Men's Volleyball Suffers First Loss of Season vs. Borough Rivals Brooklyn

BROOKLYN, N.Y. — The St. Joseph's College (Brooklyn) men's volleyball team was unable to keep pace with a Brooklyn College squad that hit .429 on Monday night, falling in straight sets to their borough rivals at The Hill Center.

The Basics

• Final Score: Brooklyn 3, St. Joseph's 0
• Set Scores: 25-13, 25-14, 25-11
• Records: St. Joseph's (1-1, 0-0 Skyline), Brooklyn (4-6, 1-1 CUNYAC)
• Date: February 8, 2016
  • Location: Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • Arena: The Hill Center

How it Happened

• The Bears kept pace early in the first set, drawing even at 4-4 following Clyde Delacruz's ace.
• Leading 6-5, the Bulldogs ran off the next six points, four of them errors, to seize control of the first set and eventually cruised to a 25-13 victory.
• Nolan Parr's kill and an ensuing error by the Bulldogs gave St. Joseph's an early 2-1 advantage in the second. But Brooklyn claimed the next three points to regain the lead, one they would hold the remainder of a 25-14 victory to establish a dominant 2-0 advantage.
• In the third, the Bulldogs rode 11 Bear errors to a 25-11 win and a straight-set match victory.

For the Bears

• Seniors Clyde Delacruz and Thomas Kennedy led the Bears' offense with five kills apiece. Kennedy also anchored the defense with a match-best seven digs.
• Senior Norrin Martinez orchestrated 13 assists, adding one ace and one kill.
• Senior Nolan Parr contributed a pair of kills and led St. Joseph's with two aces.

For the Bulldogs

• Rudy Zhao slammed a match-high 12 kills to lead the attack, adding three aces to go along with a .579 kill-percentage.
• Vaughn Titus added nine kills, three aces and a team-high six digs.
• Sayuj Zachariah directed the offense with 21 assists to lead all players.

Inside the Box Score

• The meticulous Bulldogs committed just four errors, hitting a highly efficient .490 (29-4-51), while St. Joseph's struggled to a -.151 percentage (16-27-73).
• The Bears managed just two brief leads, 1-0 in the first set and 2-1 in the second.

The Bear Facts

• St. Joseph's falls to 1-1 in the young season following a thrilling five-set victory over Medgar Evers on February 3.
• Borough-rival Brooklyn has controlled the all-time history against St. Joseph's, extending their lead to 10-1.

Next Up for St. Joseph's

The Bears will make their Skyline Conference debut with a pair of games on Sunday, February 14, welcoming Yeshiva University at 11 a.m. and New Jersey City University at 3 p.m. Live stats and video will be available on SJCBears.com.