Brooklyn, NY---Despite battling until the last point, the Brooklyn College women's volleyball team lost a four-set thriller in their Home Opener on Thursday against St. Joseph's Long Island, 3-1 (25-14, 23-25, 25-12, 25-21).  Brooklyn moves to 0-2 to start the season while the Golden Eagles won their season opener. 

Next Up

• The Bulldogs open CUNYAC play on Saturday at Hunter where they will take on CCNY at 12pm and the Hawks at 2pm in a rematch of the 2022 CUNYAC Championship.  

How It Happened

• Already leading 9-6 to start the match, the visitors really opened the set up with a four-score rally and kept a comfortable lead the rest of the way.  
• Brooklyn bounced back in the second set.  Trailing 9-8, BC went on a 5-0 run for a 13-9 advantage.  St. Joseph's chipped away at the lead and the teams were eventually tied, 23-23.  Brooklyn would tie the match after back-to-back kills put away by Sydney Gdanski and Ashley Fung, respectively.  
• After St. Joe's cruised through the third set to take a 2-1 lead, the Bulldogs didn't go away easily, jumping out to a 3-0 lead to start the fourth.  Brooklyn would go on to lead 19-15 down the stretch before the Golden Eagles went on a 7-0 run to secure the match.  
• St. Joe's Jackie Wolf led the way with 20 kills and four service aces.  Madison Gremli added 14 kills to go along with a pair of blocks. 

For the Bulldogs 

• Junior, Aleah Rafat, put away a team-high 11 kills in her first match of the season.  Fung and Gdanski added five kills each.  
• Sophomore, Ruti joshi, came up with a team-high 18 digs to go along with a pair of service aces.