Box Score

On Tuesday night, February 9, the men's volleyball made the short trip to Baruch College to face the #22 ranked Bearcats in their fourth conference match on the season. A game-high 17 kills by sophomore Braien Otsla kept the Hawks in the match, but in the end Baruch proved to strong on the night as they went on to record a 3-0 victory. With the loss, the Hawks fall to 4-7, 3-1 in CUNYAC while the Bearcats move to 6-9, 4-0 CUNYAC.

The first set was close in the early stages, with Otsla recording his first kill in the second point of the match. At 6-5, the Bearcats reeled off seven consecutive points, six coming from Steven Coniglio's serve, to open a 13-6 lead. They would use that momentum to close out the set 25-15.

The Hawks took an early 3-1 lead in the second set thanks to a pair of Baruch errors and another Otsla kill. The Bearcats would tighten up their game quickly though, just as the Hawks started making some errors of their own. Baruch soon built a 10-4 lead, and the Hawks would come no closer than five the rest of the set as they fell 25-19 to go behind two sets to none.

Hunter posed a real threat in the third set behind 15 team kills and just four errors. Junior Eric Barty led the way with three early kills, but neither team led by more than three points at any. At 19-16 Baruch, the Hawks won six points in a row, including five on Barty's serve, to take a 22-19 lead. From there, Baruch's Pablo Oliveira scored a kill to stop the streak before winning four points on his serve to make it 24-22. From there the teams traded service errors and the final set finished 25-23.

Next up for the Hawks is home match against CCNY. The match is set for a 6 pm start on Thursday, February 11 at the Hunter Sportsplex.