Behrend Men's Volleyball Faces No. 2 Altoona in AMCC Semifinals Friday

ERIE, Pa. – The No. 3 seed Penn State Behrend men's volleyball team will face No. 2 seed Penn State Altoona in the 2025 Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Semifinals on Friday night held at Canisius High School. Game time is set for 7 p.m.

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Behrend News & Notes

* The Lions secured the No. 3 seed after the head-to-head results tiebreaker with Altoona
* Both teams finished 4-2 in conference play
* Last week, Behrend went 3-1 in the final regular-season games
* The Lions swept Carlow, while reverse sweeping Hilbert and posting a 3-1 win over Grove City
* Jospeh Sciscio was named the AMCC Defensive Player of the Week
* Sciscio averaged 1.29 blocks per set, recording 14 blocks assists and four solo for 18 blocks total
* In the win over Wolverines, Sciscio posted eight block assists and one solo. He also added 12 kills and hit .372
* In four matches last week, Daniel Easly (Erie, PA/McDowell) averaged 3.00 kills per and tallied double-digit kills in two matches
* Lewis Rhodes and Sciscio are 1-2 in conference statistics in blocks per set
* Rhodes, who ranks first with .968 blocks per set, set the program record for solo blocks with 60 this season
* The Lions are seeking their third conference championship, last won in 2022

Altoona News & Notes

* Altoona finished the regular season 14-12 overall and 4-2 in the AMCC
* The Lions won the tiebreaker with Behrend to clinch the No. 2 seed for the playoffs
* Altoona is competing for its first AMCC Title
* Outside hitter Caleb Fries was named the AMCC Offensive Player of the Week for his third time this season
* Fries totaled 43 points, 34 kills, 10 total blocks and three aces for the week
* Fries ranks first in the conference in kills (316) and second in kills per set (3.36)
* Libero Adan Chan is second in the AMCC in total digs (212)
* Altoona was chosen to finish tied for second with Buffalo State in the AMCC Coaches Preseason Poll

Series History

* Altoona won the regular-season match against the Lions on March 22 (3-0)
* Behrend holds a slight 14-8 edge over Altoona in the all-time series