JAMAICA, NY-- (www.YORKATHLETICS.com) York College men's volleyball closed out their home slate Thursday evening against the Brooklyn College Bulldogs (12-13, 8-4 CUNYAC), falling in a competitive three sets (25-16, 25-16, 25-19) of CUNYAC action inside York College Gymnasium.

Prior to opening serve, Ahmed Algendy (2023-25), David Heyliger, Jr. (2020, 2022, 2024-25), and Stanley Sanchez (2022-25) were honored for their dedication to York Athletics with the annual Senior Day Ceremony.

First Set Breakdown

• An ace from Stefan Simon got the Bulldogs off to a 7-3 start.
• David Lema's ace pushed Brooklyn's edge to six (13-7).
• York trimmed its deficit to three (13-10) off kill by Ian McIntosh.
• A kill by Jason Lin capped off a 6-2 Bulldog spurt to make it 19-12.
• Armand Kaloshi closed out a 25-16 scoreline with a kill for Brooklyn.

Second Set Breakdown

• Both squads split the opening 10 points.
• Brooklyn went on a 6-1 burst to lead 11-6.
• A smackdown from Sebastian Gomez sliced the deficit to four (12-8), the closest York got the rest of the way.
• Four Cardinal attack errors extended the Bulldogs' advantage to eight (16-8).
• Another Gomez kill got the margin to six (20-14) before Brooklyn steadily pulled away with a 25-16 decision.

Third Set Breakdown

• Yinuo Zhang nailed down a kill to give Brooklyn a 10-5 edge.
• Alexis Ramirez's ace pulled York within three (12-9).
• Both squads traded the next 10 points, with Brooklyn holding onto a three-point advantage (17-14).
• Trailing 21-15, a pair of Gomez spikes once again chopped the Cardinals' deficit to three (21-18).
• Two kills from Aaron Siu clinched a 25-19 result.

Leading the Cardinals

• Gomez had a team-leading 10 kills and 31 attacks.
• Heyliger, Jr. added five kills and two blocks. 
• Ramirez totaled three kills.
• McIntosh chipped in with two block assists and a team-best five digs.
• Sanchez distributed 16 assists and leveled McIntosh's five-dig output.

For Brooklyn

• Siu smacked down a match-high 12 kills (.320 percentage) and had a team-leading two aces.
• Lin produced six kills.
• Simon tallied four kills, two block assists, and tied Siu's mark of two aces.
• Dion Csikortos scooped up a match-best 10 digs and Lema orchestrated the Bulldog offense with 28 assists.

Inside the Box Score
The Cardinals generated 22 kills on 84 attacks (-.048 percentage), while Brooklyn manufactured 30 kills at a .222 clip. Additionally, the Bulldogs owned the assist (30-19), ace (7-2), block (8-5), and dig (31-24) categories.  

Up Next
The Cardinals (5-13, 3-9 CUNYAC) travel Saturday (Mar. 29) for a non-conference tri-match against Neumann University (11-9) and the University of Valley Forge Patriots (9-7) starting at 1 p.m. from UVF Gymnasium in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania.

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