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New York, NY --- The Brooklyn College Men's Volleyball team dropped its final City University of New York Athletic Conference (CUNYAC) match of the 2011 season earlier tonight at Nat Holman Gymnasium in straight sets, 3-0 (25-21, 25-21, 25-15), to the City College of New York (CCNY).

The Bulldogs finish the regular season 5-9 in CUNYAC play and fall to 5-13 overall on the year, while the Beavers improve to 7-6 in league play with one conference match left this season and move to 9-16 overall on the year. The five wins in conference play this season for the Bulldogs mark the most league wins in a season for Brooklyn since the 2007 team that posted a 10-4 CUNYAC record.

Brooklyn was led by junior Mohamed Taman, who posted a match-high 10 kills while hitting .348 (10 Kills/2 Errors/23 Total Attacks) on the night. Classmate Duong Thai also posted a solid hitting percentage of .385 (6 Kills/1 Error/13 Total Attacks), to go along with a team-leading 15 assists and seven digs. Senior Gene Tom chipped in with 10 assists, while freshman Alexander Shlivko contributed with seven kills hitting .312 (7 Kills/2 Errors/16 Total Attacks).

For the Beavers, Matthew Ng recorded a match-high 10 kills, to go along with nine digs. Jonathan Aguirre and Yik Lim helped pace the offense registering 17 and 16 assists, respectively.

Trailing 10-7 early in the first set, CCNY rattled off five straight points to take a 12-10 lead. The Beavers would never trail again as CCNY would edge out BC 25-21 to take the opening set.

The second set featured much of the same as both teams battled back-and-forth throughout. Down 14-13, the Beavers scored four straight points to go up 17-13. CCNY would control the rest of the set taking another 25-21 victory. Brooklyn hurt itself in the set totaling seven attack errors.

With host CCNY trailing 5-4 early in the third and final set, the Beavers would go on a 10-1 run to take a 14-6 advantage. CCNY would cruise the rest of the way and eventually take the set 25-15 for the straight sets victory. The Bulldogs once again hurt themselves tallying eight attack errors in the set.

Brooklyn has three non-conference games left in the regular season, all at home at the West Quad Center, before beginning the 2011 CUNYAC Men's Volleyball Championships, where the Bulldogs will be the sixth seed in the conference tournament.