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Medgar Evers ME 3-6,1-4 CUNYAC
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Winner Bard BRD 6-10,1-1 NECC
Medgar Evers ME
3-6,1-4 CUNYAC
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Final
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Bard BRD
6-10,1-1 NECC
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Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Medgar Evers ME 16 24 25 21 (1)
Bard BRD 25 26 22 25 (3)

Game Recap: Men's Volleyball |

Cougars' toughness, resiliency on display despite four set loss to Bard College

The Medgar Evers College men's volleyball team was defeat in a non-conference match on Saturday, falling to the Raptors of Bard College by scores of 16-25, 24-26, 25-22, and 21-25. The contest took place at the Stevenson Athletic Center in Annadale-on-Hudson, NY. With the defeat, the Cougars dropped to 3-6 on the season, while Bard improved to 6-10. 

Despite the loss for the Cougars, Sebastiann Perez added another stellar performance to his senior season, piling a team-high 15 kills while tying for the match-high of four service aces. He also added four digs. Freshman Carlos Abreu finalized his afternoon with eight kills, a match-high 13 digs, two service aces, and a pair of assists, and freshman Louis Caiola notched six kills. Finally, it was senior setter Austin Romeo registered a team-high 24 assists while adding eight digs and three service aces.

For the Raptors, Ty McGlynn dominated, recording a match-high 16 kills, and hitting .333 for the afternoon (16-5-33). He also added four digs and two service aces. Angel Obergh notched 14 kills while registering a team-high 10 digs and sprinkling in a pair of service aces, and Calin Mader-Clark added five kills and three block assists. Isaiah Ortiz and Logan Tondini contributed four kills apiece, and setter Georgi Chikolov finished with a match-high 44 assists.

Bard College raced out to a commanding 6-0 lead in the opening set. Medgar Evers kept things close, trailing by just four (12-8) later on in the set. The Raptors then ran off five consecutive points to go up 17-9, but the Cougars still kept things relatively close, outscoring Bard 8-5 to pull within five points at 20-15. The Raptors closed the set by outscoring the visitors 5-1 to account for the 25-16 final.

Medgar Evers trailed 14-9 and 17-2 in the second set, before scoring four straight points to claw to within a point (17-16). That aforementioned spurt featured a kill apiece by Perez, Caiola, and Abreu, as well as an attack error by Quinn Lewis. Bard notched four of the next five points of the set to jump ahead 21-17, but again, Medgar went on a run, scoring the next three points (thanks to two consecutive kills by Abreu, and a bad set by the Raptors' Georgi Chikolov) to inch to within a point (21-20). 

Later in the second set, Bard led 24-22, but a kill by Perez, and a ball-handling error by Chikolov knotted the set at 24 apiece. Bard College then scored the next two points, thanks to a kill by Obergh and a ball-handling error by Romeo, to win the set.

In the third set, things looked bleak for Medgar Evers, as the Cougars trailed 14-9 before rallying. A kill by Perez, followed by a kill from Isaac Akindipe, and then a service ace by Perez, brought Medgar to within two at 14-12. After Bard scored to make it 15-12, Medgar notched the next three points (thanks to a service error and attack error by Bard, a kill from Caiola) to tie the set at 15-all. The set would feature four more ties from there, with the final knot being 22-22. Medgar Evers then scored the final three points to capture the set and stay alive. Those points came courtesy of a ball-handling error by Chikolov, a kill by Akindipe, and a service ace by Perez. 

Bard took a commanding 5-0 edge to start the fourth set, but Medgar Evers rallied, pulling within one point, 8-7. Despite Medgar Evers never catching Bard in this set, the Cougars kept things close, as the Raptors didn't go up by more than three points until late in the set, when they took a 19-15 advantage. Later in the set, Bard led 23-21 before using a kill by Mader-Clark, and a service ace by McGlynn, to win the set, and essentially, the match.

Bard College's hitting efficiency proved too much for the Cougars, as the Raptors earning a hitting percentage of .324 for the afternoon (49-15-105). Medgar Evers hit .076 (32-25-92). Medgar Evers notched 35 digs while Bard had 29, and the Cougars held an 11-9 edge in the service aces category.

Medgar Evers will now have two days off before returning to action on Tuesday evening, as the Cougars will travel to the Bronx to take on Lehman College in a CUNYAC match. Start-time is scheduled for 6:00pm.
 
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