All institution sport teams which compete for an AMCC championship may select one member from their team who displays good sportsmanship throughout the season to be a member of the All-AMCC Sportsmanship Team.
The Penn State Behrend (20-11) women's volleyball team fell to McDaniel College (22-8) 3-1 in the quarterfinals of the 2018 Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) Championships on Saturday night at Cabrini University.
Penn State Behrend senior setter Lexi Irwin and Pitt-Bradford sophomore outside hitter Riley Anderson have been named 2018 AMCC Co-Players of the Year.
The Penn State Behrend (20-10) women's volleyball team defeated Wilkes University (18-13) 3-0 (25-17, 25-18, 25-23) in the first round of the 2018 Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) Championships on Wednesday at the Junker Center.
The NCAA Division III Women's Volleyball Committee announced Monday the field of 64 teams for the 2018 NCAA Division III Women's Volleyball Championship.
Anderson was the driving force for a Panthers team that pulled off an incredible comeback at and against top-seeded Penn State-Behrend in Sunday's AMCC Championship game. The sophomore knocked 42 total kills in the playoffs for 3.82 per set while recording 47 total digs (4.27 per set). In the finals, she hammered 15 kills and a pair of service aces to lead the team while being named to the AMCC all-tournament team.
#3 Pitt-Bradford swept #6 Medaille College, while #4 La Roche College picked up the 3-1 victory over #5 Penn State Altoona to advance to the AMCC women's volleyball semifinals, to played on Satuday, November 3.
The 2018 AMCC women's volleyball championship tournament kicks off on Wednesday, October 31 with first round match-ups. #6 Medaille College will travel to #3 Pitt-Bradford, while #5 Penn State Altoona travels to #4 La Roche College.
Treat swung an impressive .548 on the week, knocking 20 kills on 31 attempts with just three hitting errors. She was at her best Saturday, leading the team with 11 kills to help lead the team to a win at Penn State-Altoona and secure the No. 3 seed in the AMCC Championship Tournament. She also blocked five total opposing attempts at the net. She averaged 4.5 points per set this week.
For its October 16 match against Franciscan University, the Penn State Altoona women’s volleyball team held Special Olympics Awareness Night in the Adler Arena.
D'Youville College and Medaille College enter the AMCC women's volleyball game of the week fighting for the final playoff spot, as both teams carry 3-4 conference records and are tied for sixth place.
Ciola had another impressive week for the Lady Barons as she broke her own single-match kill record with 28 against Penn St.-Altoona and followed it with a 25-kill performance against D'Youville. Ciola averaged 5.30 kills per set this week and added 41 digs for a pair of double-doubles against AMCC teams. Ciola hit .214 for the week and averaged 5.5 points per set.
Ciola led the Lady Barons to a 1-1 week including a career-game against Capital. Ciola set the program's single-match kill record with 23 against Capital. The senior hit a .310 clip for the week including a season-best .368 against Mt. Aloysius. Ciola averaged 5.00 kills per set this week and finished the week with 31 digs while posting a double-double in each of her matches. She also added three blocks and averaged 5.2 points per set.
Mount Aloysius College honored breast cancer survivors before their seventh annual Pink Out Volleyball Game on Tuesday, October 2, in the College’s Athletic Convocation and Wellness Center.
The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford Department of Athletics hosted Mental Health Awareness Day at its home volleyball and soccer contests Saturday. Each Panther team wore green t-shirts that read the day's slogan, "#StopTheStigma" during warmups.
The AMCC women's volleyball game of the week is a rematch from the 2017 AMCC championship match that featured the Penn State Behrend Lions and the La Roche College Redhawks.
Irwin tallied back-to-back triple doubles in a 3-1 week for the Lions. She averaged 8.64 assists, 2.79 digs and 2.64 kills per set. Irwin registered 36 assists, 12 digs and 11 kills in a 3-1 win over Catholic and then posted 31 assists, 16 digs and 10 kills vs. Etown. She also had a double-double in a sweep over Allegheny (26a, 11k).
Fisher led the Mounties to a 2-0 week with two big AMCC wins. In the AMCC Game of the Week against La Roche, she led with 21 kills, while adding another 18 kills in the win against D'Youville. These wins put the Mounties at the top of the AMCC with a 4-0 conference mark. She hit a tremendous 0.640 this week with 39 kills, only two errors and 58 attempts, while also adding four blocks.
Irwin tallied three double-doubles in a 3-1 week for the Lions. She was one kill away from her second triple-double of the season in a three-set match vs. Grove City with 28 assists, 10 digs and nine kills. In a win over Franciscan, she went 11-for-13 with no errors. For the week, Irwin hit .471, registered 102 assists (8.5 assists/set), posted 29 kills (2.67 kills/set) and 28 digs (2.0).
Anderson led the Panthers in the tough Ginny Hunt Kilt Classic at Wooster College, going 2-2 at the event while earning wins against Bethany and Oberlin. The Panthers also defeated Houghton earlier in the week at home. Anderson put together a big week hitting for the Panthers, logging 4.42 kills per set and 84 total. She hit at a .225 percentage and twice knocked 20 kills in a single match. In addition, she's a vital part of the Panther defense as she registered 72 total digs, averaging 3.79 digs per set. Anderson averaged 4.7 points per set on the week.
Cleveland once again had a stellar week offensively to help Pitt-Bradford to a 4-1 record on the week. In all, she worked a .353 hitting percentage with 50 kills on 102 total attampts and just 14 errors. She earned 3.85 kills per set, highlighted by a 17-kill, 5.67 per set performance against St. Elizabeth Saturday. Cleveland also tallied six total blocks for 0.46 per set. For her performance in the Miseracordia Tournament, she was named to the All-Tournament Team.