Behrend Men's Volleyball Sweeps Carlow, SUNY Poly

ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend men's volleyball team won a pair of matches 3-0, defeating Carlow and SUNY Poly in a tri-match on Sunday in the Junker Center.  

Match One:
Score: Penn State Behrend 3, Carlow (25-12, 25-21, 25-12)
Records: Penn State Behrend (4-10, 1-1 AMCC), Carlow (2-8, 0-3 AMCC)

Key Moments:

* Behrend collected its first Allegheny Mountain Conference Collegiate (AMCC) win of the season with the sweep
* The Lions had 21 block assists and a block solo for 11.5 team blocks in the conference win
* As a team, Behrend hit .403 behind 33 kills on 62 attempts with only eight errors
* Daniel Easly (Erie, PA/McDowell) led with seven kills and Joshua Elegeer (Waterford, PA/Fort LeBoeuf) had a team-best seven digs
* Joseph Sciscio (Warrington, PA/Central Bucks South) had six blocks (5a, 1s)
* The Lions used nine kills, 10 block assists and three service aces to claim the first set 25-12
* Easly tallied four kills in the second set while three other players tallied three kills for a match-high 16 kills in the set for a 25-21 win
* Alex Jackson (Cochranton, PA/Cochranton) and Caden Mealy (Meadville, PA/Meadville) each dished out 13 assists
* Logan Hering (North East, PA/North East) posted six kills and two service aces

Match Two:
Score: Penn State Behrend 3, SUNY Poly 0 (25-19, 25-22, 27-25)
Records: Penn State Behrend (5-10), SUNY Poly (8-11)

Key Moments:

* Easly tallied nine digs and eight kills to help the Lions go undefeated on the day
* Kyle Hoffman (Carlton, PA/Cochranton) led with nine kills, eight digs and Lewis Rhodes (Reston, VA/South Lakes) made eight block assists and served up three aces
* Hoffman recorded half of the team's kills in the first set, knocking down five to aid in the 25-19 first-set victory
* Behrend used four straight blocks from Rhodes and Hering in the second set to take a quick 5-0 lead
* The score was tied once in the second set at 16-all, but the Lions won the next 11 out of 17 points for a two-set lead (25-22)
* In the third set, the score was tied down the stretch three times until Jackson tallied a kill to make it 26-25
* Behrend won on an attack error by the Wildcats to win 27-25
* Jackson added 25 assists to his first match total of 13

Up Next: 

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