Brooklyn, NY---After a strong showing to start CUNYAC play on Monday with shutout wins against Medgar Evers and CSI, the Brooklyn College men's volleyball team recorded their third straight shutout, 3-0 (25-16, 25-12, 25-12) this evening in non-conference action against Yeshiva University at home. Brooklyn improves to 8-5 with the victory. Yeshiva drops to 0-4. The Bulldogs sweep the home-and-home season series with the Maccabees, having defeated them on their home court a week ago, 3-0. The Bulldogs will have a week to prep for New Jersey City University on March 2 at NJCU.
Using a balanced attack and plenty of depth, the Bulldogs were able to wear the Maccabees down halfway through every set. Sophomore outside hitters
Vaughn Titus and
Seva Tsyupa led the Bulldogs with seven kills a piece on the night. Junior outside hitter
Rudy Zhao recorded six kills and finished with a match-high ten points.
Tied 8-8 through the first sixteen points of the opening set, Zhao would put away kill and Yeshiva had an attacking error that began BC's opportunity to pull away. Already leading 18-14, tacked on five unanswered sparked by a Titus kill to take a 23-14 lead late in the first set. Zhao would end the set with a kill assisted by junior setter
Eddie Peng who finished with a match-high 17 helpers on the evening.
Brooklyn established complete control to start the second set, jumping out to 12-5 lead. The Macs responded with a couple of broken runs to cut the BC lead to 15-11. However, the Bulldogs answered with a 7-0 run starting with a kill batted down by freshman middle hitter
Ahmed Moawad. Junior defensive specialist Kevin Batista then served up an ace before five straight YU attack errors. After retaining the serve on a Moaz Ali Choadhary kill, a Yeshiva attack error ended the second set.
The Bulldogs jumped out to a 7-1 to start the third set and never looked back. Freshman middle hitter
Shemar Brown ended the match with a kill set by Peng.
BC finished with a team hitting percentage of .356 to the Macs' -.094 for the match. The Bulldogs finished with six blocks on the evening.
