Brooklyn, NY----The Brooklyn College women's volleyball team fell in four sets on the road at St. Joseph's Brooklyn on Thursday, 3-1 (25-20, 25-15, 18-25, 25-21). BC drops to 2-5 with the non-conference loss while the Bears improve to 3-3. Next Up: Brooklyn will host a non-conference tri-match on Saturday taking on Pratt at 10am and Stockton University at 2pm.
The Bulldogs battled throughout the opening set, keeping the score close early before St. Joseph's used a late run to take the frame, 25-20. The Bears then carried their momentum into the second set, hitting .321 as a team and taking a 25-15 victory to build a 2-0 match lead.
Brooklyn responded emphatically in the third set. The Bulldogs recorded 16 kills on 38 attacks with just three errors, hitting .342 as a team. Brooklyn took control midway through the frame and closed out the set, 25-18, to force a fourth.
St. Joseph's jumped out to an early 10-2 advantage in the fourth set and maintained control despite a late Brooklyn rally. The Bulldogs trimmed the deficit to four points at 24-20, but the Bears secured the final point to claim the set, 25-21, and the match, 3-1.
Olive Carroll and Saule Okeke-Ziburkus led Brooklyn offensively with 12 kills each. Malia Reyes contributed 10 digs and five assists, while Rose Kory set for a team-high 25 assists and added seven digs.
Meadow Andrews provided an efficient attacking performance, recording five kills on 11 attempts with just one error for a .364 hitting percentage. Sophie Galchus added four kills and two block assists, while Malika Pulatova finished with 14 digs.
As a team, Brooklyn totaled 41 kills, 61 digs, 34 assists and seven blocks. The Bulldogs' strongest offensive stretch came in the third set, when they hit .342 and recorded a 72 percent sideout rate.
For St. Joseph's, Carissa Zwiefelhofer paced the attack with 10 kills and 14.5 points, while Keren Crespo added nine kills and 19 digs. Abigail Encinia contributed seven kills and 20 assists, and Michelle Piotrowski finished with six kills.
