JAMAICA, NY --- (www.YORKATHLETICS.com) York College began conference play Tuesday evening with a home encounter versus the Baruch College Bearcats (3-3, 1-0 CUNYAC), falling in straight sets (25-14, 25-15, 25-14) inside York College Gymnasium.
 
First Set Breakdown

• York College came out swinging by grabbing a 4-1 lead.
• The Bearcats responded by taking eight of the following nine points to claim a 9-5 advantage.
• A kill by York's Maritza Ortega Ramirez made it 9-6.
• Taking command, Baruch went on a 10-2 burst to push its edge to 11 (19-8).
• Smackdowns by Ortega Ramirez and Madison Plaza tried to make it close but the Bearcats won the set 25-14.

Second Set Breakdown

• Both squads split the first four points.
• Trailing 8-4, the Cardinals stormed back with a 6-2 run to level the score at 10.
• Three kills by Dibjot Kaur spearheaded a 6-1 burst from Baruch to lead 16-11.
• Running away, the Bearcats finished the set on a 9-4 charge to win 25-15.

Third Set Breakdown

• The Cardinals got off to a 5-3 start helped by a kill from Ortega Ramirez.
• Two aces and a kill by Baruch's Isabella Doring spearheaded a 9-6 lead.
• Ahead 9-8, a 7-0 Bearcat blitz gave them a 16-8 advantage.
• A trio of aces by Karen Pozo Castro opened up a 12-point edge (21-9).
• Battling back, two aces by Plaza catapulted a 5-0 run by York to trim the deficit to 7 (21-14).
• Baruch finalized the match with a kill from Elizabeth Wood. 

Leading the Cardinals

• Plaza paced the team with five points (3 kills and two aces) and had 10 total attacks.
• Ortega Ramirez matched Plaza's total of three kills and scooped up 11 digs.
• Jasmine Dias debuted at the libero position with a match-best 13 digs. 
• Alicia Gumbs recorded the squad's lone block and Samantha Panameno orchestrated the attack with six assists and a team-high 14 attacks.

For Baruch

• Kaur ran the show for the Bearcats with a match-best nine kills and a .467 attack percentage. She also accumulated eight digs.
• Karolina Lundqvist added six kills and two aces. 
• Doring generated seven points and Delaney Killeen served a match-leading five aces.
• Pei Qiong Ren paced the offense with 17 assists. 

Inside the Box Score
York hit -.104 on 77 attacks, while Baruch attacked at a rate of .182 on 88 swings. The Bearcats also had an advantage in points (51-15), kills (31-8), aces (18-6), assists (28-6), and digs (51-41).

Up Next
The Cardinals (0-4) continue their non-conference slate Saturday (Sept. 21) with a road tri-match against the University of Valley Forge Patriots (1-7) and the Medgar Evers College Cougars (0-6) starting at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. from The Pit in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania.

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