Behrend Men's Volleyball Travels to Altoona for AMCC First Round

ERIE, Pa. – The No. 5 seed Penn State Behrend men's volleyball team will travel to No. 4 seed Penn State Altoona for the first round of the 2024 Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Championships on Tuesday night. Game time is set for 7 p.m.

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No. 5 Penn State Behrend News & Notes

* The Lions finished the AMCC regular season with a 5-4 conference mark
* Behrend secured the fifth seed due to tiebreaker criteria with Geneva and Penn State Altoona
* The Lions are looking to capture their third overall AMCC Championship
* The Behrend Lions won the conference championship in 2018 and 2022
* Last time out, Behrend split a doubleheader at Penn State Altoona
* Behrend fell to the Altoona Lions 3-0 and defeated Bethany, 3-0
* Sophomore outside hitter Kyle Hoffman (Carlton, PA/Cochranton) averaged 3.33 kills and 2.33 digs in a 2-1 week
* Hoffman hit .349 over the two matches, knocking down 14 kills and adding five digs vs. Altoona on Saturday
* Hoffman leads the team with 170 kills and is second in digs (137)
* Sophomore middle hitter Lewis Rhodes (Reston, VA/South Lakes) and senior middle hitter Owen Wienczkowski (Waterford, PA/Fort LeBoeuf) remain first and third in the AMCC statistics, respectively, in blocks per set

No. 4 Penn State Altoona News & Notes

* Altoona secured another home match with earning the No. 4 seed for playoffs
* The Lions went 3-0 last week, winning two AMCC contests to clinch home-court advantage for the first round
* Senior outside hitter Avery Farabaugh recorded 25 kills, five blocks and four aces in three matches to lead the Lions
* Farabaugh ranks second in the AMCC in kills (341) and kills per set (3.75), while ranking fourth in digs (256) and digs per set (2.81)
* Altoona is competing for its first-ever AMCC Title
* The Lions were picked to finish sixth in the AMCC Coaches Preseason Poll

Series History

* The Behrend Lions are 13-7 against Altoona since 2013
* Altoona won the last two meetings, including a 3-0 decision three days ago