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#8 Baruch Wins Third Consecutive CUNYAC Championship Tournament
Quarterfinals,
Tuesday, March 22 at Higher Seeds
#1 Baruch receives a bye into the
semifinals
#2 Hunter 3, #7 Medgar Evers 0 (25-0, 25-14,
25-10)
#3 Lehman 3, #6 Brooklyn 0 (25-20, 25-19, 25-20)
#4 York 3, #5 CCNY 2 (21-25, 19-25, 25-22, 32-30,
17-15)
Semifinals/Final, Friday,
March 25 at Baruch College
4:00 pm - #2 Hunter 3, #3 Lehman 0 (25-21, 25-14,
25-21)
6:00 pm - #1 Baruch 3, #4 York 0 (25-11, 25-14,
25-7) BOX SCORE
8:00 pm - #1 Baruch 3, #2 Hunter 0 (Final)
(25-18, 25-18, 25-18) BOX SCORE
The men’s volleyball team won their third consecutive
CUNYAC/Emblem Health Tournament Championship and sixth all-time in
team history by sweeping rival Hunter College in three sets (25-18,
25-18, 25-18) on Friday night in the ARC Arena.
The victory is Baruch’s 51st consecutive victory against
CUNYAC men’s volleyball opposition (regular & postseason)
and marks the third consecutive season with at least 30 wins with
Allison Stack as Head Coach.
The Bearcats (30-12) also clinch the CUNYAC’s automatic
berth to the 16-team North East Collegiate Volleyball Association
(NECVA) Postseason Tournament that will be hosted by the Stevens
Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey on Friday, April 1
through Sunday, April 3. The match ups for the tournament will be
announced on Monday, March 28.
The Bearcats won the championship by pounding out 38 kills with a
.275 hitting percentage, while Hunter recorded 21 kills (.000).
Vincent
Cruz (.400) and Steven
Coniglio (.800) led the attack with nine kills each,
while CUNYAC Tournament MVP Jesus
Echevarria dished out 31 assists and three kills. Eryk
Kowalski also had a solid all-around match with seven
kills (.375) and a team-high 10 digs on the defensive end.
Braien Otsla led Hunter (18-16) with seven kills, four digs and
two service aces.
The Bearcats reached the final by sweeping York College in three
sets in the semifinal earlier today with scores of 25-11, 25-14,
25-7.
CUNYAC Tournament MVP
Jesus Echevarria (Baruch)
CUNYAC All-Tournament Team
Eric Barty (Hunter)
Vincent Cruz (Baruch)
Miguel Gallardo (Lehman)
Eryk Kowalski (Baruch)
Braien Otsla (Hunter)
