Bronxville, NY---The Brooklyn College women's volleyball team started the 2019 Season with a split in a non-conference trimatch at Sarah Lawrence College this afternoon. In the first match of the day, BC fell to the host, 3-2 (25-18, 19-25, 25-16, 17-25, 13-15).  Brooklyn then picked up its first win of the season with a sweep (25-13, 25-21, 25-15) of Medgar Evers College to close out their afternoon.  

Next Up:
Home Opener vs. US Merchant Marine Academy | Thurs., Sept. 5 | 7pm

Match 1 Recap:

How It Happened
-Brooklyn dominated the home team to start the afternoon, jumping out to 7-0 lead.  
-After SLC tied the match by taking the second game, the Bulldogs won in convincing fashion in the third thanks to seven unanswered scores to take an 8-3 lead.  
-Trailing SLC 6-3 in the deciding game, the Bulldogs evened the score with a three-point rally.  With the Bulldogs clinging to a 13-12 lead, the Gryphons capitalized on three staright Brooklyn errors to win the match.  
-The Gryphons finished the match with 10 service aces to the Bulldogs' eight.  Brooklyn also had one more error than Sarah Lawrence for the match. 

Leading the Bulldogs
-In her Brooklyn College debut, freshman opposite, Ashley Fung, led the way with a team-high 10 kills and 11.5 points
-Sophomore setter, Ezri Shor, added nine kills, set for 14 assists, and served up a pair of aces. 
-Freshman outside hitter, Madison Cronk, finished with a team-high 26 digs. 

Leading the Gryphons
-Melanie Coleman put away a match-high 15 kills. 
-Coleman and Isabel Pecora served up four aces a piece.
-Clarise Steiner had a match-high 44 digs.  

Match 2 Recap:

How It Happened
-In a well-balanced attack from the start of the match, eight different Bulldogs put away at least one kill in the three games.  
-After rolling in the first game, the Bulldogs found themselves trailing the Cougars, 18-13.  Brooklyn didn't fade away, rallying for ten straight points to take the lead for good and a two games to none lead.  
-Brooklyn finished the match with an astounding 24 service aces to MEC's seven.

Leading the Bulldogs
-Freshman outside hitter, Madison Cronk, finished with a team-high four kills. 
-Junior setter, Kate Meltsin, served for a match-high eight aces. 

Leading the Cougars
-Shashamoni Burnett finished with a match-high eight kills. 
-Cristina Carnegie had match-high in assists (9) and digs (6).