and setter Alex Jackson (Cochranton, PA/Cochranton) posted 30 assists
* Joshua Elegeer (Waterford, PA/Fort LeBoeuf) recorded nine kills, three digs and three block assists

Up Next: 

* The Behrend Lions return to action on Tuesday at Thiel. Match begins at 7 p.m.