Bergen has advanced to the Region XIX Final Four Tournament

Paramus, NJ – Bergen has advanced to the Region XIX Final Four Tournament, which is hosted by Northampton Community College in Bethlehem, PA on Saturday October 24^th.  The Bulldogs will face #2 seed Ocean County College at 1:00pm.

Bergen had defeated Brookdale Community College in the first round on October 20^th at Bergen Community College.  The match was a nail biter as both teams battled till the last point.   The Jersey Blues to the first match 24-26.   The second set saw the Bulldogs comeback and win 25-17.  Brookdale then took the third set 25-22 and putting the Bulldogs in a tough spot having to win two in a row to overcome the 2-1 deficit.   The fans enjoyed a great come from behind win as the witnessed a 25-16 fourth set win by the Bulldogs.  

It came down to a fifth set where the first team to 15 points would advance to the Final Four.  The Bulldogs began putting the Jersey Blues behind 10-5, but the Jersey Blues would not quit and tied the Bulldogs at 13-13 and then 14-14.   A great save by Erika Flores put the Bulldogs ahead at 15-14 and turned the tables as the Bergen Bulldogs won on their home court 16-14 to advance to the Final Four for the second consecutive year.

The Bulldogs have a tough match up versus Ocean County College.  They had split the regular season series to 1-1.  The first match at Bergen Community College on September 12^th had gone to five sets with Ocean beating Bergen 3-2.  The second match was at Ocean County College on October 3^rd, which also had gone five set, but this time the Bulldogs won 3-2.  The match up should be a great one and the winner will advance to the championship game versus the winner of Montgomery CC and host Northampton CC.  Go Bulldogs!!!