Brooklyn, NY----Trailing 2-1, the Brooklyn College won the fourth set and staged a dramatic comeback in the fifth set for a 3-2 (25-20, 20-25, 26-28, 25-19, 16-14) non-conference win at St.Joseph's Brooklyn on Tuesday. BC improves to 3-2 with their second non-conference victory in a row while the Bears drop to 1-3 with the loss at home. Next Up: Brooklyn stays local with another trip inside the borough to Pratt on Thursday at 7pm.
The Rundown
- Brooklyn won the first set after outscoring the Bears 6-2 down the stretch capped by an Aleah Rafat service ace. The home team responded in the next two sets, pulling out a thrilling victory in the third set after trailing 26-25. Brooklyn would regroup to force a deciding set after capitalizing on four unanswered points to take a 19-15 lead. Despite finding themselves in an 8-2 hole to start the fifth set, the Bulldogs clawed their way back, scoring the last six points of the match.
- The Bulldogs finished with an edge in every statistical category except errors and digs.
- Three Bulldogs finished with double-doubles.
Leading the Bulldogs
- Tessa Winkleman - 17 Kills, 6 Digs
- Rafat - 16 Kills, 18 Digs, 4 Service Aces, 2 Blocks
- Fung - 11 Kills, 10 Digs
- Amra Mulic - 25 Assists, 10 Digs
Leading the Bears
- Martina Urgo - 9 Kills, 15 Digs
- Carol Melo - 39 Digs
