Behrend Women's Volleyball Concludes Regular Season With La Roche Saturday

ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend women's volleyball team will finish out the regular season against La Roche in Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) on Saturday afternoon. Match begins at 1 p.m. in the Junker Center.

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Behrend News & Notes:

* The Lions have secured a spot in the AMCC playoffs with seeding order to be determined
* Behrend is coming off a 2-1 week, defeating Hilbert and Pitt-Greensburg before falling to non-conference Shenandoah
* Cadence Jones (North East, PA/North East) earned AMCC Offensive Athlete of the Week, marking the third time she was awarded the honor
* Jones averaged 5.00 kills per set with a .306 attack percentage last week
* The freshman outside hitter had a season-best 23 kills and 18 digs vs. Hilbert, along with a .477 hitting percentage and then tallied a team-high 21 kills in the win over Pitt-Greensburg
* Jones is ranked ninth in NCAA Division III statistics in total kills (410) and continues to lead the conference in kills and kills per set (3.90)
* Brynne Smith (Butler, PA/Knoch) ranks second in the AMCC in assists per set with 6.65
* Jones has 11 double-doubles this season, while Smith has registered six

La Roche News & Notes

* The Redhawks enter with an 11-9 overall record and a 3-4 conference mark, good enough for fifth in the current standings
* La Roche returns three of their top four leaders in kills from last season, including team leader and Third Team All-AMCC selection, Kalli Grine
* Grine is second on the team in kills this season with 146, behind leader Kylie Fehlman with 169
* Freshman setter Brooke Bednarski leads the team with 466 assists and ranks third in the conference with 6.30 assists per set
* The Redhawks last competed in the AMCC Championship game in 2017 against Behrend
* La Roche has advanced to the AMCC Tournament the last 10 seasons
* The Redhawks are coming off a 3-0 loss to Penn State Altoona Tuesday night

Series History

* Since the all-time series began in 2002, the Lions are 22-2-0 against La Roche
* The Lions have won five in a row including a 3-0 victory last season