Behrend Men's Volleyball Advances to AMCC Championship Match

ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend men's volleyball team advances to the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) championship match with a 3-0 win over Houghton in the semifinals on Wednesday night in the Junker Center.  

Score: No. 2 Penn State Behrend 3, No. 3 Houghton 0 (25-16, 25-17, 25-15)
Records: No. 2 Penn State Behrend (21-6), No. 3 Houghton (8-20)

Key Moments:

* Behrend had its second-highest hitting percentage (.412) behind 44 kills on 85 attempts with just nine errors in three sets
* The win is the third straight-set victory over Houghton this season
* Tarendran Heyward had a season-high 11 kills, hitting .667, while adding three block assists
* Logan Unger dished out 22 assists, while Luke Mumpower added 18 assists and four service aces
* Mumpower is now four service aces away from becoming the all-time program leader
* Joseph Sciscio had seven kills on nine attempts
* Daniel Easly and Cameron Schleicher each posted eight kills
* The Lions never trailed in the first set, winning 25-16
* Schleicher recorded six digs in the opening set, while Easly and Heyward added three kills
* Six different players recorded a kill in the second set, including four players with three kills apiece
* Eight points separated Behrend and Houghton in the second for a 2-0 lead in the match
* Despite four ties and two lead changes, the Lions held the Highlanders to 15 points in the third set
* Heyward managed five kills and Easly tallied four and the final kill at match point on an assist from Unger

Up Next: 

* The Behrend Lions will face No. 1 Buffalo State at 2 p.m. in Buffalo, NY for the AMCC Championship.