Men's Volleyball Five-Set Fight Falls Just Short Against No. 20 Thiel

ERIE, Pa. – The No. 20 Thiel men's volleyball team narrowly escaped the Penn State Behrend Lions, recording a five-set win in non-conference action on Thursday night in the Junker Center.

Score: No. 20 Thiel 3, Penn State Behrend 2 (25-18, 25-19, 19-25, 21-25, 15-11)
Records: Penn State Behrend (5-4), No. 20 Thiel (7-4)

Key Moments:

* The ranked Tomcats extend their win streak against the Lions to four straight
* Thiel registered 34 kills combined in the first two sets to take the early lead
* Behrend had 15 kills on 29 attempts with only three errors to win the third set
* Joseph Sciscio and Jack Wilcox tallied four kills apiece in the third
* The momentum carried into the fourth set for Sciscio with another four kills, while Cameron Schleicher went 3-for-6 to hit .500 and make it an even match at 2-all
* The largest scoring margin in the fourth set was four points by the Lions on two occasions, once at 18-14 and then at the final (25-21)
* In the decisive set, the Tomcats took an early 4-1 lead
* Behrend tied the set at 9-all but Thiel took advantage of two errors to take the lead for good
* A kill from Daniel Easly made it 13-11 but the Tomcats won the final two points on a kills and a Lions error
* Four players tallied double-digit kills for Behrend
* Easly had 13 kills and seven digs, while Schleicher and Wilcox added 12 kills
* Luke Mumpower registered his second straight double-double with a season-best 42 assists and 14 digs
* Sciscio finished with 10 kills and four blocks

Up Next: 

* The Behrend Lions return to action on Tuesday at Geneva. Match begins at 7 p.m.