10 Joshua Diefenderfer
Joshua Diefenderfer
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Hometown:
    Malvern, PA
  • Position:
    L
  • Year:
    Jr
  • High School:
    Great Valley
  • m
    24
  • k/s
    0.02
  • h %
    .000
  • a/s
    0.10
  • b/s
    0.00
  • sa/s
    0.03
  • d/s
    0.78

Bio

2025: Missed his sophomore season with the Lions due to injury…earned a place on the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference’s Academic All-Conference team.

2024: Played in 19 matches in his freshman season with the Penn State Altoona men’s volleyball team, appearing in 32 sets…recorded 27 digs, one kill, and one assist.

Personal: Son of Rachel Radwan and Robert Diefenderfer...majoring in Psychology.

Player Profile

Recent Games
Mar 28 at Houghton L, 3-0
Mar 31 at Mount Aloysius W, 3-0
Apr 1 at Carlow W, 3-0
Apr 3 at Buffalo St. L, 3-2
Apr 4 at Hilbert W, 3-1
Apr 8 at Buffalo St. L, 3-0
  Overall Conf
Matches 24 12
Sets 58 28
Kills 1 0
Kills per set 0.02 0.00
Errors 1 0
Total Attacks 2 0
Total Attacks per set 0.03 0.00
Hitting Percentage .000 -
Assists 6 2
Assists per set 0.10 0.07
Service Total Attempts 48 28
Service Aces 2 1
Service Errors 8 7
Service Aces per set 0.03 0.04
Receptions 58 7
Reception Errors 3 0
Digs 45 21
Digs per set 0.78 0.75
Block Solo 0 0
Block Assist 0 0
Block Total 0 0
Blocks per set 0.00 0.00
Block Errors 0 0
Ball Handling Errors 0 0
Points 3.0 1.0
Points per set 0.1 0.0
Matches started - -
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Jan 23 at Gallaudet W, 3-0 - 1 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Jan 23 vs. Lynchburg L, 3-1 - 1 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Jan 28 vs. St. Vincent L, 3-0 - 2 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Jan 30 vs. Geneva L, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Jan 31 vs. Grove City L, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Jan 31 vs. Hiram L, 3-2 - 4 1 0 1 1.000 3 0 0 21 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Feb 3 at Chatham L, 3-2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Feb 7 at Wilkes L, 3-1 - 3 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Feb 7 vs. Cairn W, 3-1 - 1 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 6 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Feb 14 Penn St.-Behrend L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Feb 17 Carlow W, 3-0 - 2 0 0 0 - 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Feb 20 at Shenandoah L, 3-0 - 2 0 0 0 - 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Feb 21 vs. Roanoke L, 3-1 - 3 0 0 0 - 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Feb 21 at Randolph L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 0 1 0 7 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Feb 25 Mount Aloysius W, 3-1 - 3 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mar 3 at No. 6 Messiah L, 3-0 - 3 0 1 1 -1.000 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mar 6 No. 19 Buffalo St. L, 3-0 - 1 0 0 0 - 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mar 7 Hilbert W, 3-2 - 2 0 0 0 - 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mar 20 Houghton W, 3-1 - 2 0 0 0 - 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mar 21 at Penn St.-Behrend L, 3-0 - 2 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mar 28 at Houghton L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mar 31 at Mount Aloysius W, 3-0 - 1 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Apr 1 at Carlow W, 3-0 - 1 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Apr 3 at Buffalo St. L, 3-2 - 5 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Apr 4 at Hilbert W, 3-1 - 3 0 0 0 - 2 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Apr 8 at Buffalo St. L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
2023-24 19 32 1 0.03 1 7 .000 1 0.03 0 0.00 65 5 27 0.84 0 0 0 0.00 1.0 0.0
2024-25 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2025-26 24 58 1 0.02 1 2 .000 6 0.10 2 0.03 58 3 45 0.78 0 0 0 0.00 3.0 0.1
Total 43 90 2 0.02 2 9 .000 7 0.08 2 0.02 123 8 72 0.80 0 0 0 0.00 4.0 0.0
    m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
Event Total 24 58 1 0.02 1 2 .000 6 0.10 2 0.03 58 3 45 0.78 0 0 0 0.00 3.0 0.1
Conference 12 28 0 0.00 0 0 - 2 0.07 1 0.04 7 0 21 0.75 0 0 0 0.00 1.0 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 6 13 0 0.00 0 0 - 0 0.00 1 0.08 4 0 5 0.38 0 0 0 0.00 1.0 0.1
Away 12 30 0 0.00 1 1 -1.000 2 0.07 1 0.03 21 3 25 0.83 0 0 0 0.00 1.0 0.0
Neutral 6 15 1 0.07 0 1 1.000 4 0.27 0 0.00 33 0 15 1.00 0 0 0 0.00 1.0 0.1
Result Wins 9 16 0 0.00 0 0 - 2 0.13 1 0.06 14 1 18 1.13 0 0 0 0.00 1.0 0.1
Losses 15 42 1 0.02 1 2 .000 4 0.10 1 0.02 44 2 27 0.64 0 0 0 0.00 2.0 0.0
Month January 5 12 1 0.08 0 1 1.000 3 0.25 0 0.00 27 1 12 1.00 0 0 0 0.00 1.0 0.1
February 8 20 0 0.00 0 0 - 1 0.05 2 0.10 17 2 14 0.70 0 0 0 0.00 2.0 0.1
March 7 14 0 0.00 1 1 -1.000 0 0.00 0 0.00 12 0 5 0.36 0 0 0 0.00 0.0 0.0
April 4 12 0 0.00 0 0 - 2 0.17 0 0.00 2 0 14 1.17 0 0 0 0.00 0.0 0.0

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