JAMAICA, NY --- (www.YORKATHLETICS.com) York College men's volleyball culminated their CUNYAC home schedule Thursday evening against the Brooklyn College Bulldogs (12-13, 7-6 CUNYAC). Fighting hard, the Cardinals were unable to overtake the visitors, losing a straight-set encounter (25-18, 25-21, 25-16) inside York College Gymnasium. 

First Set Breakdown

• Armand Kaloshi's kill capped off a 10-2 start for Brooklyn.
• York claimed the next-four points to trim the deficit in half (10-6).
• The Bulldogs responded with a 5-1 run to regain an eight-point (15-7) advantage.
• Battling back, Vincent Agokei's ace for the Cardinals made it a 17-12 scoreline.
• Still ahead by five (20-15), Brooklyn essentially sealed the set with a 4-0 spurt to go up 24-15, before Kaloshi's kill closed the stanza at 25-18.

Second Set Breakdown

• Two aces by Jayden McBride got the Bulldogs to open 5-2.
• Brooklyn utilized an 8-4 stretch to take a 13-6 advantage.
• A hat trick of kills by York's David Heyliger, Jr. buoyed a 5-0 run to slice the deficit to two (13-11).
• A back-and-forth battle, each team shared the following 10 points as the scoreboard read 18-16.
• Kaloshi's ace and a kill sparked a 22-17 lead before smack downs by Heyliger, Jr. and Agokei cut it to two points again (22-20).
• Responding with authority, Aaron Siu gave Brooklyn a 25-21 triumph after his well placed kill.

Third Set Breakdown

• Heyliger, Jr.'s kill knotted the period at five.
• Taking control, the Bulldogs cruised ahead with a 13-0 blitz to lead 18-5.
• Trailing 20-9, the Cardinals ended up cutting the deficit to six (22-16) before a pair of aces by Siu helped Brooklyn close out a three set triumph.

Leading the Cardinals

• Heyliger, Jr. dominated with a match-high 19 kills on 37 attacks (.297 percentage) to go along with eight digs and two block assists.
• Stanley Sanchez organized the attack with 26 assists.
• Agokei added four kills and five digs.
• Alexis Ramirez chipped in with four kills and six digs.
• Ahmed Algendy continued his strong defensive season with a team-leading 11 digs.

For Brooklyn

• Kaloshi nailed-down a team-best 10 kills on a strong .350 rate.
• Aziz Abdusamiev tallied seven kills and a match-high three solo blocks.
• Siu contributed eight kills and scooped up a team-leading 16 digs.
• McBryde produced five kills and two aces.
• David Lema marshaled the attack with 27 assists.

Inside the Box Score
York hit .071 on 98 attacks, while Brooklyn attacked at a rate of .216 on 97 swings. Brooklyn also had the advantage in points (49-36), kills (35-28), aces (10-2), assists (29-28) and digs (43-37). At the net, the Cardinals accumulated 10 total blocks as opposed to five for the Bulldogs.

Up Next
The Cardinals (2-15, 2-11 CUNYAC) finalize CUNYAC play Tuesday (Apr. 2) against the John Jay College Bloodhounds (15-7, 8-5 CUNYAC) starting at 7 p.m. inside The Doghouse. Tune in with live stats and video by visiting yorkathletics.com/live. 

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