By: Manuel Polanco
This week’s player spotlight is sophomore Saule Okeke-Ziburkus, who earned back-to-back CUNYAC Athlete of the Week and CUNYAC Player of the Month honors. Welcome back to another week of BC recaps, and for a treat, the men’s soccer team put on a show for the home crowd during senior day, blowing out their opponents.
Women’s Volleyball
During their SUNY Tri-match against New Paltz, BC couldn’t come up with the win and lost 3-0. The sets went: 25-8, 26-24, 25-13. Graduate student Chloe Siena ended her night with six kills.
Okeke-Ziburkus notched five kills and one ace. Junior Sophie Galchus and Senior Malia Reyes both had two kills, with Reyes gaining two blocks. Their next game came against Centenary University and in a four-set match, BC lost 3-1 in a highly contested game. The sets went as follows: 21-25, 25-22, 26-24, 25-21. Okeke-Ziburkus had 20 kills, 16 digs, and four aces, with Siena having seven kills in her day.
Junior Rose Kory came up big with 31 assists and 20 digs. Reyes had three kills and 19 digs. Even though they have not triumphed, the Bulldogs will be back again for another game on Saturday, Oct. 17, against Rowan University.
Women’s Soccer
In a 14-0 blowout, BC took a powerful CUNYAC win against fellow Brooklyn school, Medgar Evers College. They scored 11 goals in the first quarter, and the game was over from there. BC outshot Medgar Evers 34-2 in 70 minutes of play.
Freshman Scarlett Davis had a stellar outing with three goals, four shots, three shots on goal (SOG), and one assist. Gianna DiPronio got the party started with a goal of her own, three minutes into the game. Freshman Krista Strader had a stellar outing with three goals, four shots, and three SOG.
Senior Abigail Joseph had one goal, two shots, one SOG, and two assists. Lastly, freshman Aissa Santos Lopez ended her day with one goal, two shots, one SOG, and two assists. Junior goalkeeper Siul Mancebo played all 70 minutes and helped save one goal.
Their next game is Saturday, Oct. 17, against rival college John Jay.
Men’s Soccer
In a highly contested 1-0 loss against Hunter College, BC dropped this conference game and moved to 5-3 in the regular season and 2-2 in the CUNYAC. Sophomore Gustav Krueger had five shots and two SOG.
Hunter scored in the first quarter, and it was history from then on. Freshman Duran Pepic had five shots and two SOG. Teammate Jorge Gonzalez Lasala ended his night with three shots. Lastly, senior Hugo Sauriat had three shots and one SOG.
BC kept the pressure throughout the game but couldn’t secure a goal to tie the game.
The men’s team put on a show for the home crowd during their senior day, beating York College 12-1 in a strong showing by sophomore Andrew Gavrilov. Gavrilov finished with six shots, four SOG, two goals, and one assist.
BC outshot York 42-3 and 22-2 on SOG. Sauriat celebrated his senior day with a strong performance, including two goals, five shots, and three SOG. Gonzalez Lasala added to the flurry with eight shots, one goal, two SOG, and two assists.
Freshman Nathaniel Xavier Liebling joined the fun with two shots, one goal, one SOG, and one assist. With this great win, BC will look to notch another win in their next match against Western Connecticut State on Oct. 18.
Men’s Swimming & Diving
In their season opener, the BC men’s swim team took home the win against Maritime College. They won with a score of 143.50-95.50. Senior Michael Kravets led the way with a first-place finish in both the freestyle and distance events.
He finished the 200-yard dash freestyle with a time of 1:50:99 and 5:20:21 in the 500-yard dash freestyle. Next, freshman William Forrest had a good outing in the 200-yard individual medley, finishing in 2:00:95.
In the 100-yard backstroke and breaststroke, he ended with times of 56.75 and 56.01, respectively. Sophomore Andrew Woo won first place in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 50.30, and he came up second in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:06:06.
Lastly, sophomore Or Volpert tied for first in the 50-yard freestyle, matching SUNY Maritime’s Rowan Hayes with a time of 22.45. Volpert won the 100-yard butterfly in 55.31.
Their next meet is Oct. 23, when BC takes on Mt. St. Mary.