Brooklyn, NY---The Brooklyn College men's volleyball team dropped a non-conference match to visiting Fontbonne University this evening at the West Quad Center, 3-0 (25-6, 25-15, 25-23).  Brooklyn moves to 5-7 with the loss while Fontbonne improved to 16-1 overall with the win, going 3-0 for their trip to New York.  The Bulldogs return to CUNYAC action at home on Saturday, March 9, to take on John Jay College at 10:00 am and Hunter College at 2:00 pm in a conference tri-match at the West Quad Center.  Hunter will play John at 12:00 pm.  

How It Happened

-After jumping out to a 7-3 lead to start the match, Fontbonne ran off nine straight scores to take a 16-3 lead.  The visitors from Missouri continued to cruise through the first game, allowing only three more BC scores the rest of the way.  Trailing 19-10 in the second game, the Bulldogs put a nice little rally together including back-to-back kills, but the Griffins responded with three straight scores late to put a comeback out of reach for the BC.  Brooklyn showed resilience in the third game, taking an 18-17 lead after three straight Fontbonne errors.  With the third game tied 22-22, the Griffins used back-to-back scores to put BC on its heels.  Brooklyn would cut the lead to 24-23 on the next point, but the Griffins would end the match on a Bulldog attack error.
-Fontbonne finished the match with a team hitting percentage of .302 to the Bulldogs' -.132.  The Griffins put away 39 kills to the Bulldogs' 15.

Leading the Bulldogs

-Junior setter, Michael Valentin, finished with a team-high eight kills and BC's lone service ace of the match.  He also finished with a team-high eight digs defensively. 
-Freshman middle hitter, Omar Rezika, had a pair of blocks.

Leading the Griffins

-Cameron Graves finished with a match-high nine kills while TJ Vorva finished with six. 
-Kyler Van Rossum O'Connell and Mark Klusman finished with 11 assists a piece.  
-Cameron Way and Nate Paasch finished with nine digs each.