New York, NY----Despite taking the first set, the Brooklyn College women's volleyball ended their season on Friday, as the No. 3 seeded Bulldogs were outlasted by top-seeded John Jay, 3-1 (25-21, 18-25, 16-25, 25-27) in the CUNYAC Championship match at Baruch College.  Brooklyn ends the season with a 14-16 overall record after advancing to the CUNYAC Championship for the first time in three years.  The Bloodhounds improved to 23-6 with the conference title win and punch their second straight ticket to the NCAA Tournament.  

"We were one swing away," BC Interim Head Coach, Lauren Caiaccia would comment following the hard-fought Bulldog effort.  "Credit the seniors for helping lead us here and their efforts the last month."

Brooklyn jumped out to a 5-2 lead to start the match beginning with an ace served up by senior libero, Ruti Joshi.  John Jay would respond and grabbed an 18-17 lead before Brooklyn went on a key five-point rally capped by a block handled by senior middle, Ayatallah Elkotby, to give Brooklyn a 22-18 advantage.  Freshman outside hitter, Saule Okeke-Ziburkus ended the set with a kill 

With the score tied, 13-13, in the second set, the Bloodhounds made their move beginning with four unanswered scores.  They would eventually close the second set out on a four-score rally to tie the match, 1-1. 

After clusters of small runs to take a 2-1 advantage following the third set, Brooklyn came out in the fourth set re-energized, powering out to a 14-5 lead after a kill put away by freshman right side, Ella Snobar.  Brooklyn kept a comfortable 21-13 lead until the Bloodhounds began their comeback with a five-point surge.  BC responded and was a point away, 24-20, from forcing a deciding set before the Bloodhounds would retake the lead 25-24 following a 5-0 run.  Brooklyn tied it after a John Jay bad set, but the defending champs would repeat after score the final two points of the match.  

Okeke-Ziburkus led the way offensively with a team-high 12 kills Freshman outside hitter, Olive Carroll, added 8 kills.  Snobar finished with 6 kills and would go on to be named to the All-Tournament Team for efforts in all three matches this week.  Joshi finished with a team-high 15 digs and set for 7 assists, and she would also be named to the All-Tournament Team.