The men's volleyball team went away to The APEX at Lehman College to play the Lightning in a CUNYAC matchup on Thursday evening. The Bearcats ended up with a tough loss 3-2 (22-25, 25-27, 25-15, 17-25, 4-15).
They now hold an overall record of 15-9 and a CUNYAC record of 13-1. They still own the top seed in the CUNYAC Tournament next week.
In the first set, the squad was down early 3-0 and it was a back-and-forth scoring affair. There were six ties, the last at 12-12, but Lehman pulled away late for the 25-22 opening set victory.
In the second set, the Bearcats took a 5-1 lead early, but the Lightning tied the set at 7-7. Both teams kept the margin close as there were 13 ties, which included 24-24. Lehman jumped ahead 25-24 but the Bearcats took the next three points thanks to two kills by Kairos Liang and a bad set to narrowly win 27-25.
The Bearcats took a 15-4 advantage coming out of the third set. The Lightning started going on a run of their own, but it was too little too late as the Bearcats dominated to win the third set 25-15.
In the fourth set, the teams were tied at four, but the Lightning went on a 7-2 run to jump ahead by five points. That proved to be crucial as the Bearcats could only get as close as three points (12-9) as Lehman tied the match at two sets by winning 25-17.
The Lightning got off to a double-digit lead early on in the tiebreaker set 11-1 to win 15-4 for their first victory against the Bearcats since the early 2000s.
Christian Agudo had 33 assists for the Lehman College Lightning.
Individual Highs
Kairos Liang 16 kills, 14 digs
Kory Lingenfelter 12 kills, 21 digs
Valentin Rodriguez 37 assists
Caeleb Lee-Wen 15 digs
