Brooklyn, NY----The Brooklyn College men's volleyball team dropped their conference opener at home on Tuesday to John Jay, 3-1. BC moves to 3-3 overall (0-1 CUNYAC) with their first loss in three matches while the Bloodhounds improved to 4-3 (1-0 CUNYAC).  Next Up: Brooklyn continues conference play at CCNY on Thursday, 2/19, at 7pm.  

Brooklyn jumped out to a 9-3 lead to start the match highlighted by a pair of aces served up Aiden Melecio during a 5-0 un.  With the Bulldogs already leading 19-16, Brooklyn took complete control of the set with a five-score rally sparked by a Matthew Kadatskiy kill for a 24-16 advantage.  After a John Jay score, Kadatskiy gave Brooklyn a 1-0 lead in the match with another kill.  

The Bloodhounds responded by outhitting Brooklyn .423 to .25 in the second set to tie the match.  John Jay took a 2-1 lead in the match after grabbing a 10-3 advantage to start the third set.  Brooklyn eventually cut the John Jay lead to 11-9 after consecutive scores including a Joaquin Calderon kill, but the Bloodhounds put together a few back-to-back scores themselves to close out the set.  

Brooklyn showed some grit in the fourth set after being down 6-2 early on.  The Bulldogs took a 19-16 lead after a five-score rally that included a Calderon ace and an Aaron Siu kill. However, John Jay answered the call beginning with a 6-0 run to retake the lead, 22-19.  The Bulldogs didn't go away, cutting the deficit to 24-23 before John Jay closed out the match on a kill.  

John Jay was led by Nick Fuentes' match-high 12 kills. 

Calderon put away a team-high 10 kills, came up with 6 digs, and had a pair of solo blocks.  Kadatskiy finished with 8 kills and a solo block. Miguel Trejo set for a match-high 27 assists and came up with 6 digs.