No. 2 Behrend Men's Volleyball Faces No. 3 Houghton in AMCC Semifinals

ERIE, Pa. – The No. 2 seed Penn State Behrend men's volleyball team will face No. 3 seed Houghton in the 2026 Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Semifinals on Wednesday night in the Junker Center. Game time is set for 7 p.m.

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Behrend News & Notes

* The Lions secured the No. 2 seed after finishing the regular season with 10-2 conference mark
* Behrend enters the playoffs on a four-match winning streak
* Last week, the Lions recorded a 3-0 win over Houghton on Tuesday
* Behrend has only given up six match points in the 12 conference contests
* As a team, the Lions are first in conference games in hitting percentage (.290), assists per set (11.05), total blocks (93), blocks per set (2.31) and kills per set (12.03)
* Sophomore Jack Wilcox ranks third in the AMCC in kills per set (3.13), fourth in hitting percentage (2.80) and blocks per set (0.77)
* Joseph Sciscio lead the conference in blocks (93) and blocks per set (1.27)
* Senior setter Luke Mumpower has 90 career service aces and needs nine to break the program's all-time record
* The Lions are seeking their third conference championship, last won in 2022

Houghton News & Notes

* Houghton finished the regular season 8-19 overall and 7-5 mark in the AMCC
* The Highlanders won the tiebreaker with Altoona to clinch the No. 3 seed for the playoffs
* Houghton is competing for its first AMCC Title
* Devin Cline ranks fourth in the conference in kills (256) and is fifth in kills per set (2.59)
* Cline was named AMCC Athlete of the Week last week for helping the Highlanders secure a spot in the conference tournament
* Houghton was chosen to finish sixth in the AMCC Coaches Preseason Poll

Series History

* Behrend shut out Houghton in both regular-season matches (3-0)
* The Lions hold a 4-0 advantage against Houghton in the all-time series, beginning in 2024