FREDERICK, Md. – The Penn State Altoona men's volleyball team got back in the win column Wednesday night, when the Lions posted a 3-0 victory over non-conference opponent Hood College in the Woodsboro Bank Arena.

The Lions (7-6) took care of Hood (3-11) in three sets by scores of 25-18, 25-18, and 25-19.

Penn State Altoona's Caleb Fries (Altoona, PA/Altoona) led the offense with a match-high 15 points on 12 kills, two service aces, and two block assists. Zayden Tamashiro (McLean, VA/McLean) added six points on four kills and two aces.

Michael Hansen (Palatine, IL/William Fremd) contributed 6.5 points on four kills, one ace, one solo block, and one block assist. Jacob Sandowski (Orland Park, IL/Carl Sandburg) had five points on two kills, two aces, and a pair of block assists, and Jack McKenna (Manahawkin, NJ/Southern Regional) also scored five points on three kills and two aces.

Lucas Petrones (Oxford, PA/Avon Grove Charter) chipped in 4.5 points on four kills and a block assist, and Landen Fisher (Altoona, PA/Altoona) had two points on two kills.

Tamashiro led the Lions in assists with 19, and he also finished with five digs.

Adam Chan (Framingham, MA/Framingham) tied the match high in digs with seven.

Penn State Altoona capitalized on several Hood errors early in the first set to take a 6-3 lead. The Blazers came back to tie the score 6-6, and the Lions later found themselves nursing a one-point lead, 12-11. However, Penn State Altoona created some space on the scoreboard with a 5-0 run, including a kill and two aces from Fries. A kill from Hansen, back-to-back aces from McKenna, and a block by Fries and Hansen increased the Lions' lead to eight, 22-14, and a Fries kill one point later made it 23-15. A Hood service error got the set to 24-17, and Fries' kill finished things off, giving Penn State Altoona a 25-18 victory in the opening set.

Tied 4-4 early in the second set, Penn State Altoona scored the next four points in a row, thanks to two Tamashiro kills, a Fisher kill, and a Sandowski service ace. An ace by Tamashiro upped the Lions' advantage to 11-6, and Fries and Sandowski teamed up on a block to make it 15-8. Kills from McKenna, Petrones, and Fries helped Penn State Altoona get to 22-13, and leading 24-18, a Hood service error clinched the second set for the Lions, 25-18.

Penn State Altoona and Hood found themselves knotted at 10-10 in the third set, before two errors by the Blazers, a Fries kill, and a Hansen solo block put the Lions up 14-11. Petrones had a kill to keep the difference at three points, 18-15, and kills from Petrones and Sandowski later made it 22-17. A Tamashiro ace and Sandowski kill got it to set point, 24-17, and a service error by the Blazers ultimately ended the set in favor of Penn State Altoona, 25-19.

Penn State Altoona men's volleyball returns to action this Saturday, February 22, when the Lions will play a pair of non-conference matches – one on the road, and one at home. The team will face off against Nichols College at 10 a.m. in Huntingdon, part of the Juniata College Invitational, before returning to Adler Arena to take on Wittenberg University at 6 p.m. that night.