Men's Volleyball Travels To Nazareth Friday; St. John Fisher Saturday

The Penn State Behrend men’s volleyball team will travel to Nazareth to compete in the Golden Flyer Invitational on Friday night and Saturday morning.

January 31, 2019

ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend men's volleyball team will travel to Nazareth to compete in the Golden Flyer Invitational on Friday night and Saturday morning.

Schedule/Coverage

Behrend News & Notes:

* The Behrend Lions are 3-0 on the young season
* Senior libero Robert McMaster (North Huntingdon, PA/Norwin) is 24 digs away from becoming the all-time leader. He enters the weekend with 583 digs and is looking to break Derek Polishen's record at 606
* The Lions have blanked all three opponents, recently defeating St. Joesph and Cairn in a tri-match last weekend
* Senior setter Anthony Sprentz recorded 32 assists over the pair of matches to reach the 2,000 career assists mark
* Behrend is averaging 9.11 kills per set
* Sophomore JP Goodsell (Corry, PA/Corry) had tallied 17 kills in three matches

Elmira News & Notes:

* The Soaring Eagles are 3-3 so far this season
* Elmira picked up three wins last weekend at the Arcadia Inviational
* The Soaring Eagles took Ramapo and Eastern Mennonite to five-set victories
* Josh Malave leads the team with 88 kills and 18 service aces

Elms News & Notes:

* The Blazers went a perfect 4-0 last weekend at the SUNY Poly Wildcat Invitational
* Elms enters this weekend on a six-match winning streak
* Jeremy Torres and Jovanny Torres were selected to the Wildcat Invitational All-Tournament Team
* Carlos Mercado racked up 146 assists in the first two weekend of competition to be recognized as the New England Collegiate Conference Rookie of the Week

St. John Fisher News & Notes:

* The Cardinals are 2-3 overall and are coming off a 3-1 win over Hiram last Saturday
* St. John Fisher's other win was a 3-2 decision over Concordia at the Hiram Terrier Invite
* Ivan Lopez has 24 blocks in five matches this season