Chatham Rallied to Defeat Behrend Men's Volleyball

PITTSBURGH, Pa. – The Chatham men's volleyball team posted their second five-set win over Penn State Behrend this season in non-conference action on Friday night.

Score:  Chatham 3, Penn State Behrend 2 (26-24, 21-25, 19-25, 25-20, 11-15)
Records:  Penn State Behrend (2-7), Chatham (3-5)

Key Moments:

* The Lions grabbed the early lead with an extra-point opening-set victory at 26-24
* Chatham had set point at 24-23, but Daniel Easly (Erie, PA/McDowell) registered a kill to knot the set at 24-all
* Behrend took advantage of two attack errors combined with a block by Lewis Rhodes (Reston, VA/South Lakes) and Caden Mealy (Meadville, PA/Meadville) for the 1-0 lead
* The Cougars won the next two sets, before the Lions knotted the match at 2-all in the fourth
* Behrend ended the fourth like the first set, getting a block from Cameron Schleicher (Meadville, PA/Meadville) and forcing the attack error for the 25-20 win
* Each team tallied seven kills in the fifth set, a set in which Chatham never trailed and won, 15-11
* Mealy recorded his first double-double of the season with 39 assists and a team-best 13 digs to go with four blocks
* Kyle Hoffman (Carlton, PA/Cochranton) led with 18 kills on 35 attempts to hit .371
* Joseph Sciscio (Warrington, PA/Central Bucks West) registered 10 kills, four block assists and three digs
* Schleicher added 12 digs, six kills and three blocks

Up Next: 

* The Behrend Lions return to action tomorrow on Wednesday at Geneva. Match is set for 7 p.m.