Brooklyn, NY --- With the conclusion of the 2012 Men's Volleyball season, which saw the Brooklyn College Bulldogs post a 9-13 overall record, including a 5-9 mark in the City University of New York Athletic Conference (CUNYAC), BC will now look towards the 2012 CUNYAC Men's Volleyball Championships, which are scheduled to begin on Tuesday, April 10th with the quarterfinals round.

The #5 seeded Bulldogs will begin their run at a conference championship on the road, as Brooklyn will look to upset the #4 seeded Lightning of Lehman College in the quarterfinals round tonight at 7:00 pm at the APEX on the campus of Lehman College.

Lehman swept Brooklyn this season with a pair of 3-0 wins, as the Lightning defeated the Bulldogs 25-14, 25-15 and 25-22 on February 4th and 25-19, 25-21 and 25-13 on March 13th.

If BC is able to get past Lehman and avenge its regular season losses, the Bulldogs will advance to the semifinals round on Thursday, April 12th at Hunter College, where the winner between the top seed Hunter Hawks and the #8 seed Medgar Evers College Cougars will await.

The championship final will also be held on the 12th at 8:00 pm.

This season, Brooklyn has been led by senior Duong Thai, who has registered a team-best 168 kills on the season, while playing in all 72 sets on the season, for a 2.33 kills-per-set average. Sophomore Alexander Shlivko has also been a key contributor to the offense with 154 kills in 57 sets for a 2.70 kills-per-set average. Junior David Rafailov is third on the team in kills with 100, while freshman David Dimitruk has had a strong rookie campaign totaling 95 kills on the season. Senior Keiran Halton, who joined the team mid-year due to being a member of the BC Men's Basketball team, has made his presence felt in the middle, racking up 59 kills in just 21 sets played, for a 2.81 kills-per-set average.

Senior Gene Tom has guided the Bulldogs' offense this season with 557 assists, while sophomore Timothy Hui has been solid on the defensive end with 259 digs.

Within the CUNYAC, Shlivko ranks fifth in both kills-per-set and service aces, while Thai is 11th in kills. Tom is third in the conference in assists and 14th in service aces, while Rafailov is 12th in service aces. Hui leads the entire CUNYAC in digs.

Nationally, Hui is ranked first in all of Division III in digs, while Shlivko ranks 22nd in aces per set and 40th in kills per set. Tom ranks 32nd in assists and 44th in aces, while Rafailov is 50th in the nation in aces.

As a team, the Bulldogs rank fifth in the nation in aces per set and 40th in digs per set.

Quarterfinals, Tuesday, April 10th @ Higher Seeds
#1 Hunter vs. #8 Medgar Evers
#2 Baruch vs. #7 John Jay
#3 York vs. #6 CCNY
#4 Lehman vs. #5 Brooklyn

Semifinals, Thursday, April 12th @ Hunter College
4:00 pm - #2/#6 winner vs. #3/#7 winner
6:00 pm - #1/#8 winner vs. #4/#5 winner
8:00 pm – CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL