<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3zOQvS_0vf8Gq8y00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3zOQvS_0vf8Gq8y00" width="800" height="450" ><p>BROOKLYN, New York ----- Coming into the Battle-of-Brooklyn Tri-Match, the Brooklyn College women's volleyball team looked to bounce back after their winning streak came to an end. In the first game of the tri-match, the Bulldogs would fall to the Pratt Institute Cannoneers in three hard fought sets [20-25, 23-25, 20-25] that could have gone either way. In the second game, Brooklyn would bounce back against the St. Joseph's University-Brooklyn Bears, sweeping them in the process [25-19, 25-22, 25-6] and getting back on track.</p><p>In the aftermath of the tri-match, the Brooklyn College Bulldogs (5-6) get back on track on the road with a game in the win column before coming home on Tuesday, September 24 at 6pm against the Farmingdale State College Rams. </p><h2>Game 1 vs Pratt</h2><p>Ahead of them was a team of Pratt Institute Cannoneers, who the Brooklyn College Bulldogs have had a split series with historically, each having three games a piece. The seventh game in their history would end up going down to the wire.</p><p>The first set would start with the Bulldogs going up early in the set, but the Cannoneers would go a run of their own to catch up and take the lead. Back and forth they would go in a set that featured eleven lead changes, none more pivotal than late in set number one. The Amra Mulic to Aleah Rafat connection seemed to be the assist-to-kill combination that seemed to be most successful, tying the game at 20-20. With the score tied for the tenth time, a service error would ignite the Cannoneers to go on a 5-0 run to take the first set 25-20.</p><p>With Pratt leading in the second set 24-17, seemingly running away with the set, Brooklyn would go on an impressive 6-0 run, motivated by a kill from Kela Duncan, to make it 24-23. Duncan would have 6 kills for the game, five of those coming in this set, as well as 1 block assist. Despite the scare installed by Brooklyn, Pratt would literally kill any chances of a comeback, putting it away 25-23.</p><p>After the third set featured a Mulic-to-Rafat play to tie up the game at 15-15, they would take a 16-15 lead on a service ace. Unfortunately, it was the last lead of the day, as Pratt would go on a 5-0 run that would eventually secure the lead and the set 25-20.</p><p>Amra Mulic would end the game with 17 assists, to lead all Bulldogs, as well as 2 service aces and 7 digs. Meanwhile, Aleah Rafat would once again lead the attack with 13 kills, to go along with 1 block assist, 4 receptions and 7 digs.</p><p>The Pratt Institute Cannoneers (3-5) now have the all-time lead on the Bulldogs, getting a much needed win, while the Bulldogs would be losing their second in a row up to this point. </p><h2>Game 2 vs St. Joe's-Brooklyn</h2><p>On paper, the St. Joseph's University-Brooklyn Bears looked to be an even tougher opponent due to their overall record showing a winning record.</p><p>The Bulldogs seemingly had a comfortable lead, but the Bears would go on a ew small 3-0 runs to catch up and make it 22-19. However, thanks to an attack error and two kills, including the set point by Ayatallah Elkotby from Mulic, the Bulldogs would take it 25-19. Elkotby would have 4 kills, 2 assists, and 3 blocks.</p><p>St,Joseph's-Brooklyn would be up 21-15 late in the second set, but Brooklyn would respond out of nowhere to go on a 6-0 run and tie the game. Even though St. Joe's would retake the lead, a couple of attack errors and had other plans, as Brooklyn would take it 25-22.</p><p>In the third set, fatigue would begin to be a factor, as the Bulldogs would take full advantage with an early 9-0 run to make it 9-1. They would never look back as they would take the set in an astonishing 25-6 score.</p><p>St.Joseph's-University-Brooklyn Bears (7-4) would lose in shocking fashion, their seventh in a row to the Bulldogs.</p></div></body>

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BROOKLYN, New York ----- Coming into the Battle-of-Brooklyn Tri-Match, the Brooklyn College women's volleyball team looked to bounce back after their winning streak came to an end. In the first game of the tri-match, the Bulldogs would fall to the Pratt Institute Cannoneers in three hard fought sets [20-25, 23-25, 20-25] that could have gone either way. In the second game, Brooklyn would bounce back against the St. Joseph's University-Brooklyn Bears, sweeping them in the process [25-19, 25-22, 25-6] and getting back on track.