John Jay Bests Women's Volleyball in Home Opener

BROOKLYN, N.Y. — In their first home contest of the season, the St. Joseph's University, NY (Brooklyn) women's volleyball team dropped a straight-set decision to John Jay College, 3-0 (25-21, 25-13, 25-23) on Wednesday night.

How it Happened

Despite the Bloodhounds (3-0) holding the lead throughout the opening set, the Bears (1-1) remained in touching distance, trailing by no more than seven in the frame. A 20-13 deficit was cut to four behind Kaitlyn Intindola's (Brooklyn, N.Y./Bishop Kearney) kill and service ace. A pair of aces from Rosa Rosas (Brooklyn, N.Y./Edward R. Murrow) brought the SJBK deficit to one, 22-21 but John Jay picked up the final three points of the set.

Down 7-1 to start the second stanza, kills from Intindola and Teuta Hoxha (Kew Gardens, N.Y./Queens Metropolitan) and a string of errors on the Bloodhounds' attack saw the Bears reduce the deficit to 11-8, forcing the visitors to call a timeout. Momentum was back on John Jay's side following the timeout as a 7-0 run towards the end of the set propelled them to a 25-13 set win.

Kills from Hoxha and Jillian McGinty (Glendale, N.Y./Queens Metropolitan) brought a 3-0 deficit to a 4-4 tie to start the third. The Bloodhounds picked up three-straight points before the navy and gray again equalized, this time 7-7. Much like the first set, the Bears were never too far behind, mounting a comeback from down six – at 16-10 – to one, 18-17, courtesy of kills from McGinty and Autumn Poppett (San Diego, Calif./Mission HIlls). With John Jay at match point, the Bears picked up three points to come within a point of tying but a kill by the visitors halted any hope to extend the match, clinching the set 25-23.

For the Bears

• McGinty and Martina Urgo (Astoria, N.Y./St. John's Prep) shared the team lead with five kills each.

• Urgo brought up 14 digs, also a team-high, followed by Carol Melo (Brooklyn, N.Y./St. Edmund Prep) with 13.

• Intindola dished out nine assists to go with seven digs and a pair of kills.

• Rachel Meltsin (Brooklyn, N.Y./James Madison) logged five assists and three digs.

• Hoxha finished with three kills.

• Of the Bears' six service aces, Rosas' two in the opening set led the squad.

Up Next

The Bears will have less than 24 hours to turn it around as they host the City College of New York on Thursday, September 8 at 7 pm. Live stats and video will be available on sjbkathletics.com/live