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The #7-ranked men’s volleyball team needed a major comeback to defeat their rival Hunter College Hawks in five sets in a CUNY Athletic Conference (CUNYAC) contest on Tuesday night at the Hunter Sportsplex in New York City.

With the result, Baruch improves to 21-10 on the overall regular season schedule and a perfect 10-0 in the CUNYAC standings. They also stretch their conference win streak (regular season & postseason) to 45 straight matches.

The Hunter Hawks (12-11, 8-2 CUNYAC) stunned the Bearcats early by taking the first two sets with scores of 25-23 and 28-26. The Hawks hit .450 in winning the first set of the evening.

The Bearcats never lost their composure and rallied by winning the next two sets with scores of 25-23 and 25-21 to force the exciting fifth-set tie-breaker. Baruch took control and edged the Hawks, 16-14, to pull out the exciting victory.

Pablo Oliveira, the current CUNYAC and AVCA Player of the Week, had another monster effort with a double-double of 26 kills (.314), 13 digs and eight blocks.

Jesus Echevarria also had a double-double with 49 assists and a team-leading 14 digs. Vincent Cruz totaled 12 kills with a solid .429 hitting percentage, while CUNYAC Rookie of the Week Steven Coniglio finished with nine kills and six blocks.

Eric Barty led Hunter with 24 kills (.409), while Stanley Martinez dished out 59 assists.

The Bearcats, who moved up two spots this week to number seven in the national AVCA Division III Top 15 rankings, will return to action on Thursday, March 3rd, in a rescheduled CUNYAC match against Brooklyn College (moved up from March 15). First serve in Brooklyn is scheduled for 6:00 pm.