Behrend Women's Volleyball Defeats La Roche; Lions Claim No. 3 Seed for Playoffs

ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend women's volleyball team tallied a 3-1 over La Roche in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) regular-season finale on Saturday in the Junker Center.

Final Score: Penn State Behrend 3, La Roche 1 (23-25, 25-18, 25-21, 25-23)
Records: Penn State Behrend (12-17, 6-2 AMCC), La Roche (11-10, 3-5 AMCC)

Key Moments:

* The Lions closed out the regular season with a four-set conference win to secure the No. 3 seed for playoffs
* Behrend held a 57-37 advantage in kills and a 15-6 edge in service aces
* Three players registered double-doubles led by Cadence Jones (North East, PA/North East) with 21 kills and 15 digs
* Brynne Smith (Butler, PA/Knoch) dished out 48 assists and 10 digs, while Alani Salas-Garcia (Jacksonville, FL/Mandarin) tallied a match-high 17 digs and added 13 kills
* Jones and Salas-Garcia combined for 12 of the 15 kills in the final set to lift the Lions past the Redhawks
* Jones posted seven kills and Salas-Garcia added five
* Behrend fell behind in the first set by two and won three unanswered sets
* In the second set, the Lions tallied six service aces and 11 kills to even the match at 1-all
* Jones had six kills and five services aces in the second
* It was Jones and Salas-Garcia each knocking down six-kills apiece in the third to take the lead in the match
* Behrend had double-digit kills in each set, posting a match-high 19 in the third
* Sara Nobach (Athens, MI/Athens) contributed 13 digs in the win

Up Next:

* Behrend will host the first round of the AMCC playoffs on Wednesday in the Junker Center. The Lions will face No. 6 La Roche at 7 p.m.