Mount Aloysius College junior OH/S Ashlee Parrish, of the Mounties' women's volleyball team, has been awarded with national honors for her leadership on campus
Brianna Baker has been a mainstay on the sidelines at Mount Aloysius College for most of the NCAA-era at the school, as a dual-sport athlete, as well as a coach.
Penn State Behrend once again started off the year with several AMCC championships and is in the lead for the AMCC Presidents Cup title after the fall sport season.
All-AMCC performer, Pitt-Bradford Alum and Hall of Fame member, mom, award winning investigative journalist, Edward R. Murrow National Award winner, the descriptors can go on and on for 2005 Pitt-Bradford graduate Jennifer Lewke-Tortora.
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.
Nicole Bajuszik is in her ninth season as head coach of the La Roche University women’s volleyball team. Prior to being named head coach she was an assistant coach for five seasons.
The fifth-ranked Calvin University women's volleyball team advances to the NCAA Division III Regional semifinals with a 3-0 win over Penn State Behrend on Thursday night in Van Noord Arena.
The Penn State Behrend women’s volleyball team will travel to Grand Rapids, Michigan, and the campus of Calvin University to take on the Knights (27-3) in the first round of the 2021 NCAA Division III Tournament on Thursday.
Penn State Behrend capped a 10-0 run in conference play on Sunday with a 3-0 win over Alfred State College, earning their sixth AMCC championship and the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
#1 Penn State Behrend and #2 Alfred State College each earned victories in the AMCC Championship Tournament Semifinal round to advance to the championship match tomorrow afternoon.
#3 Penn State Altoona and #4 Pitt-Bradford each secured victories in the first round of the AMCC Women's Volleyball Championship Tournament to advance to the semifinals on Saturday afternoon.
Gregory was outstanding in the middle in a pair of matches this week. She had nine kills and four blocks in a victory over Hilbert and then had 12 kills and four more blocks in a sweep of Pitt Bradford. She finished the week with 3.50 kills per set, eight blocks, and a .679 hitting percentage.
Lutz continued to anchor the Lions' defense in a 4-0 week that consisted of four sweeps and included two AMCC wins. In four matches, the junior totaled 42 digs for an average of 4.20 digs per set. She also contributed six assists, two service aces, and one kill.
Maslowski collected 28 digs in two three-set victories for the Panthers last week. She had 16 in the midweek win over Medaille, and 12 more against Pitt-Greensburg. She also had two assists and three service aces against Pitt-Greensburg.
Joncas had double-digit kills in two of the three matches this week, totaling 32 kills and a .394 attack percentage. She tallied 11 kills vs. Alfred State and 13 in a 3-0 win over Hiram. Joncas also added 10 digs, seven service aces and three blocks. Joncas' play helped lift the Lions over second place Alfred State to put a stronger hold on the top spot in the conference.
The Penn State Behrend women’s volleyball team will host Alfred State College in a showdown of the two undefeated teams remaining in the AMCC on Wednesday night in the Junker Center. The match begins at 7 p.m.
Lutz continued to display solid defense as the Lions' libero last week in a pair of AMCC wins. She finished with 19 digs in her team's 3-0 sweep of La Roche on Wednesday, then added another 19 digs in a 3-1 victory over Pitt-Bradford on Saturday. On the week, Erin totaled 38 digs (5.43 digs per set), and she chipped in three assists and one service ace to her team's offensive efforts.
Ferrer passed out 101 assists in three victories this week for the Pioneers. She averaged 12.33 assists per set. She had 30 assists, four digs, and two aces in a sweep of Medaille. She then passed out 44 assists, recorded three kills, three digs, and three aces in the AMCC sweep of Mt. Aloysius. In the second sweep of the Mounties, she passed out 27 assists, recorded five digs, and had three service aces in two sets.
Clapper tallied double-digit digs in a pair of AMCC wins this week. She averaged 5.83 digs per set, registering 14 in a 3-0 win over Bradford and contributing 21 in a sweep of Altoona on Saturday.
Reiland led the Lions to a pair of key AMCC victories, both in three sets to stay in front of the conference standings. The senior had a pair of double-doubles, including 13 kills and a career-high 24 digs against Altoona on Saturday. Reiland had a match-high 13 kills and 11 digs at Bradford on Wednesday in the AMCC Match of the Week. She also added nine blocks and hit .500, committing just one error.
Penn State Altoona women’s volleyball’s junior setter Kayla Moran was recognized for her strong start to the 2021 season on Tuesday afternoon, when she was announced as the Eastern College Athletic Conference’s Division III South Region Offensive Player of the Month.
Perkins played solid all-around matches in a pair of sweeps of Pitt Greensburg. She had 14 digs in the conference victory and averaged 3.80 digs per set in her five sets played on Saturday. She also added 12 kills and five service aces.
Barnhart helped pace the Lions' offense in a 2-0 week. In Friday night's sweep of non-conference opponent Elmira, the outside totaled 10 kills on a .409 hitting percentage. In Saturday afternoon's sweep of AMCC opponent Medaille, she finished with seven kills and one service ace. On the week, Lacee totaled 19.0 points (3.8 points per set), 17 kills (3.40 kills per set), a .293 attack percentage, and one ace (0.20 aces per set). She also contributed 12 digs (2.40 digs per set) and one solo block (0.20 blocks per set).
The AMCC Women's Volleyball Game of the Week features two teams sitting at 1-0 in conference play -- the Pitt-Bradford Panthers and the La Roche University Redhawks