No. 5 Behrend Men's Volleyball Falls to No. 1 St. Vincent in Five Sets

LATROBE, Pa. – The No. 1 St. Vincent men's volleyball team posted a five-set decision over the No. 5 Behrend Lions in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Semifinals on Friday night.

Score: St. Vincent 3, Penn State Behrend 2 (27-25, 20-25, 25-23, 19-25, 15-9)
Records:  Penn State Behrend (12-16), St. Vincent (19-7)

Noteworthy: 

* Senior setter Alex Jackson (Cochranton, PA/Cochranton) was named to the AMCC All-Tournament Team

Key Moments:

* In true championship style, the match went into a fifth-decisive set
* The Bearcats and the Lions each had four kills in the final set, but Behrend had four more attack errors
* St. Vincent will advance to the championship match tomorrow
* The Lions were trying to avenge a 3-0 loss during the regular season
* Jackson and Daniel Easly (Erie, PA/McDowell) each recorded a double-double
* Jackson had a career-high 54 assists and 13 digs, while Easly managed a career-high 18 kills and 10 digs
* Joshua Elegeer (Waterford, PA/Fort LeBoeuf) also had a career night with 17 digs
* The Lions had a 23-20 lead in the first set before the Bearcats went on a 4-0 spurt to make it 24-23
* A Kyle Hoffman (Carlton, PA/Cochranton) kill evened the score at 24-all, but St. Vincent tallied the last two points on kills for a one-set advantage
* The Lions broke a 14-all tie in the second and kept a five-point lead until the end to knot the match at 1-all
* The Bearcats took the third set at 25-23 and Behrend responded with a 25-19 fourth set
* The Lions stretched the 20-14 lead into a 25-19 victory to force a fifth set
* Owen Wienczkowski (Waterford, PA/Fort LeBoeuf) knocked down the final to kills to keep Behrend alive
* The final five points of the fifth set include four attack errors by the Lions and a kill by Zebadiah Wyant for St. Vincent to seal the match for the Bearcats
* Hoffman finished with a career-high 20 kills, while adding nine digs and five blocks
* Wienczkowski contributed 10 kills and Lewis Rhodes (Reston, VA/South Lakes) seven blocks