Buffalo State Nips Men's Volleyball in Five

BUFFALO, NY – The Buffalo State men's volleyball team won three unanswered sets to defeat Penn State Behrend 3-2 in Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) action on Wednesday night.

Score: Buffalo State 3, Penn State Behrend 2 (25-27, 18-25, 25-23, 25-22, 15-11)
Records: Penn State Behrend (8-5, 3-1 AMCC), Buffalo State (12-2, 3-0 AMCC)

Key Moments:

* The Bengals snapped the Lions three match winning streak and handed them their first conference loss
* Behrend won the first two sets 27-25 and 25-18, before Buffalo State fought for the comeback victory
* The first set was tied 10 times before the Lions got the two-point win after a service error and a Daniel Easly kill at 27-25
* Behrend won by seven points in the second, thanks to six kills from Jack Wilcox including the final point at 25-18
* The Bengals had their best hitting set in the third (.308) and recorded 15 kills to edge the Lions in the third set (25-23)
* The momentum stayed with Buffalo State in the next two sets
* With the fifth set tied at 4-all, the Bengals won the next five out of six points to take the lead that would not relinquish
* Easly and Wilcox both finished with a double-double
* Wilcox tallied 18 kills and 19 digs, while Easly posted a team-best 12 digs and 10 kills
* Luke Mumpower had 45 assists and seven digs
* Cameron Schleicher hit .433 with 14 kills on 30 attempts with one error to go with nine digs

Up Next: 

* The Behrend Lions return to action on Saturday against Carlow and St. John Fisher in the Junker Center. Matches begin at 12 p.m.