Box Score New York, NY---After three nail-biting sets, the Brooklyn College women's volleyball team pulled off a big CUNYAC win this evening, defeating Baruch College, 3-0 (25-22, 25-21, 25-22) for the first time in program history. Brooklyn improves to 8-5 overall and 4-0 in CUNYAC.  The Bearcats dropped to 7-6 and 3-1 in conference play. Brooklyn will be back in action on Saturday in a New Jersey City University tri-match where they will take on the host and Centenary University.  

Match Notes
-Already leading 19-18 late in the first game, the Bulldogs used a 3-0 rally to take a 22-18 lead.  Baruch clawed their way back to 23-22 before Brooklyn closed out the game with back-to-back kills. 
-Trailing 8-4 early in the second game, the Bulldogs used a 6-0 run to take a 10-8 lead. Already leading 16-13 halfway through the second game, Brooklyn rallied for five straight that made the difference. Baruch made a desperate late run to cut the Bulldog lead to 24-21, but Brooklyn senior outside hitter Sarina Rozek, ended the game with a kill. 
-Brooklyn rolled early in the third game, jumping out to a 7-0 lead to start. Baruch countered with a 5-0 run of their own. The game would remain very close until the very end. Leading 23-22, the Bulldogs closed out the match with two straight scores sparked by a kill put away by junior outside hitter Michaela Appel. 

Leading th Bulldogs
-Sarina Rozek finished with a match-high 12 kills. Michaela Appel finished with 10 kills for the evening.
-Freshman setter Kate Meltsin had three service aces. 
-Freshman setter Claudia Moi finished with a match-high 16 assists. 
-Appel led the match with 17 digs. 

Next Up
Saturday, Sept. 30 | New Jersey City University and Centenary University