By:Manuel Polanco
The women’s soccer season came to an end as they lost to the incumbent champions, John Jay College. The women’s volleyball team celebrated their senior players during senior day at home. With the basketball season looming upon us, the Bulldogs are gearing up to take on a new challenge.
Women’s Volleyball
Despite splitting their tri-match double header, BC finished their CUNYAC run with a 6-1 record. Their final CUNYAC match came against fellow Brooklyn school Medgar Edgvars College, and BC took a 3-0 sweep for the win.
The sets went 25-3, 25-8, 25-3. What better way to end their CUNYAC season than with a dominant win? Sophomore Olive Carroll had eight kills and two aces. Graduate student Chloe Siena racked up seven kills and six aces.
Sophomore Saule Okeke-Ziburkus ended her night with five kills and three aces. Lastly, senior Olivia Fan had three kills.
Seniors Olivia Fan, Malia Reyes, Chloe Siena, and Stephanie Samulde were honored by their teammates and family during their senior ceremony. The team honored them another way with a 3-1 win against Rutgers- Newark.
The sets went 24-26, 15-25, 25-21, 17-25. BC finished its regular season 11-12 and clinched the No. 3 seed in the playoffs.
Okeke-Ziburkus ended her season on a high note with 15 kills, three blocks, and three aces. Carroll stayed hot with 12 kills and three aces. Junior Sophia Galchus had eight kills to end her night.
Lastly, to end her regular season as a senior, Fan had a great defensive game with four blocks and seven kills. On Tuesday, November 10, BC will host the number six seed Lehman College for the quarterfinals.
Women’s Soccer
BC took on the number two seed John Jay College and unfortunately lost 6-0. BC had eight shots altogether as a team; six of those shots were on target. BC ends their season with a record of 5-8-2. Goalkeeper April Hartje played all 90 minutes and recorded five saves.
Another playoff appearance for BC, and the hope is they can continue this next year and come back even better.
Men’s Swimming
The BC swim team has started their season on a hot streak (ironic, right?) and won three games straight, including their win against St. Joseph’s Long Island via a score of 156-30. BC took first place in 13 individual and relay events.
Senior Michael Kravets took first place in the 1000-yard freestyle with a time of 12:15.01. In the 200-yard freestyle, he again took first with a time of 1:57.58. His third victory came in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 57.37.
Freshman William Forrest won the 100-yard backstroke in 57.46 and the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:03.17. Freshman Coren O’Brien took first place in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 23.62 but placed second in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 52.65.
Next up was freshman Anthony Zarvovskiy, adding to the BC win column with a win of his own in the 200-yard individual medley. His time of 2:21.56 helped secure the win.
BC took home its fourth straight win, beating William Patterson 156-78. Kravets had three individual victories. The three victories came from the 200-yard freestyle, 100-yard butterfly, and 500-yard freestyle.
His times for each were 1:52.88, 55.82, and 5:09.09. Forrest kept his winning streak going, taking first place in the 200-yard individual medley (2:03.43), 100-yard backstroke (57.35), and 100-yard breaststroke (1:00.37).
Sophomore Andrew Woo took first place in the 100-yard freestyle in 50.71. Their next game will be at Sarah Lawrence College on Saturday.
BC hopes to continue their momentum and continue their win streak.