BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Susan Wagner ran into the PSAL girls’ volleyball dynasty known as John Jay Sunday at Brooklyn College and the result was a 2-0 loss for the Falcons in the PSAL 3A city title match.
Head coach Marco Altieri’s club, which was seeking its first crown since 2012, dropped sets of 25-19 and 25-14. John Jay captured its fourth straight city championship.
“Lexi Moore (John’s Jay’s top player) was an absolute game changer today,” lamented Altieri, who suffered his third title loss since he began coaching in 2002. “Our defense kept us in the first set, but in the second set, Lexi and John Jay found holes and put too much pressure on us for us to get in a rhythm.”
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But Altieri says it’s not just a one-person show for John Jay.
“It’s not just Lexi, although she’s super dominant. They played clean and pit a lot of pressure on us,” noted Altieri.
Fiona Selimi stood out for SW with five kills.
The loss was the Falcons first of the season as they finished with a 13-1 PSAL mark. John Jay went 14-0 in the league.
“As always, I’m proud of what we’ve accomplished but sad to see this team not get what we wanted and not play together any more,” said Altieri, whose club took down McKee/Staten Island Tech, 2-0, last week to advance to the finale.
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