Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 Jersey City, NJ----After a big 3-0 conference shutout of Baruch on Thursday, the Brooklyn College women's volleyball team won their second and third matches in a row today, winning both matches at a New Jersey City University tri-match this afternoon. In their first match of the day, the Bulldogs cruised to a 3-0 (25-12,2 5-12, 25-16) shutout of Centenary University.  BC closed out the day with a dramatic 3-2 (17-25, 25-22, 18-25, 25-14, 16-14).  The Bulldogs improve to 10-5 with the victories. 

Match Notes vs. Centenary | Box Score

-The Bulldogs dominated the match from the opening serve, jumping out to a 10-4 lead. 
-BC continued their run in the second game, taking a 7-2 lead before going on a 9-0 run to take a commanding 16-5 lead. 
-Centenary made one last stand in the third game, keeping a close distance later in the game, pulling within two points of the Bulldogs. However, BC closed out the match with a seven-point rally three kills put away by junior outside hitter Michaela Appel. 
-Appel led the match with 15 kills. Senior outside hitter, Sarina Rozek, added 11 kills. 
-Freshman setter Claudia Moi served up six aces.  She also led the match with 17 assists. 
-Rozek and Appel were also defensive stalwarts finishing with 11 digs apiece. 

Match Notes vs. NJCU | Box Score

-The host came out of their corner swinging, taking a 16-4 lead to start the match. Brooklyn tried, but was not able to dig themselves out of the early hole. 
-BC bounced back in the second game, and kept a slim lead through most of the game. With the Bulldogs leading 23-17, the Gothic Knights made the game interesting by going a 4-0 run to cut BC's lead to two.  Rozek would end NJCU's hope of a comeback with a game-winning kill. 
-NJCU responded in the third game, stringing together three to four point rallies consistently for a 25-18 win. 
-With their backs to the wall, Brooklyn cruised in the fourth game, jumping out to a 15-4 lead and never looking back. 
-The deciding game would go back and forth until the final points.  It would be Rozek again who rose to the occasion, putting away back-to-back kills to end the match in the Bulldogs' favor. 
-Rozek finished with a match-high 22 kills. Appel finished with 17 kills. 
-Sophomore libero Jailene Paredes served for four aces. 
-Freshman setter Kate Meltsin led BC with 20 assists. 

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