https://www.amccsports.org en-us https://www.amccsports.org/awards/2016-17/Releases/FAR_Award_-_All-Academic_Team_2017 Medaille College's Amanda Ruszczyk and Pitt-Bradford's Brody Wood have been selected as the recipients of the 2017 AMCC Faculty Athletics Representatives Award. Wed, 31 May 2017 04:00:00 GMT https://www.amccsports.org/awards/2016-17/Releases/FAR_Award_-_All-Academic_Team_2017 https://www.amccsports.org/community_service/2016-17/Releases/DYC_WVB_Nicaragua This past Spring break, the D’Youville College women’s volleyball team traveled to Nicaragua as part of an opportunity to spread the game of volleyball and give back to those who are the less fortunate Mon, 01 May 2017 04:00:00 GMT https://www.amccsports.org/community_service/2016-17/Releases/DYC_WVB_Nicaragua https://www.amccsports.org/awards/2016-17/Releases/Team_Peak_Performers_Release_wvb On the second day of NCAA Division III Week, the AMCC is proud to announce the 18 winners of the Team Peak Performer award. Tue, 04 Apr 2017 04:00:00 GMT https://www.amccsports.org/awards/2016-17/Releases/Team_Peak_Performers_Release_wvb https://www.amccsports.org/community_service/2016-17/Releases/FRN_-_Side_Out The Franciscan University volleyball team hosted a successful Dig Pink Match this past season and was ranked in the top three of Division III teams after raising a donation of $2,261. Mon, 27 Feb 2017 05:00:00 GMT https://www.amccsports.org/community_service/2016-17/Releases/FRN_-_Side_Out https://www.amccsports.org/awards/2016-17/Releases/President_Cup_-_Fall Penn State Behrend, winners of five fall AMCC Championships, have started the year out with a commanding lead in the 2016-17 Presidents Cup standings. Tue, 29 Nov 2016 05:00:00 GMT https://www.amccsports.org/awards/2016-17/Releases/President_Cup_-_Fall https://www.amccsports.org/sports/wvball/2016-17/releases/NCAA_First_Round The Pitt-Bradford volleyball team's season came to an end Thursday night in the first round of the NCAA Division III tournament. The Panthers were swept by No. 2 Calvin 25-10, 25-14, 25-17. Sun, 13 Nov 2016 05:00:00 GMT https://www.amccsports.org/sports/wvball/2016-17/releases/NCAA_First_Round https://www.amccsports.org/community_service/2016-17/Releases/DYC_-_Dig_Pink On Saturday, October 29, the D’Youville College women’s volleyball team helped bring support and awareness to a worthy cause in their Dig Pink Game for breast cancer awareness. Fri, 11 Nov 2016 05:00:00 GMT https://www.amccsports.org/community_service/2016-17/Releases/DYC_-_Dig_Pink https://www.amccsports.org/sports/wvball/2016-17/releases/All_Conference_and_Post_Season_Awards The 2016 AMCC Women's Volleyball Player of the Year is Pitt-Bradford MH Kirsten Platz. Wed, 09 Nov 2016 05:00:00 GMT https://www.amccsports.org/sports/wvball/2016-17/releases/All_Conference_and_Post_Season_Awards https://www.amccsports.org/sports/msoc/2016-17/releases/NCAA_Postseason_Preview After being crowned AMCC champions over the weekend, the Penn State Behrend men's and women's soccer teams, and the Pitt-Bradford women's volleyball team, have received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division III National Tournament. Tue, 08 Nov 2016 05:00:00 GMT https://www.amccsports.org/sports/msoc/2016-17/releases/NCAA_Postseason_Preview https://www.amccsports.org/sports/msoc/2016-17/releases/ECAC_Postseason The Penn State Altoona men's soccer and women's volleyball seasons will continue this weekend, as both Lion teams have earned a berth into the Eastern College Athletic Conference Division III Championship Tournament. Mon, 07 Nov 2016 05:00:00 GMT https://www.amccsports.org/sports/msoc/2016-17/releases/ECAC_Postseason https://www.amccsports.org/sports/wvball/aotw/2016_POTW/WVB_POTW_11-07-2016 Rauh helped lead the Panthers to an AMCC championship title, just their second-ever title and first since 2010. In two matches, Rauh averaged 10.50 assists, 4.17 digs and 1.83 kills per match. She also totaled four aces and posted double-doubles in both tournament wins. Mon, 07 Nov 2016 05:00:00 GMT https://www.amccsports.org/sports/wvball/aotw/2016_POTW/WVB_POTW_11-07-2016 https://www.amccsports.org/sports/wvball/2016-17/releases/Championship_Game Pitt-Bradford kept their record perfect against AMCC competition in 2016, defeating Penn St. Altoona for the conference title on Sunday. Sun, 06 Nov 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.amccsports.org/sports/wvball/2016-17/releases/Championship_Game https://www.amccsports.org/sports/wvball/2016-17/releases/Semifinals Top seeded Pitt-Bradford and #2 Penn St. Altoona will play for the AMCC volleyball title on Sunday at 1pm. Sat, 05 Nov 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.amccsports.org/sports/wvball/2016-17/releases/Semifinals https://www.amccsports.org/sports/wvball/2016-17/releases/AMCC_First_Round #3 La Roche College defeated #6 Pitt-Greensburg 3-2 in their first-ever home playoff game and #5 D'Youville College earned the 3-2 upset victory over #4 Franciscan University, to advance to the AMCC Tournament Semifinal on Saturday in Bradford, PA. Wed, 02 Nov 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.amccsports.org/sports/wvball/2016-17/releases/AMCC_First_Round https://www.amccsports.org/sports/wvball/2016-17/releases/Championships_Preview Pitt-Bradford completed a perfect 9-0 regular season AMCC record and has earned the top seed and hosting rights to the 2016 AMCC women's volleyball postseason tournament. Mon, 31 Oct 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.amccsports.org/sports/wvball/2016-17/releases/Championships_Preview https://www.amccsports.org/sports/wvball/aotw/2016_POTW/WVB_POTW_10-31-2016 Nath registered 81 kills in four matches. She had 15 against Penn State Altoona, 23 against Mt.Aloysius, 24 against Waynesburg and 19 in the Redhawks' AMCC Tournament clinching match at Medaille. Nath also racked up 89 digs on the week, averaging 5.21 digs per set in conference play. Mon, 31 Oct 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.amccsports.org/sports/wvball/aotw/2016_POTW/WVB_POTW_10-31-2016 https://www.amccsports.org/sports/wvball/2016-17/releases/GOTW_10-24-2016 Franciscan University (6-20, 4-4 AMCC) will travel to D'Youville College (7-15, 5-3 AMCC) on Saturday afternoon for the AMCC Women's Volleyball Game of the Week Thu, 27 Oct 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.amccsports.org/sports/wvball/2016-17/releases/GOTW_10-24-2016 https://www.amccsports.org/community_service/2016-17/Releases/Buffalo_Cup_-_BPAL The D’Youville College Athletics Committee helped to raise money for the Buffalo Police Athletic League through promoting a local rivalry on Wednesday, October 19. Tue, 25 Oct 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.amccsports.org/community_service/2016-17/Releases/Buffalo_Cup_-_BPAL https://www.amccsports.org/sports/wvball/aotw/2016_POTW/WVB_POTW_10-24-2016 Platz Led the Panthers to a 2-0 week including a win over La Roche on Saturday to help secure the AMCC regular season title. The Panthers are now 8-0 in conference play. Platz totaled 34 kills, six digs, two assists, one ace and eight blocks and hit .400 in two matches. She had a season-high 21 kills vs. La Roche and totaled five blocks vs. Hilbert. She leads the AMCC in hitting with a mark of .415 and ranks second in kills per set (3.13), total kills (285), blocks per set (0.93) and service aces per set (0.44). Mon, 24 Oct 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.amccsports.org/sports/wvball/aotw/2016_POTW/WVB_POTW_10-24-2016 https://www.amccsports.org/sports/wvball/2016-17/releases/GOTW_10-17-2016 Pitt-Bradford (20-5, 7-0 AMCC) enters Saturday's match against La Roche College (6-13, 3-2 AMCC) with hopes of locking up the No. 1 seed for the conference postseason tournament. Thu, 20 Oct 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.amccsports.org/sports/wvball/2016-17/releases/GOTW_10-17-2016 https://www.amccsports.org/sports/wvball/2016-17/releases/WVB_-_20th_Anniv The AMCC is embarking on its 20th anniversary during the 2016-17 academic year. Since 1997 there have been many outstanding teams and individual student-athletes who have risen to the top of their sports. Wed, 19 Oct 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.amccsports.org/sports/wvball/2016-17/releases/WVB_-_20th_Anniv https://www.amccsports.org/sports/wvball/aotw/2016_POTW/WVB_POTW_10-17-2016 Booth has been instrumental in the Spartan's recent three-game winning streak. In the team's historic win against Penn State-Behrend on Wednesday, Booth was outstanding. She recorded a team and season high 28 assists and a career high 25 digs, adding three kills and two service aces in D'Youville's first win over Behrend in 16 years. On Saturday, Booth helped her team get back-to-back victories against La Roche and Pitt-Greensburg, Booth combined for 32 assists, 13 digs and four service aces. She led the team in assists (15), service aces (3) and total blocks (2) against the Bobcats with the team winning 3-0. Booth leads the team in assists, service aces and is fourth in digs. Mon, 17 Oct 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.amccsports.org/sports/wvball/aotw/2016_POTW/WVB_POTW_10-17-2016 https://www.amccsports.org/sports/wvball/2016-17/releases/GOTW_10-10-2016 This week's women's volleyball game of the week features La Roche College (5-10, 2-0 AMCC) at Penn St. Behrend (10-11, 1-2 AMCC) on Saturday afternoon. Tue, 11 Oct 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.amccsports.org/sports/wvball/2016-17/releases/GOTW_10-10-2016 https://www.amccsports.org/sports/wvball/aotw/2016_POTW/WVB_POTW_10-10-2016 Bristol kept putting up big numbers for the Lady Lions in a 2-1 week of play. In a 3-1 win at AMCC opponent Mount Aloysius on Tuesday night, she posted 14 kills while tallying a career-high 34 digs, and she added five service aces and three block assists. In a win over Penn College on Friday evening, she had 12 kills, 26 digs, four aces, and one solo block. Later that night against Lycoming, she put up 12 kills, 12 digs, one solo block, and one block assist. On the week, Bristol had 38 kills (3.17 kills per set), 72 digs (6.00 digs per set), nine aces (0.75 aces per set), and six total blocks (0.50 blocks per set). Sun, 09 Oct 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.amccsports.org/sports/wvball/aotw/2016_POTW/WVB_POTW_10-10-2016 https://www.amccsports.org/sports/wvball/aotw/2016_POTW/WVB_POTW_10-03-2016 Nath finished with 39 kills in two matches last week, averaging 5.57 kills per set and 7.0 per set in conference play. She finished with 18 against St. Vincent and then 21 in a three set sweep of Hilbert. She swung at a .333 clip and averaged 5.67 digs per set during conference play. Mon, 03 Oct 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.amccsports.org/sports/wvball/aotw/2016_POTW/WVB_POTW_10-03-2016 https://www.amccsports.org/community_service/2016-17/Releases/FRN_-_Dig_Pink On September 10, the Franciscan University volleyball team participated in the annual Side-Out Foundation Dig Pink Day and the event was a great success. Fri, 30 Sep 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.amccsports.org/community_service/2016-17/Releases/FRN_-_Dig_Pink https://www.amccsports.org/sports/wvball/2016-17/releases/GOTW_09-26-2016 The first women's volleyball game of the week for the 2016 season features Pitt-Bradford, the only undefeated team in the AMCC with a 3-0 conference mark, taking on two-time defending champion Francsican University, sitting at 2-1. Thu, 29 Sep 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.amccsports.org/sports/wvball/2016-17/releases/GOTW_09-26-2016 https://www.amccsports.org/sports/wvball/aotw/2016_POTW/WVB_POTW_09-26-2016 Rauh followed up last week's nod as Player of the Week with three double-doubles, totaling 110 assists, 18 kills, 41 digs, five aces and two blocks in a 3-0 week for Pitt-Bradford. In a non-conference win over Allegheny, Rauh set a career-high with 50 assists, registered 10 kills on 18 attempts (.556 hitting percentage) and added 15 digs for her first career triple-double. In the team's AMCC opener vs. Mt. Aloysius, she posted 35 assists and 16 digs and then closed out the week with a 25 assist, 10 dig performance against Penn State Altoona. For the week, she averaged 11 assists and 4.10 digs per set. Rauh leads the AMCC in assists (8.63) and service aces (0.73) per set and ranks second in hitting percentage (.320). Mon, 26 Sep 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.amccsports.org/sports/wvball/aotw/2016_POTW/WVB_POTW_09-26-2016 https://www.amccsports.org/sports/wvball/aotw/2016_POTW/WVB_POTW_09-19-2016 Rauh: In a 4-1 week that included a 3-1 record and second-place finish at the Wooster Tournament, senior setter Christina Rauh led the Panthers with 139 assists (8.19 per set), 24 kills with a .288 hitting percentage, 13 aces, five blocks and 41 digs (2.41 per set). Rauh was named to the all-tournament team for the second straight weekend. She currently leads the AMCC in service aces and assists per set and is second in the league with a .291 hitting percentage as a setter. Rauh has played a big role in helping the Panthers get off to their best start since 2010. Mon, 19 Sep 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.amccsports.org/sports/wvball/aotw/2016_POTW/WVB_POTW_09-19-2016 https://www.amccsports.org/sports/wvball/aotw/2016_POTW/WVB_POTW_09-12-2016 Saunders tallied 127 assists (7.94 apg), 31 digs, 28 kills, six blocks and five aces in a 2-2 week for the Lions. She recorded a career-high 51 assists in a five-set match against Morrisville State, while posting a double-double with 38 assists and 10 digs vs. Thiel. Saunders was also named to the Behrend/Allegheny Northwest PA Challenge All-Tournament Team. Mon, 12 Sep 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.amccsports.org/sports/wvball/aotw/2016_POTW/WVB_POTW_09-12-2016