The Medgar Evers College men's volleyball team played a road nonconference match against Brooklyn College in Brooklyn, NY, on Thursday, January 31.

The Cougars (3-0) defeated the Bulldogs (3-0) by a final score of three sets to zero (25-21, 25-23, 25-23). MEC has now won all nine sets it has played during their undefeated start to the 2019 campaign.

Medgar led throughout the entire first set but the score was tied at 19 at one point. Kills by Gerod Humphrey, Jovan Scott and Romell Carter as well as an Enmanuel Jaquez ace helped MEC close the set on a 6-2 run to take a 1-0 advantage.

The second set was a back-and-forth affair, featuring nine lead changes and and incredible 16 ties. The Cougars led 23-20 but a resilient Brooklyn team fought back to tie the score at 23. However, at 23-all, the Bulldogs committed a service error and Carter produced a set-winning kill from a Nius St. Clair assist to put Medgar up two sets to none.

In the third set, the Cougars were forced to rally after trailing 11-6 and then, later on, 20-16. They were even trailing 23-21, before two Brooklyn errors and two Medgar kills closed out the set 25-23, and closed out the match 3-0.

Jaquez and St. Clair posted a game-high total of 11 kills apiece, with Jaquez also contributing nine digs, three aces and two blocks, and St. Clair adding 10 digs and three assists. Carter led all players with 15 assists and also tallied seven kills, while Sebastiann Perez (10 digs) and Kareem Cyrus (eight assists) were also important contributors to the Cougar cause.

The team returns to action exactly one week from today, as they take on CCNY on the road on Thursday, February 7 at 7:00 pm in a nonconference match.