Brooklyn, NY----In their second outing of a three-match homestand, the Brooklyn College men's volleyball team dropped a 3-0 (25-12, 25-10, 25-18) decision to Hunter College in conference play at the West Quad Gymnasium on Thursday.  BC falls to 5-11 overall and 1-6 in CUNYAC with the loss while the Hawks improve to 9-5 and 6-0 respectively.  Next Up: The Bulldogs look to even the score with Medgar Evers on Saturday at the West Quad Gymnasium at 12pm. 

How It Happened

• Hunter jumped out to a 9-1 lead to start the match, which kept the Bulldogs playing catchup the rest of the first set.  
• The Hawks opened the second set on a 4-0 run before Brooklyn cut the lead to 8-4 following back-to-back Hunter errors.  Already leading 12-7, the visitors rallied for ten straight scores to take a commanding lead and eventually close out the second set.  
• Brooklyn didn't go away in the third set, jumping out to a 3-0 lead including consecutive kills put away by Tommy Min and Andres Vargas.  Hunter responded with a 7-1 run to take the lead for good.  Trailing 21-13, BC put together one more rally sparked by a kill and then an ace produced by Yinuo Zhang.  However, the Hawks were able to prevent any more damage from that point on and closed out the match with a kill.  

Box Score Breakdown 

• Brooklyn was more productive at the net tonight, finishing with four blocks to the Hawks' two. 
• Hunter served up nine aces to the Bulldogs' three.

Leading the Bulldogs

• Min led the way offensively finishing with 7 kills.  He also came up with 6 digs and had a block assist.
• Jiaian Flanders served up a team-high 2 aces and put away 2 kills. 
• Zhang and Armand Kaloshi finished with 3 kills each.  

Leading Hunter 

• Ted Kim and Gabe Mendoza put away 11 kills each. Mendoza also served up 3 aces.  
• Nick Yao came up with a match-high 13 digs.