PLAYER OF THE WEEK: PS-Altoona OH Philip Silva got his sophomore season off to a strong start in three matches for the Lions this past week. In Tuesday night's 3-0 loss to Messiah, he totaled six kills, two digs, and one service ace. In Thursday night's tight 3-2 loss at Elizabethtown, the sophomore tied for the match-high in kills with 22 on a .389 attack percentage while adding seven digs, four aces, three assists, and three block assists. His 27.5 points against Elizabethtown set a new Penn State Altoona single match record for points. In Sunday's 3-1 win over King's, Silva had 13 kills, seven digs, two aces, two assists, and one block assist. On the week, Silva recorded 50.0 points (4.2 points per set), 41 kills (3.42 kills per set), 16 digs (1.33 digs per set), seven service aces (0.58 aces per set), five assists (0.42 assists per set), and four block assists (0.33 blocks per set).
BEST OF THE REST: PS-Behrend OH JP Goodsel had 22 kills and 12 digs over the weekend in a tri-match featuring No. 15 Juniata and No. 9 St. John Fisher, as he tied a career-high with 16 kills against the Cardinals and added 11 digs for the double-double...Thiel OPP JC Govannucci recorded 13 kills, six digs and five blocks in a pair of non-conference losses to Elmira (3-1) and Baldwin Wallace (3-0) on Sunday.