By: Manuel Polanco
The semester is in its third week, and that means it’s time for another recap of this week in sports at Brooklyn College! First up is women’s soccer.
Women’s Soccer
On Sept. 17, the women’s soccer team took on the Penn State Brandywine Nittany Lions for the first time at home in a subsequent 3-0 loss. The Bulldogs started the game hot and drove the ball to the Lions’ goal five minutes in, but the Lions’ goalie saved it.. The Nittany Lions scored first in the quarter, then twice in the second.
Sophomore Midfielder Julissa Chino had three shots this game with one SOG, Junior defender Abigail Joseph had two shots with one SOG, senior Midfielder Sage Bernstein had two shots and one SOG, and Junior Midfielder Alicia Mary Kosh had one shot. Sophomore Goalkeeper April Hartje had six saves in this game.
Their next game would be on Saturday, Sept. 20, against the Centenary University Cyclones, which would be unfortunate for BC, as the women’s soccer team lost 7-1 against the Centenary University Cyclones. The Cyclones were dominating the game from the start as they scored two goals in the first quarter, then five in the second.
BC’s lone goal came in 80 minutes when senior Midfielder Imani Dickens got BC on the board for the first time this game. Dickens had two shots this game, one goal, and one SOG. Teammate Chelsea Gonzalez had one shot and one SOG this game.
Hoping to rinse this bad loss off, BC will be on the road still and face off against Western Connecticut State on Monday at 6pm.
Women’s Volleyball
Sept. 16 saw the women’s volleyball team go up against York College in the CUNYAC opening and win 3-0 in a great bounce-back win. BC won each of their three sets via scores of 25-13, 25-9, 25-9, pure dominance on BC’s part.
Stellar performance from the squad, including Freshman Anna Friedman, who had six aces this game and four kills. Her teammate, Sophomore Danielle Fuxman, had seven kills and two blocks, and sophomore Dinora Gomez capped her night off with four aces and two kills. Lastly, sophomore Meadow Baker had two kills.
Coming off their 3-0 win against York College, BC would win again against Old Westbury 3-0 on Sept. 18.; They won each of their sets via scores of 25-20, 25-22, 25-8.
Another great game by Fuxman as she ended her night with eight kills and one block. Freshman Olive Carroll had eight kills and three aces, and freshman Ella Snobar had six kills, one block, and one ace on her night. Lastly, freshman Saule Okeke-Ziburkus had five kills and three blocks.
With a two-game winning streak, the team looks to extend this on Saturday during their Tri-match against St Joseph’s College and the McDaniel College Green Terrors at 2 pm.
Game 1
Game one against St Joseph’s College was a close game that went to five sets, but BC would lose this one 3-1. After winning the first set 25-21, they would keep the remaining sets close but would lose the remainder via scores of 25-18, 25-23, 25-22.
Snobar had 12 kills and six blocks, Fuxman had five kills and three blocks, Carroll had four kills, and Junior Olivia Fan had five kills and three blocks.
BC played McDaniels in game two later on.
Game 2
Game two kicked off with the Green Terrors taking the first set 25-16, and in another close game, BC lost 3-1. BC won the second set 25-21 but lost the next two sets 25-20 and 25-23.
Another great game from Snobar, where she had 10 kills and two aces. Fuxman had eight kills and one block, Okeke-Ziburkus had six kills and one block.
Senior Ruti Joshi had 15 digs with three aces and six assists, and junior Malia Reyes had eight assists and seven aces in this game. Lastly, senior Ayatallah Elkotby ended her night with four kills and one block.
BC will continue its conference play against the Hunter College Hawks on Tuesday, Sept. 23, at 6 pm.
Men’s Soccer
Reigning CUNY Rookie of the Week, Andrew Gavrilov, had another great game this week. BC would defeat Purchase College 2-1 and remain undefeated at home this season.
Purchase would score first 29 minutes in, but an assist from Nikala Metreveli would help Gavrilov score the tying goal 37 minutes in. Gavrilov would break this open at the 64-minute mark, for his second goal of the game, giving BC the lead.
Gavrilov would end his night with seven shots, two goals, and three SOGs. Teammate Metreveli would end his night with one shot and one assist. BC went on the road again to face off against the William Paterson University Pioneers on Friday.
The Pioneers dominated this game from the jump and scored all three of their goals in the first quarter, and outshot BC 19-1. Senior midfielder Sadeek Brown would have the only highlight as he had one shot and one SOG.
The team’s next game will be on Monday, Sept. 22, against borough foe Pratt at 5pm.