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March 31, 2016
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - No. 11 Penn State men's volleyball (14-7, 7-1) hits the road to compete outside of Rec Hall for the first time in over a month as the Nittany Lions face the Princeton Tigers Friday Apr. 1 at 7 p.m. followed by a 4 p.m. match with the NJIT Highlanders Saturday Apr. 2 in Newark, N.J.
QUICK SETS
* Chris Nugent and Taylor Hammond have paced the offense so far this season pouring in 293 kills and 792 assist, respectively, while Royce Clemens, Matt Callaway and Matt Seifert have handled things on defense leading the team with 190 digs from Clemens and 63 total blocks apiece from Callaway and Seifert, respectively.
* Penn State currently leads the EIVA with a 7-1 record in conference play. NJIT is second in the EIVA with a record of 6-3 in conference play and 7-13 overall. Saint Francis (Pa.) is third with a EIVA record of 5-3 while Harvard rounds out the top-four with an identical 5-3 record in conference play.
* Penn State is ranked in the top-25 in five different team categories including top-10 rankings in Kills Per Set - 13.05 (7th) and Assists Per Set - 12.34 (5th). Individually, Chris Nugent is ranked 12th in the nation in Points Per Set (4.48) and 11th in the nation in Kills Per Set (3.86), while Matt Callaway is currently 17th in the nation in Blocks Per Set averaging 1.07. Taylor Hammond is eighth in the nation in Assists Per Set currently averaging 10.85.
A CLOSER LOOK AT THE COMPETITION
The Nittany Lions lead the Tigers in the all-time series 55-3 while the series between Penn State and NJIT is currently at 37-1 in favor of the Nittany Lions. Penn State last faced Princeton on Feb. 20 taking care of the Tigers in an easy 3-0 win in their lone game of the season in South Gym. Penn State downed NJIT 3-1 in their prior match up on Feb 19 in Rec Hall.
AVCA DI-II COACHES' POLL UPDATE: WEEK 11
Penn State checked in at No. 11 in the latest AVCA Top 15 Coaches Poll. PSU has been in the top 15 the last 12 consecutive weeks since debuting at No. 10 in the AVCA DI-II pre-season poll. The Nittany Lions have now seen or will see a total of nine teams from the top 15 at some point during the regular season.
WHAT'S NEXT?
Penn State will travel to Columbus, Ohio for a Tuesday matchup with the MIVA leading Buckeyes slated for an 8 p.m. first whistle on BTN.