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Abreu vs Brooklyn and Hawks
3
Winner Brooklyn Bulldogs BROOKLYN 7-10, 3-4 CUNYAC
0
Medgar Evers Cougars MEDGAR 0-7, 0-6 CUNYAC
Winner
Brooklyn Bulldogs BROOKLYN
7-10, 3-4 CUNYAC
3
Final
0
Medgar Evers Cougars MEDGAR
0-7, 0-6 CUNYAC
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Brooklyn Bulldogs BROOKLYN 25 25 25 (3)
Medgar Evers Cougars MEDGAR 22 17 20 (0)
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Medgar Evers ME 0-9,0-8 CUNYAC
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Winner Hunter Hunter 9-8,7-1 CUNYAC
Medgar Evers ME
0-9,0-8 CUNYAC
0
Final
3
Hunter Hunter
9-8,7-1 CUNYAC
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Medgar Evers ME 12 16 20 (0)
Hunter Hunter 25 25 25 (3)
0
Medgar Evers Cougars MEDGAR 0-9, 0-8 CUNYAC
3
Winner Hunter College HUNTER 9-8, 7-1 CUNYAC
Medgar Evers Cougars MEDGAR
0-9, 0-8 CUNYAC
0
Final
3
Hunter College HUNTER
9-8, 7-1 CUNYAC
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 F
Medgar Evers Cougars MEDGAR 6 (0)
Hunter College HUNTER 25 (3)

Game Recap: Men's Volleyball |

Men's Volleyball drops home contest to Brooklyn, suffers doubleheader sweep at Hunter

The Medgar Evers College men's volleyball team dropped three CUNYAC matches in recent days. This past Tuesday, the Cougars fall to the Bulldogs at the Cougars Cave by scores of 22-25, 17-25, and 20-25. Then, earlier this evening, the Cougars were swept in a doubleheader at Hunter College with the Hawks winning the first match 25-12, 25-16, 25-20, and the second contest, 6-25, 11-25, and 15-25.

With that aforementioned output, the Cougars dipped to a mark of 0-9 (0-8 CUNYAC) on the 2024 campaign. Brooklyn College improved to 7-10 (3-4 CUNYAC), and Hunter College pushed over the .500 mark with their two victories, moving to 9-8 on the year, and an impressive 7-1 mark in conference action.

Despite the Cougars' loss to Brooklyn, Cody Ramsey once again led the charge for Medgar Evers, tying for the match-high of 15 kills, while also registering three digs and a pair of service aces. Carlos Abreu finalized his evening with seven kills while tying all players with 12 digs and adding six assists, and Louis Caiola finished with four kills and four digs. Freshman setter Patrick Mateo recorded a team-best 17 assists while adding four digs.

Brooklyn College's Aaron Siu put together a phenomenal match for the visitors, tying for the match-high of 15 kills while adding seven digs. Armand Kaloshi finished with six kills (6-1-17, .417) and five digs, and Jiaian Flanders and Omar Shawki finalized their evening with four kills apiece. Setter David Lema's 25 assists led all players, and Alvaro Gonzalez tied for the match-high of 12 digs.

Trailing 10-6 in the opening set, Medgar Evers scored eight of the next 10 points to catapult ahead by a score of 14-12. Ramsey contributed two kills during that spurt, with Kadeem Hagley also adding one. Brooklyn would answer with a 7-3 run to snatch a 19-17 edge, but a Brooklyn attack error, and an Abreu service aces, squared the set at 19.

Later, with the Cougars and Bulldogs knotted at 22 apiece, Brooklyn secured the first set victory by scoring three straight points, courtesy of a kill apiece by Siu and Kaloshi, and an awarded point to the Bulldogs, due to the Cougars being out of rotation prior to a serve.

Set two featured a classic seesaw battle. Brooklyn led 7-3 in the early stages, before four consecutive Cougars points tied things up at seven apiece. The Bulldogs answered with three straight points to go up 10-7, but Medgar Evers came right back, using a kill and a service ace by Ramsey, as well as an attack error by Shawki, to tie the set at 10-all.

The two CUNYAC foes continued to stay within arms-length of one another, with Brooklyn later holding onto a slim 17-15 advantage. The Bulldogs when finally put some distance between themselves and the hosts, rattling off six consecutive points to take a commanding 23-15 edge. Three different players earned kills during that pivotal stretch, including Jaden McBryde, Shawki, and Siu. Brooklyn eventually went on to win the set, 25-17.

Trailing by scores of 7-2, 11-5, and 14-9 in the third set, Medgar Evers refused to go quietly, battling back and pulling to within two points, 17-15, following a service error by McBryde. Later, with Brooklyn holding onto a 24-17 lead, the Cougars fought off match-point three consecutive times, thanks to attack errors by Siu and McBryde, and a service ace registered by Caiola. Brooklyn would then wrap up the set and the match when Liu slammed Lema's beautiful set to the ground for a point to give his team the victory.
 
The Bulldogs were more efficient with their hitting, earning an attack percentage of .262 (35-13-84), while the Cougars hit .134 (29-18-82). Brooklyn held slim edges in assists (28-24) and digs (32-29), and Medgar Evers recorded eight service aces compared to six for the visitors.

In the Cougars' game one loss to Hunter College, Ramsey posted a match-high seven kills to go along with four digs and a pair of block assists. Abreu contributed three kills, a match-high seven digs, a team-high three service aces, and three assists. Isaac Akindipe added two kills and four digs, and setter Patrick Mateo registered a team-best eight assists.

Andrew Estiverne and Austin White led the charge for the Hawks with six kills apiece. Estiverne also tied for the match-high of four service aces while adding four digs, and White finished with three service aces and a match-high three block assists. Ted Kim added five kills and a team-high five digs while tying for the match-high of four service aces, and Lucas George finished with five kills (5-0-7, .714) and three digs. Finally, it was setter Brandon Yeh piling a match-high 24 assists.

Medgar Evers kept the opening set respectable through the opening 25 points, as Hunter held a slim 15-10 advantage. The Hawks would pull away from there, though. A kill apiece by Jon Pflueger, Estiverne, Cooper Moran, and George put the hosts ahead 19-10, and a pair of Cougars errors pushed Hunter's advantage to 11, 21-10. The Hawks then finished off the set by registering four of the final six points to win it, 25-12.

Set number two was a back-and-forth affair, as the Hawks jumped out to an early 3-0 advantage, before four consecutive points gave the Hawks a 4-3 edge. That Cougars stretch of points was highlighted by Abreu's two service aces. Hunter answered by scoring the next three points to go up 6-4. The CUNYAC foes then split the next eight points, with the Hawks holding a 10-8 advantage through the set's first 18 points.

Three Medgar Evers errors, and a service ace by George, put Hunter College ahead 14-8. The Hawks later held a 17-10 advantage, but the Cougars clawed back, taking advantage of three Hunter College errors, and getting another service ace from Abreu, to pull to within three, 17-14. Hunter finished the set strong, registering eight of the final 10 points to snatch the set, 25-16.

In the third set, trailing 10-6, the Cougars scored four straight points via a kill from Abreu and three Hawks errors, to square the set at 10-all. Hunter grabbed the lead back by rattling off three consecutive points, courtesy of a Cougars error, and a service ace and kill by Ted Kim. Down 13-10, the Cougars notched the next two points via a kill by Abreu and an attack error by White. That inched Medgar Evers to within one (13-12).
 
Later, with the set all knotted at 19, Hunter College scored five straight points, with that pivotal stretch of scoring highlighted by Kim's two kills. With the Hawks ahead 24-19, Yeh would serve the ball into the net to keep Medgar Evers alive. However, on the next volley, White ended the set and the match with a kill. Hunter won the set, 25-20, and the match, 3-0.
 
For the match, the Hawks swatted .200 (30-16-70), while the Cougars hit -.118 (12-18-51). Hunter College piled 14 service aces, with Medgar Evers College recording six, and the Hawks also held a slim 6-5 edge in total blocks. The Cougars tallied 23 digs, with the hosts finalizing their evening with 18.
 
Ramsey led the charge for the Cougars in their game two defeat against the Hawks, registering team-highs of seven kills and five digs. Abreu contributed three kills, three assists, and two digs, and Mateo added a team-best six assists.
 
Hunter's Kyle Foley paced the hosts in game two, as he recorded a match-high eight kills while tying for the match-high of three service aces and recording two digs. Annes Deljanin recorded seven kills and a pair of block assists, and Matisse Maarek-Lee and Demetri Gournelos finished with five and four kills, respectively. Finally, it was Cooper Moran piling a match-high 30 assists on the evening.
 
Medgar Evers held an early 2-1 advantage in the opening set, but it was all Hawks after that, as Hunter College registered 24 of the final 28 points of the set to win it, 25-6.
 
The Cougars kept things close in the early stages of the second set, trailing just 8-5, before Hunter rattled off three straight points to increase its advantage to 11-5. A kill by Maarek-Lee and consecutive attack errors by Ramsey accounted for the Hawks' points during that stretch. Later, leading 16-8, Hunter scored five straight points (courtesy of kills by Onyeka Onaga and Foley, a pair of aces by Foley, and an attack error by Ramsey) to take a commanding 21-8 edge. The Hawks would then score four of the set's last seven points to win it, 25-11.
 
In the third set, Medgar Evers trailed 15-7 before clawing back with three straight points (courtesy of a Ramsey kill, and consecutive attack errors by Deljanin) to inch to within three points at 15-10. After some seesaw action culminated in Hunter talking 18-12, the Hawks rattled off six straight points to take a 24-12 advantage. That aforementioned stretch was highlighted by four kills by Hunter, including two by Moran, and one apiece by Maarek-Lee and Muhammad Al-Amine Mbaye.
 
Medgar Evers fought off set/match point three straight times, thanks to a pair of kills by Ramsey and an attack error by Foley, to pull to within nine at 24-15. A Louis Caiola service error then put the match away, as Hunter won the set 25-15, and the match, 3-0.
 
Hunter College dominated with its hitting in game two, earning an attack percentage of .431 (35-10-58), while Medgar Evers hit -.133 (11-17-45). Hunter held a whopping 11-1 edge in service aces, while also piling 31 assists to the Cougars' 11. The Hawks also held a slim 14-11 edge in digs.
 
The Cougars will return to the court Tuesday evening, as Medgar Evers will take on John Jay College in a CUNYAC clash at the Doghouse in Midtown, Manhattan. Start-time for the conference contest is scheduled for 7:00pm.
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