By Manuel Polanco
This past week, the Brooklyn College men’s and women’s soccer teams had successful games in their final games of the season before the playoffs. The women's volleyball team had their two game winning streak broken.
Men’s Soccer
The Bulldogs took on John Jay in a CUNYAC game at home on Oct. 23. John Jay would score two goals in the first quarter, and the Bulldogs would be down 2-1 for most of the game. The Bulldogs’ George Koufos would tie the game in the second quarter with his second goal of the game. Koufos’ third goal would come 60 minutes in, and would prove to be the game winning shot. For his skill, Koufos was awarded player of the game. This game solidified their home field advantage in the CUNYAC semi-finals, the first game of which they will play on Wednesday, Oct. 30 against John Jay.
Women’s Soccer
Playing at home, the BC women's soccer team faced off against John Jay college on Oct. 23 and fell short with a score of 5-0. John Jay scored two goals in the first half of the game, and three goals in the second half, with no goals from the Bulldogs.
Good defense and offensive led BC to beat York College 4-0 on Saturday, Oct. 26, and earn their second conference victory. With three goals in the first half from Abigail Joseph, Jaymi Quintuna, and Gianna DiPronio, the Bulldogs continued to pressure their opponents. In the second half, Chelsea Gonzalez would get a goal of her own, leading BC to victory. On Tuesday, Oct. 29, the women's soccer team will play their last regular season game against Medgar Evers, and hope to end their valiant season with a win.
Women’s Volleyball
After having their five-game streak snapped, the BC women's volleyball team looked to start a new streak against Old Westbury on Monday, Oct. 21. They did just that and won the game 3-0. BC swept each round 25-11, 25-12, and 25-22. Aleah Rafat had 13 kills, Danielle Fuxman had eight kills, Dinora Gomez had five kills and one block, and Kela Duncan had three kills and one block.
The Bulldogs faced off against Lehman College in a conference match on Oct. 24. BC was down 2-1 on the scoreboard but rallied to win two more sets than Lehman. This extended their winning streak to two games and improved their regular season standings to 12-9. The team is 4- 1 in the CUNYAC. Aleah Rafat had 16 kills, two blocks, and three aces, Sydney Gdnaski had 11 kills and two aces, Danielle Fuxman had eight kills and two blocks, and Dinora Gomez had three kills, three blocks, and one ace.
Coming into this series with two consecutive wins, BC hoped to extend their streak to four games, but unfortunately came up short. The first game of the Alvernia Tri-Match took place on Saturday, Oct. 26 against Rutgers University. Aleah Rafat had eight kills, one block, and two aces. Danielle Fuxman had six kills and one block, Sydney Gdanski had five kills and three aces, and Emma Steele had one kill and three aces. The Bulldogs lost via a score of 3-1.
The Bulldogs faced off against Alvernia University in the second game of the doubleheader. Danielle Fuxman had 10 kills, Aleah Rafat had seven kills and one ace, Dinora Gomez had four kills, and Sydney Gdanski had two kills and one ace. Though resilient, the team ultimately lost via a score of 3-1.
The team will face off against Hunter College on Oct. 31 in their next CUNYAC match.