Buzalka, Martinez Lead Men's Volleyball Past Geneva on Senior Day

Buzalka, Martinez Lead Men's Volleyball Past Geneva on Senior Day

ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend men's volleyball team defeated Geneva 3-1 in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Game of the Week on Saturday in the Junker Center.

Score: Penn State Behrend 3, Geneva 1 (25-23, 26-28, 25-22, 25-22)
Records: Penn State Behrend (16-6, 11-1 AMCC), Geneva (16-6, 10-1 AMCC)

Noteworthy:

* Senior libero Adrian Martinez (San Juan, PR/Wesleyan Academy) tallied 18 digs to tie the program's career digs record at 895

Key Moments:

* Behrend only surrendered the second set in extra points in a match with playoff implications
* Dylan Buzalka (Carlisle, PA/Cumberland Valley) and Alex Jackson (Cochranton, PA/Cochranton) each posted their third double-double of the season
* Buzalka had career highs in kills and digs with 15 and 24, respectively
* Jackson also had career highs on the day, dishing out 48 and adding 19 digs to go with six block assists
* Owen Wienczkowski (Waterford, PA/Fort LeBoeuf) was the third player with double-digit kills, leading the team with 16
* The tightly-contested match was tied 31 times and had 17 lead changes in four sets of play
* Cameron Schleicher (Meadville, PA/Meadville) gave Behrend set point in the first, before Joshua Elegeer (Waterford, PA/Fort LeBoeuf) secured the win with his fifth kill of the match
* Buzalka led the Lions in the third set to take a 2-1 lead, recording seven digs and five kills for a 25-22 win
* In the final set, the score was tied 10 times with five lead changes
* Wienczkowski went 7-for-12 with no errors and two block assists in the fourth set
* The Lions grabbed their biggest lead at 23-18 off a kill from Jackson, before closing out the match on two Geneva errors

Up Next: 

* The Behrend Lions return to action on Tuesday night against Mt. Union. Match begins at 7 p.m.