Men's Volleyball Travels to Mt. Union Tonight

ALLIANCE, Ohio – The Penn State Behrend men's volleyball team hits the road to battle the Mt. Union Purple Raiders in a non-conference match tonight at 7 p.m.

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Behrend News & Notes:

* The Behrend Lions are coming off a fresh 3-0 win over Thiel last night
* The victory is the first of the season for the Lions
* Behrend tallied a convincing 25-10, 25-16, 25-15 win thanks to posting a .364 hitting percentage
* Freshman Logan Hering (North East, PA/North East) led all attackers and was the lone player with double-digit kills with 12
* Hering led the team in kills for the second straight match, going 12-for-19 to hit .632 with no errors
* Freshman Alex Jackson (Cochranton, PA/Cochranton) paced the Lions with a season-best 14 assists and added two digs
* With two games under his belt,  Hering leads the AMCC and the team with 3.86 kills per set
* The Behrend Lions were chosen to finish second in the AMCC Preseason Coaches Poll

Mt. Union News & Notes:

* The Purple Raiders are on an eight-match winning streak
* Mt. Union enters the match with a 10-2 record
* The Purple Raiders are coming off a pair of wins over Trine (3-0, 3-1) on Sunday
* Mt. Union's only losses are to Fontbonne (3-0, 3-1)
* The Purple Raiders have only lost 10 sets in their 12 matches
* As a team, Mt. Union is averaging 12.00 kills per set
* Senior outside hitter Justin Sibbel leads the squad with 160 kills (3.90 per set)

Series History:

* Behrend has a slight 2-1 lead in the all-time series vs. Mt. Union
* The Lions swept the Purple Raiders in 2019 (3-0, 3-1)
* Mt. Union defeated Behrend 3-2 last season (21-25, 25-23, 22-25, 25-23, 15-10)
* The two teams will face each other again this season on March 30