Bears Fall To Cooper Union

NEW YORK, NY – The St. Joseph's College men's volleyball team fell to Cooper Union 3-0 (30-15, 30-16, 30-25) on Saturday afternoon.  Freshman Martin Torres (Ozone Park, NY/St. Francis Prep) led the Bears with six kills and three aces while senior Ed Han (McLean, VA/W.T. Woodson) had nine digs to lead the defense.

Sophomore Anthony Grasso (Jackson Heights, NY/St. John's Prep) and junior Mike Modugno (Astoria, NY/St. John's Prep) each added three kills for the Bears who combined for 14 kills for the match.

Cooper Union (1-1, 0-1 HVMAC) was led by Sasha Kuznetsov and Alex Nagorniy who had nine kills each in only two sets of play.  Jason Shin and Max Kang shared the setting duties and dished out 18 assists each.  Joshua Eng had nine digs and six aces, both team highs.

The Bears were overmatched again by the opponent offense.  Cooper Union launched a balanced attack that had nine different players record at least two kills combining for 45 kills.  St. Joseph's fell behind early in the first two sets, unable to close the deficit.  In the final set, the Bears threatened late, but Cooper Union held on to seal the victory.

St. Joseph's (1-3, 0-1 HVMAC) returns to action on Monday facing SUNY-Maritime on the road for non-conference match slated to begin at 7 p.m.