Annandale-on-Hudson, NY-----Following their first win of the season on Thursday, the Brooklyn College men's volleyball team dropped a pair of matches in a non-conference trimatch at Bard College on Saturday.  In the first match of the day, the Bulldogs were defeated by the host, 3-0 (25-22, 25-14, 25-17), before falling to Manhattanville College, 3-1 (25-16, 17-25, 25-20, 25-15).  Brooklyn moves to 1-3 overall with the pair of non-conference losses.  Next Up: Brooklyn continues their road stretch to start the season locally on Tuesday at St. Joseph's Brooklyn at 7pm.
 
How It Happened VS Bard

• Despite being tied, 16-16, Bard put together a key five-score rally to take a 21-16 lead and eventually win the first set.  With the score tied, 4-4, in the second set, the home team took the lead for good beginning with five straight scores.  Trailing 15-7 in the third set, Brooklyn made a valiant effort to avoid the sweep, rallying for six straight scores sparked by back-to-back kills.  However, the Raptors would respond with their own five-point rally, kicking their lead back up to seven. 
• The Raptors finished with 10 service aces to the Bulldogs' 2 for the match.  Bard also finished with a sizeable advantage in kills, 41-24. 
• Both teams came up with 24 digs each. 

 
For the Bulldogs VS Bard

• Joaquin Calderon led the way offensively with 6 kills. He also came up with 4 digs. 
• Aaron Siu put away 5 kills and came up with 3 digs. 
• Dion Csikortos finished with a team-high 5 digs. 

 
How It Happened VS Manhattanville

• After dropping the first set, the Bulldogs tied the match, 1-1, thanks in part to a four-point rally to take a 21-15 lead.  The run was sparked by an Armand Kaloshi kill.  A closely contested third set, the Valiants scored the final three points of the set to retake the lead in the match.  Already leading 12-8, MC took complete control of the match beginning with a seven-score rally. 
• Manhattanville was the more efficient team offensively, finishing with a .286 hitting percentage to the Bulldogs' .148.  Brooklyn was the better team defensively at the net, totaling 8 blocks to the Valiants' 4. 
• The Valiants' served up 9 aces to Brooklyn's 3. 

 
For the Bulldogs VS Manhattanville

• Siu led the way with a match-high 14 kills.  He also served up all of Brooklyn's aces. 
• Calderon added 11 kills to his day.
• David Lema set for a match-high 38 assists. 
• Jason Lin had a match-high 4 blocks.