Jose Quinones set the Penn State all-time assists record with 4,761 assists, as No. 10 Penn State cruised to a 3-0 (30-25, 30-16, 30-24) victory against St. Francis Friday night.

The junior setter broke the record at the score of 23-11 in game two on a kill by sophomore Carlos Guerra, and was subsequently taken out of the game to a standing ovation. Quinones overtook Dan Pollock's record, who played for the Lions from 1996-1999.

"I don't know how much assists tell about an individual," Quinones said. "It depends on your team, I really don't know what to feel. It's kind of cool."

Quinones' team, came out of the block a little bit slow as both the Nittany Lions (19-5, 11-0 EIVA Tait) and the Red Flash (16-7, 9-1 EIVA Hay) had problems serving early on.

"I think we didn't serve as effective as we did at Juniata," Penn State men's volleyball coach Mark Pavlik said. "They also passed much better than Juniata did. We weren't too sharp, but not too terrible either. You have to give St. Francis some credit there."

The Lions found themselves tied with St. Francis 23-23 when a Zeljko Koljesar kill put the Lions ahead for good, winning the game 30-25.

"I noticed that we were playing at the same level as they were," Koljesar said. "I tried to work harder than they were and get the team up."

The Lions were without the services of junior John Mills and freshman Ricky Mattei, who were nursing injuries. Senior Steve Aird filled in for Mattei and led the team in digs with six. He also recorded seven assists.

Freshman Norman Keil had four kills in the absence of Mills.

"All these guys are great athletes and know what's expected of them so we don't change anything at all," Pavlik said.

In the second game, the Lions carried over their strong blocking from the end of game one and opened up a 15-6 lead at the technical timeout. Guerra had a strong game as he had six of his match-high 12 kills in game two. The Lions finished up the game winning 30-16. The Lions outhit the Red Flash .359 to .083 and outblocked them 16.5 to six for the match.

"At the end I was the only starter left on the outside so I knew I had to raise my level in order to get the win," Guerra said.

The third game saw wholesale substitutions as Keil and Aird were the only two remaining in the game. The Lions struggled for much of the game as they trailed 15-12 at the technical timeout.The Lions rallied behind the arm of freshman Richard Schneider who had six kills in game three.

Freshman Nate Matthews led the offense to the 30-24 victory in game three and had 17 assists including the game-winner to the freshman Rhonee Rojas who finished with three kills in game three.

"I just play with emotion," Rojas said. "I'm small so I take emotion with me and hope to carry it over."

Nittany Lions basketball player Jarad Houston made an entrance into game three at 28-22 and a got an ovation from the crowd.

"He's eligible for the rest of this season and the next if he wishes to play," Pavlik said. "It's a real interesting situation, it depends how quickly he can pick up on things. He got across the net real well in his one opportunity."

The Lions next take the court on Friday at 7:30 for Senior Night against Lewis.