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Senior defensive specialist Brittany Hennessy (Hopewell/Hopewell) has been named the Enterprise RENT-A-CAR athlete of the week for the week of November 17, 2008. Hennessy led the Behrend Lions to an ECAC South Region Championship over the weekend.
The Penn State Behrend volleyball team captured the 2008 ECAC Division III South Volleyball Championship, taking the title after a come-from-behind 3-2 win over runner-up Cabrini College on November 16 in Stevenson, Maryland.
The Penn State Behrend volleyball team (23-9) advanced in the ECAC South Tournament with a 3-2 win over the Washington & Jefferson Presidents (17-15) on Wednesday, November 12 at the Junker Center. The blue and white took the first set 25-19 behind the big swings of Lauren Dalton (Cochranton/Cochranton). Dalton would go five for five on swings in the first set, finding the floor on each attempt.
The Penn State Behrend volleyball squad picked up a number of honors as the 2008 AMCC Volleyball All-Conference awards were announced on Tuesday. Behrend Lions junior setter Brooke Gallentine (Mt. Pleasant/Southmoreland) and junior middle hitter Sheila Ogden (Grove City/Grove City) were both selected to the All-AMCC First Team.
The Behrend Lions will continue their season in the ECAC South Region Tournament. The blue and white enter the tournament as a three seed and will host the six seed Washington and Jefferson Presidents on Wednesday, November 12, at 7:00 p.m. in the Junker Center. Behrend will be making its second-ever appearance in the ECAC Tournament. In 2006, the blue and white won a school-record 29 matches and went 2-1 in the ECAC South Championship to finish as the runners-up.
The 2008 AMCC Volleyball Championship Tournament match was played on Saturday, November 8 in Penn State Behrend's Junker Center. It was a match-up of old friends as the Behrend Lions and Frostburg State met in the finals for the sixth time (1997-2000-2001-2002-2004). Frostburg State earned a 3-0 win (25-15, 25-17, 25-20) to capture the 2008 AMCC Championship and earn an automatic berth to the NCAA Championships.
The Penn State Behrend (21-8) volleyball program by virtue of a 9-0 AMCC regular season earned the privilege of hosting the 2008 Championship Tournament. On Friday, November 7, the blue and white dropped Pitt-Bradford three games to none to move on to the conference finals. The first game of the evening featured the top-seeded Behrend Lions playing the fourth-seeded Pitt-Bradford Panthers (15-13) for the second time in eight days when the blue and white handled the Panthers three games to one in a very good match, 25-19, 19-25, 25-23, 25-20.
The Penn State Behrend volleyball team will host the 2008 AMCC Volleyball Championship tournament Friday, November 7 and Saturday, November 8 at the Junker Center. Behrend (21-8) earned the #1 seed and right to host by posting a perfect 9-0 mark in the conference during the regular season, collecting the program's third regular season conference title in the past four seasons.
Junior Brooke Gallentine (Mt. Pleasant, PA/Southmoreland) was named the AMCC and ECAC Southern Region volleyball player of the week. Gallentine closed the regular season with two big conference performances in wins over Pitt-Bradford and Penn St. Altoona to clinch the AMCC regular season championship and a number one seed in the conference tournament.
The Behrend Lions had won seven of their last nine games coming into the match up against the Pitt-Bradford Panthers at the Junker Center on Wednesday, October 29. The match had huge playoff implications as the blue and white entered the game unbeaten in AMCC play (7-0) while the Panthers were 6-1. The Behrend Lions jumped on the Panthers with a 25-10 win in the first game. The blue and white would then come out flat in the second game falling by a score of 19-25.
Penn State Behrend junior Carissa Johnsoton(Cambridge Springs/Cambridge Springs has been named the ENTERPRISE RENT-A-CAR athlete of the week for the week of October 27, 2008. Johnston an outside hitter has helped lead the Behrend Lions to two AMCC sweeps over Medaille and Mt. Aloysius.
Saturday's big AMCC volleyball contest featured a pair of undefeated league teams in Penn State Behrend and the Frostburg State Bobcats. Behrend entered having won five of its last eight matches, while FSU traveled to Erie with a 23-4 overall record and a 4-0 mark in AMCC play to set up the huge afternoon match in the Junker Center. The blue and white came out in game one and made a statement to the Bobcats, letting them know it was going to be a battle on the court.
What are your thoughts on your team at this point in your fall season? We are 14-6 overall right now and 4-0 in the AMCC, which is right around where I expected us to be at this point. We have had some really outstanding performances so far and also a few matches that we'd like to forget. The biggest storyline to our season thus far has been how many injuries we've had to deal with. We haven't had one day since preseason where we've had all our players healthy and most of the time we've had at least two potential starters missing. It's been tough to deal with but I think the players have handled it well. Who is performing particularly well for the team right now?
After a 0-3 loss to Fredonia State the Behrend women's volleyball team has been on a tear in AMCC play beating the next two AMCC opponents 3-0 each. The Behrend Lions entered the AMCC match up with the Franciscan Barons at 3-0 in AMCC play. The Behrend Lions took the first three games to win the match. This moves the blue and white to 14-6 overall and 4-0 in AMCC play.
The blue and white took on the Fredonia State Blue Devils in non-league action. The Behrend Lions took a 3-0 loss 25-22,25-22, and 25-19. Behrend falls to 11-6 overall with the loss. Freshman Danielle Kindle (Erie/McDowell) was a bright spot for the Behrend Lions. Smacking six kills on 12 attacks with two blocks.
