Women's Volleyball Stretch Win Streak to Seven, CUNYAC Tournament Starts on Tuesday
BOX SCORE vs Centenary
BOX SCORE vs MSV
The women’s volleyball team finished their regular season schedule on Friday night with a pair of non-conference home victories.
The Bearcats defeated Centenary (25-18, 25-12, 22-25, 25-23) and Mount Saint Vincent (25-10, 25-18, 25-19) to raise their record to 24-7. The record is the finest for the women’s volleyball program since 1995 (26-6).
In the first match against Centenary, the Bearcats quickly won the first two sets, but ran into trouble in the third in losing by the score of 25-22.
Centenary led at one point in the third set, 19-8, but the Bearcats rallied to tie at 22. However, the visiting Cyclones clinched the third by finishing with the final three points (25-22) to keep their hopes alive. Baruch wrapped up the victory by narrowly winning the fourth set, 25-23.
Mayra Estepan led in the victory with 14 kills and 18 digs, while Christina Pierre recorded 13 kills. Carissa Hoover and Lauren Hayden each notched seven kills.
Melinda Santiago dished out 36 assists and collected 10 digs. Posey Wilson had a team-high 29 digs.
In the third match of the evening, the Bearcats won behind the efforts of Carissa Hoover with nine kills. Estepan and Pierre finished with eight kills each in the 3-0 sweep. Santiago recorded 34 assists.
In the second match of tonight's tri-match event, Centenary defeated Mount Saint Vincent in four sets (25-17, 17-25, 25-23, 25-20).
The Bearcats will return to action on Tuesday, November 3, with a 6:00 pm home CUNYAC quarterfinal playoff match against Medgar Evers College.
For a complete schedule of the 2009 CUNYAC Volleyball Championships, please read below.
QUARTERFINALS
Tuesday, Nov. 3 (@Higher Seed)
#1 Baruch vs #8 Medgar Evers, 6:00 pm
#2 CCNY vs #7 York, TBA
#3 Hunter vs #6 John Jay, TBA
#4 Lehman vs #5 Staten Island, TBA
SEMIFINALS/FINAL
Friday, Nov. 6 (@ CCNY)
#1/#8 winner vs #4/#5 winner, 3:00 pm
#2/#7 winner vs #3/#6 winner, 5:00 pm
Two Remaining Teams, 8:00 pm
Teams are seeded based on final regular season standing.