UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The No. 10 Penn State men's volleyball team plays its first of two midweek matches in the 2020 season against its in-state rival St. Francis at DeGol Arena Tuesday night.
The Nittany Lions are currently riding a four-match winning streak after wins this past weekend at Sacred Heart and Harvard in EIVA league play.
FOLLOW THE ACTION
#10 Penn State (8-6, 4-0 EIVA) vs. Saint Francis (4-9, 1-3 EIVA)
Date: Tuesday, February 25
Location: Loretto, Pa. | DeGol Arena
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Video: NEC Front Row
Stats: Live Stats
Notes: Penn State Match Notes
SERIES HISTORY VS. THE RED FLASH
Penn State is 44-3 all-time against St. Francis and are currently riding a five-match win streak over the Red Flash into Tuesday's match.
The Nittany Lions swept SFU in their season series in 2019 with a 3-1 win in Loretto Jan. 21 and a 3-0 sweep March 26 at Rec Hall in their most recent meeting.
RECAP – SACRED HEART & HARVARD
The Nittany Lions picked up two more wins to remain undefeated in league play with a 3-2 win at Sacred Heart and a 3-0 sweep at Harvard.
Penn State started the trip slowly by dropping the first two sets at Sacred Heart but came roaring back behind Cal Fisher's career night to win 3-2. Penn State had 13 service aces in the match and hit .452 or better in the last three sets to win.
At Harvard on Saturday, the Nittany Lions continued where they left off at the end of the SHU match to come out with the straight-sets win. PSU did not allow a service ace and featured a balanced attack with all five starting hitters posting five or more kills.
NITTANY LION NOTES
- Penn State remained in the top ten in both the AVCA Coaches Poll for the sixth-straight week, ranking tenth in this week's version after winning its pair of matches last weekend.
- Sophomore Cal Fisher was named the EIVA Offensive Player of the Week after his stellar road weekend in New England. He had a career-best 23 kills to lead PSU in a reverse-sweep 3-2 win over Sacred Heart last Friday and then added 13 more kills to down Harvard 3-0.
Congrats to Cal Fisher on receiving this week's @EIVAVolleyball Offensive Player of the Week award!
— Penn State Men's Volleyball (@PennStateMVBALL) February 24, 2020
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- In last Friday's match at Sacred Heart, Brett Wildman joined Cal Fisher with 22 kills as the first Nittany Lion pair to have 20+ kill performances in the same match since Chris Nugent (22) and Cal Mende (25) Jan. 7, 2017 vs. USC.
NEXT UP
Penn State completes its stretch of seven-straight conference matches hosting #15 George Mason and Charleston Friday and Saturday, Feb. 28-29, at Rec Hall. Friday's contest against GMU will be in the main gym while Saturday's game against UC will be in the South Gym. Both matches begin at 7 p.m.
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