Men’s Volleyball Drops Second Straight to St. Joseph’s Long Island

BROOKLYN, N.Y. — For the second consecutive match, the St. Joseph's University, N.Y. (Brooklyn) men's volleyball team suffered a straight-set defeat at the hands of sibling school St. Joseph's Long Island on Saturday afternoon from The Hill Center, 8-25, 14-25, 15-25.

How it Happened

The Golden Eagles (16-7, 10-0) established a gap early on in the opening set and, despite a pair of kills from Alex Helfant (Quito, Ecuador/Alliance Academy International), the Bears fell 25-8.

Kills from Helfant and Lordnel Saint-Jean (Brooklyn, N.Y./St. Edmund Prep) early in the set saw the Bears come to within six points of the visitors, 14-8. SJLI ultimately pulled away with a 25-14 set win.

The Bears held the Golden Eagles to no more than a 10-point lead in the third set as Long Island took the set 25-15 and the match 3-0.

For the Bears

• Helfant had 10 kills and nine digs, both match-highs.

• Frank Arevalo (Astoria, N.Y./Gramercy Arts) and Frank Tello (Quito, Ecuador/Alliance Academy International) each had three kills. The former also had six digs.

• Alejandro Oliveros (Brooklyn, N.Y./Grover Cleveland) dished out 15 assists.

Up Next

The Bears travel to Washington Heights to face Yeshiva University in their final road match of the regular season on Tuesday, March 28 at 7:30 p.m. Live stats and video will be available on sjbkathletics.com/live.