Bridgeport, Conn. - The Queens College volleyball team dropped just its second match of the season on Thursday night, as they fell to the Bridgeport Purple Knights, 3-1, in a match played in Hubbell Gym in Bridgeport, Connecticut.  The scores of the sets were 25-18, 25-21, 19-25 and 25-16.  The Knights are now 7-2 on the year, and 1-1 in the East Coast Conference.

The opening set saw the two sides swap the first ten points to have the score tied at 5-5.  From there, Bridgeport used a 5-0 run to take a commanding, 10-5 lead in the first set.  However, Queens responded with a 6-point run of its to take an 11-10 lead.  The six QC points came from kills by Tori Bowser, Ceren Kilic, Arielle DiCocco and an ace from Else Buchmiller; along with a few Purple Knights errors.  The score would be tied a third time in the set, at 16-all, but eventually Bridgeport took the opening stanza, 25-18.

Bridgeport went on and took the second set, 25-21 before the Knights broke through and captured the third set, 25-19.  The Purple Knights put the match away by taking the fourth set, 25-16.

Arielle DiCocco had a match-best 16 kils for the Knights.  Ceren Kilic had 29 assits and Xhesi Domi recorded 16 digs.

The team returns to action on Saturday, September 28, when they face Southern Connecticut State.  The first serve is scheduled for 5:00 PM.