NEW YORK --- (www.YORKATHLETICS.com) York College men's volleyball completed their season series Thursday evening with the Hunter College Hawks (11-8, 9-1), putting in a valiant effort in a three-set (25-14, 25-15, 25-12) CUNYAC setback from Hunter Sportsplex.  

First Set Breakdown

• A closely contested opening frenzy consisting of 10 ties and five lead changes in the first-20 points, a kill by Hunter's Demetri Gournelos leveled the score at 10.
• The Cardinals took their final lead of the stanza (11-10) after a smack down from David Heyliger, Jr.
• Even at 12, the Hawks took command, closing the set on a 13-2 burst that was spearheaded by six-consecutive aces by Muhammad Al-Amine Mbaye.

Second Set Breakdown

• With the score knotted at 2-all, Hunter utilized a 10-0 spurt to lead 12-2.
• Trading points, a pair of kills by Vincent Agokei and three from Heyliger, Jr. trimmed the deficit to single digits (21-12).
• George Lucas' kill for Hunter sealed the set at 25-15

Third Set Breakdown

• The Hawks got off to a strong 9-3 start.
• Ahead 11-6, Hunter pushed its lead to 11 (17-6) following a 6-0 scoring spree.
• After a smackdown by Heyliger, Jr. made it a 10-point scoreline (17-7), the Cardinals never got it closer, as once against Lucas' kill closed out a 25-12 victory. 

Leading the Cardinals

• For the sixth time this season, Heyliger, Jr. reached double-digits in kills, finishing with a match-high 10 nail downs, and chipped in seven digs (match-high) and a solo block. 
• Stanley Sanchez handed out 11 assists to direct York's offense.
• Glenver Stuart served York's lone ace and was credited with a block assist.
• Agokei added two kills and Ahmed Algendy scooped three digs.  

For Hunter

• Al-Amine Mbaye went for a match-leading 13 points, finishing with seven kills and six aces to pace Hunter.
• Gournelos followed with 10 points on seven kills, four block assists and one ace.  
• Cooper Moran steered Hunter's offense with 29 assists.  

Inside the Box Score
On the whole, York hit -.085 on 59 swings, compared to Hunter attacking at a rate of .357 on 70 attempts.  Hunter also owned the edge in points (56-17), kills (38-14), aces (10-1), blocks (8-2), assists (34-12) and digs (19-14).

Up Next
The Cardinals (1-13, 1-9 CUNYAC) return to home battlegrounds Thursday (Mar. 21) in a CUNYAC matchup against the Medgar Evers College Cougars (0-10, 0-9 CUNYAC) starting at 7 p.m. inside York College Gymnasium.  Tune in with live stats and video by visiting yorkathletics.com/live. 

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