NEW YORK - No. 3 Brooklyn College and No. 4 Baruch advanced to the semifinals of the 2026 CUNY Athletic Conference Women's Volleyball Championship with first round victories Tuesday night.
Brooklyn swept sixth-seeded Lehman 3-0, while the Bearcats rallied from a 2-1 set deficit and a 12-9 deficit in the fifth set to eliminate No. 5 CCNY 3-2.
The Bulldogs will hit the road to face No. 2 seed Hunter Thursday at 6 pm in one semifinal, while Baruch heads to top-seeded John Jay for a 6 pm semifinal Thursday.
Brooklyn 3, Lehman 0 | Box Score
Third-seeded Brooklyn (12-12) advanced with a 3-0 victory over sixth-seeded Lehman (3-21) Tuesday evening at the West Quad Center. The Bulldogs won by scores of 25-14, 25-8 and 25-18 to earn a semifinal matchup at second-seeded Hunter on Thursday.
Saule Okeke-Ziburkus led Brooklyn with a match-high 14 kills on .462 hitting while adding nine digs. Olivia Fan contributed 10 kills on .353 hitting and two blocks, while Malia Reyes finished with seven kills. Setter Rose Kory directed the offense with 31 assists and 10 digs, while Mila Servania recorded a team-high 11 digs.
Brooklyn controlled the match offensively, finishing with 38 kills and a .277 hitting percentage compared to 12 kills and a -.036 hitting percentage for Lehman. The Bulldogs hit .303 in the opening set and .391 in the second, when they limited the Lightning to just one kill. Olive Carroll led Brooklyn from the service line with six aces as the Bulldogs finished with 12 as a team.
Chloe Colon paced Lehman with four kills and a match-high 10 digs, while Olivia Boothe and Chanel Garcia added three kills apiece. Ayah Hamdaoui finished with five assists, six digs and two service aces for the Lightning.
Baruch 3, CCNY 2 | Box Score
Baruch (14-13) advanced to the semifinals with a comf-from-behind 3-2 victory over CCNY (7-17) Tuesday evening at the ARC Arena. The Bearcats rallied from a 2-1 deficit to win by scores of 23-25, 25-23, 24-26, 25-13 and 15-12, earning a semifinal matchup against top-seeded John Jay on Thursday.
After dropping a closely contested opening set, Baruch evened the match with a 25-23 victory in the second. CCNY regained the lead with a 26-24 win in the third, but the Bearcats responded with their strongest offensive set of the evening, hitting .409 in a 25-13 fourth-set victory. Baruch completed the comeback with a 15-12 win in the deciding fifth set, reeling off the final six points of the match after CCNY led 12-9.
Erica Peralta led Baruch with 10 kills, while Karolina Lundqvist and Maria Zecchinel contributed nine apiece. Karen Pozo Castro directed the offense with 41 assists and added 15 digs, while Pei Qiong Ren recorded a team-high 18 digs. Zecchinel finished with six blocks and Alicia Graves added five as the Bearcats held an 11-3 advantage in team blocks.
Holly Guzman paced CCNY with 10 kills and three service aces, while Ivanna Zamora Sanchez finished with nine kills, five aces and nine digs. Jia Hua Liu added eight kills and two blocks, while Rosalynda Russo recorded a match-high 21 digs. Baruch finished with a 50-38 advantage in kills and hit .135 compared to .033 for the Beavers.
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