Bronx, NY—Freshman Paola Martinez led the Caimans offense with nine kills and one error in eight-teen attempts to earn a .444 hitting percentage while racking up nine digs to lead the team. The Caimans swept the Bronx Broncos Thursday night to get their first conference win since October 10,^, 2010. The set scores were 25-23, 25-21, 25-16.

CUNYAC/Applebee's Female Player of the week, Rosa Sanchez Rodriguez, had twenty-two assists and two digs. Sophomore Yuly Rodriguez served up eight Aces, five kills and eight digs.

The Caimans started the first set slow immediately falling behind the Broncos 4-1, forcing Head Coach Tracey Igwe to call a time out. Coming out of the time out the Caimans looked like a different team. Hostos continued to trail the Broncos until tying it up 18-18 on an unreturned serve by Martinez. The Broncos, once again, regained the lead and ran the score to 23-20. After two net violations on the Bronx things started to turn around for Hostos. With Yuly Rodriguez up to serve the Caimans finished the game on an Ace and two unreturned serves.

With the momentum from the last set still on their side, Hostos started the second set leading 6-2 forcing Bronx Head Coach, Davina Arroy, to call a time out. Y. Rodriguez helped boost the Caimans with great serving once again allowing Hostos to keep their lead until the Broncos tied it up at 14-14. The two teams traded points until the score reached 16-16. The Caimans then went on a 3-0 run that ended with a kill by Martinez giving Hostos a 19-16 lead. The Caimans took over the set at this point and went on to win.

The third set started as a struggle for the Caimans as the Bronx started off with the lead. The two traded points keeping the score close until it was 11-11. Then the Caimans took over the match taking 10 of the next 12 points bringing the score to 21-13. The third set proved to be the most dominate for the Caimans as they finished the set 25-16 and swept the Broncos.

The Caimans now stand 1-1 in Region XV play and 1-0 in Conference play. They carry that record into their next game on Saturday September 15^th as they take on West Point Prep. Come out and support the Caimans 12:00 PM at the Swamp!!