NEW YORK-- (www.YORKATHLETICS.com) York College men's volleyball returned to CUNYAC competition Thursday evening with a road meeting against the Hunter College Hawks (9-3, 2-0 CUNYAC), falling in straight sets (25-4, 25-12, 25-8) inside Hunter Sportsplex. 

First Set Breakdown 

• A pair of aces from Ahmed Mohamed sparked a 4-0 start for Hunter.
• The Cardinals got their first point with Brian Kim's kill at 7-2. 
• 11 consecutive Hawk points extended the lead to 16 (18-2). 
• Finishing off the dominance, Hunter claimed seven of the final nine points en route to a 25-4 scoreline.

Second Set Breakdown 

• The Hawks claimed the first six points from the serve of Wesley Stubbs.
• Alexis Ramirez got on the board for York with a subsequent kill (6-1). 
• Stubbs' kill gave Hunter its first double-digit advantage (13-3). 
• Showing fight, the Cardinals went on a mini 5-2 spurt, with Samiir Idlet's ace trimming the deficit to seven (15-8).
• Both squads split the next six points, with the margin remaining at seven (18-11). 
• Two aces and a kill from Brandon Yeh spearheaded a 7-2 close by the Hawks.

Third Set Breakdown 

• Kim's smackdown gave York a 3-2 advantage.
• Hunter then took control, utilizing a 14-1 run to lead by 12 (16-4). 
• The Cardinals got contributions from Ramirez and Keron Antoine the rest of the way, but they could not stop a 25-8 result.

Leading the Cardinals

• Kim paced the group with a team-high three kills to go along with a block assist. 
• Ramirez added two kills and scooped up a team-leading five digs.
• Jesus Gomez chipped in with one kill, one block assist, and orchestrated the attack with six assists. 
• Antoine tallied one kill, and Idlet served the team's lone ace.

For Hunter

• Stubbs controlled the tempo with a match-best eight kills and 12 assists. He also accumulated two aces and three block assists. 
• Emmanuel Cochran spiked home four kills and totaled a match-high four block assists.
• Sebastian Gomez powered down five kills. 
• Yeh produced seven assists and served a team-leading three aces.

Inside the Box Score
The Cardinals generated 56 total attacks and swung at a -.304 rate. Hunter recorded a .429 attack percentage on 49 kills. In addition, the Hawks won the battle in kills (29-7), aces (11-1), block assists (15-4), assists (26-7), and digs (21-11).

Up Next 
The Cardinals (1-6) continue their road stretch Saturday with a tri-match against the Sarah Lawrence College Gryphons (6-4) and the Dean College Bulldogs (3-7) starting at 11 a.m from Sarah Lawrence's Campbell Sports Center in Morristown, New Jersey.

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