Staten Island, NY---The Brooklyn College women's volleyball picked up two clean sweep wins today, defeating Staten Island and Medgar Evers 3-0 a piece in a CUNYAC tri-match hosted by CSI. The Bulldogs improve to 4-3 in the conference and 6-16 overall with the victories. BC has now won three matches in a row for their longest streak of the season. The Bulldogs will be back in action on Thursday at Sarah Lawrence at 7:00 pm. Brooklyn completes their conference schedule at home against York on October 25th.
In the tri-match opener, the Bulldogs set the tone of the day in the first set, leading 15-14 BC rattled off eight unanswered points ending with a 25-15 win. The Dolphins and Bulldogs would go back and forth in the second set until BC went off again. Already leading 17-14, Brooklyn scored eight straight to win the second set handily. CSI made a last-ditch effort in the third set to avoid the sweep, but the Bulldogs countered any threat and responded with runs of their own to diminish the Dolphins' momentum. Leading 23-22, BC benefited from a CSI service error and attack error to win the match.
Junior outside hitter
Sarina Rozek led the Bulldogs with 12 kills against Staten Island. Senior middle blocker
Francesca LoCascio chipped in with seven kills. Sophomore setter
Monineath Pen assisted on 21 kills.
The Bulldogs rolled in the second match of the day, defeating Medgar Evers for the second time this season, 3-0 (25-12, 25-8, 25-15). Brooklyn jumped out to big early leads in every set and never looked back, rolling to the shutout of the Cougars. In a balanced attack, the Bulldogs were led by junior outside hitter
Sarina Rozek's nine kills. Senior middle blocker
Sarina Rozek added seven kills for the match. Sophomore setter
Monineath Pen racked up 24 assists for the day.
