Athletics

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This weeks senior spotlight features men’s volleyball player Eric Rothbard.

FREDONIA, NY- The State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) has released the 2009 Fall All-Academic Team. New Paltz had 52 student-athletes on the All-Academic and Commissioner’s List this past semester. The student-athletes are recognized by the conference by earning at least a 3.3 grade point average for the current season…

NEW PALTZ, NY- Freshman Alexandra McCullough’s lay-up with two minutes, six seconds remaining gave the Hawks the lead at 46-44 as the Hawks held off the Blue Knights 47-46, Saturday afternoon in the Hawk Center. Nicole Sarcone and Carly Minehan each scored a game-high 12 points, including 10 rebounds for Minehan and…

NEW PALTZ, NY- The New Paltz men’s basketball team fell to the visiting Blue Knights, 63-61 Saturday evening in the Hawk Center. Three Hawks scored in double-figures, but the Hawks fall to 11-10 overall and 7-7 in the league. Jayquan Anderson led the Hawks with a game-high 20 points and five boards…

NEW PALTZ, NY– The New Paltz women’s basketball team defeated the visiting Golden Eagles from Brockport, Friday night 69-53. The Hawks improve to 11-9 overall and 8-5 in the league and Brockport falls to 4-16 overall and 2-11 in the league. Carly Minehan led the Hawks with 15 points and Caitlin Irwin…

The NJCU men’s volleyball tournament has been canceled due to weather. The Hawks will return to action next Friday in the Nazareth Tournament….

NEW PALTZ, NY- Five Hawk players score in double-figures and three had double-doubles to help the Hawks defeat the Golden Eagles from Brockport, 83-74 Friday night in the Hawks Center. The Hawks withstood a late run by the Eagles to improve to 11-9 overall and 7-6 in the SUNYAC. The Hawks…

NEW PALTZ, NY-The New Paltz women’s soccer and field hockey teams are hosting a free Girls Sports Clinic in order to celebrate National Girls and Women in Sport Day. The clinic will take place from 5-8 p.m. on Friday February 5th in the Athletic and Wellness Center for girls aged 8-10. The…

NEW PALTZ, NY- The New Paltz men’s volleyball team cruised past the visiting Raptors from Bard College, Wednesday night 3-0 (30-21, 30-17, 30-25) to improve to 5-4 overall and 2-0 in the NECVA. The Raptors suffer their first lost of the year and fall to 5-1 overall. The Hawks doubled the…

NEW PALTZ, NY- Senior point guard Oppong Agyemang received the pass from sophomore Shereef Taylor with two seconds to go and drove to the hoop for the game-winning lay-up as time expired. The Hawks defeated the Cortland Red Dragons, 68-67 Tuesday night in the Hawk Center and swept their rival for…

NEW PALTZ, NY- The New Paltz women’s basketball team fell to the visiting Red Dragons from Cortland, Tuesday night 64-52. The Hawks fall to 10-9 overall and 7-5 in the league and Cortland improves to 16-3 overall and 11-1 in the league. Kristen Caban led the Hawks with 14 points and three…

NEW YORK, NY-The New Paltz men’s volleyball team cruised past NYU-Poly Tech this afternoon to start the NECVA Metro season off with a 2-0 record. The Hawks defeated the Blue Jays, 3-0 (30-20, 30-14, 30-12) to improve to 4-4 overall. Jake Moore led the team with eight kills (8-0-9, .889) and Jonathan…

PLATTSBURGH, NY-Plattsburgh will be offering live stats for the men’s and women’s basketball games today at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. For women’s basketball live stats, [link=https://npmail.newpaltz.edu/Redirect/www.sidearmstats.com/plattsburgh/wbball/index.htm]click here[/link]. For men’s basketball live stats, [link=https://npmail.newpaltz.edu/Redirect/www.sidearmstats.com/plattsburgh/mbball/index.htm]click here[/link]….

PLATTSBURGH, NY- In the second half with 15 minutes, 10 seconds remaining senior point guard Nicole Sarcone assisted on Carly Minehan’s jumper to tie the all-time school record in assists. Two minutes, 30 seconds later, Sarcone’s pass to set-up Abbey DeRossi lay-up gave her the schools all-time record with 430 assists….

New Paltz, NY– The New Paltz men’s and women’s swimming teams fell to Stevens Saturday afternoon. The men fell to the Ducks, 126-79 and the women fell 116-89. The men’s team finishes up 2-7 overall and women at 3-6 overall. On the women’s side, Melinda Pullen had a memorable senior day setting…

PLATTSBURGH, NY- Sophomore guard Shereef Taylor scored the Hawks final 10 points and was 5-of-5 from the free throw line down the stretch as the Hawks defeated Plattsburgh 81-77 Saturday evening. The Hawks improve to 9-8 overall and 5-6 in the SUNYAC, while Plattsburgh falls to 11-7 overall and 6-5 in…

NEW PALTZ, NY- The New Paltz men’s volleyball team defeated the Gothic Knights from New Jersey City University, 3-1 (30-20, 30-22, 24-30, 30-26) Friday night in the Hawk Center to improve to 3-4 overall and 1-0 in the NECVA Metro. The Hawks held NJCU to a .175 hitting percentage (50-29-120)…

POTSDAM, NY- The New Paltz women’s basketball team fell to the Bears of Potsdam, 66-60 Friday night. The Hawks fall to 9-8 overall and 6-4 in the league. Potsdam improves to 4-13 overall and 3-7 in the league. Carly Minehan had a team-high 16 points on 7-of-11 shooting and six rebounds….

POTSDAM, NY- The New Paltz men’s basketball team fell to the Bears of Potsdam, 71-52 Friday night. The Hawks fall to 8-8 overall and 4-6 in the league. Potsdam improves to 3-13 overall and 2-8 in the league. Shereef Taylor and Jayquan Anderson each scored 10 points to lead the hawks…

NEW PALTZ, NY- The fourth set between the Vassar College Brewers and the New Paltz Hawks was one of the most exciting sets in volleyball. With the Hawks down 2-1 and on the verge of being defeated, the Hawks battled back from 14-10 deficit to tie the game at 18-18. The…

OSWEGO, NY- The Oswego State Lakers used a 27-9 run start the second half to pull away for the 70-54 win over the Hawks Tuesday night in the Max Ziel Gymnasium. Conor Monaghan finished the game with 20 points, eight of them during the run and had seven rebounds, four…

OSWEGO, NY- Oswego’s Rachel Kohrs scored 11 points in the game, but her jumper with 29 seconds remaining in the game gave the Lakers the 45-43 win over the Hawks Tuesday night in the Max Ziel Gymnasium on the campus of Oswego State. The Hawks forced 27 turnovers on the…

This weeks senior spotlight features women’s swimmer Eryka Eikeseth.

NEW PALTZ, NY- The New Paltz men’s volleyball fell to #14 Emmanuel, 3-2 (23-30, 32-34, 30-25, 30-26, 15-11) in a five set thriller this morning in the New Paltz Hawks Tournament held in the Hawk Center. The Hawks fall to 2-2 overall and wrap-up the tournament against #10 Baruch at…

NEW PALTZ, NY- The New Paltz men’s volleyball team fell to the visiting Bearcats of Baruch to wrap-up the New Paltz Hawks Tournament, [link=http://athletics.newpaltz.edu/mvolleyball/statistics/mv12310b.htm]3-1[/link] (27-30, 30-27, 30-28, 30-27) Saturday afternoon in the Hawk Center. Four Hawks tallied double-figures in kills led by Dan Liberto with 17 and had a hitting percentage…

ONEONTA, NY- Pete Carmel’s two free throw shots with three seconds remaining in the game sealed a [link=http://athletics.newpaltz.edu/mbasketball/statistics/mb12210.htm]77-74[/link] victory for the Hawks over the Red Dragons from Oneonta Friday night. Shereef Taylor led all scorers and four Hawks in double-figures with 23 points. The Hawks improve to 8-6 overall and…

ONEONTA, NY- The New Paltz women’s basketball team fell to the Red Dragons of Oneonta, 57-48 Friday night. The Hawks falls to 9-6 overall and 6-2 in the league as Oneonta improves to 10-5 overall and 8-0 in the league. Maggie Farrell led the Hawks with 11 points, eight rebounds, three…

NEW PALTZ, NY- The New Paltz men’s volleyball team opened the New Paltz Hawks Tournament with a straight set win over Elms College, 3-0 (30-15, 30-12, 30-22) but would fall to #14 MIT, 3-0 (30-25, 32-30, 30-28). The Hawks overall record stands at 2-1 and will return to the…

CORTLAND, NY- The New Paltz men’s and women’s swimming teams fell to host Cortland Friday night to wrap-up the regular season swimming meets. The men fell to the Red Dragons, 152-130 and the women fell 144-140. The men’s team falls to 2-6 overall and the women fall to 3-5 overall. On the…

NEW YORK, NY-The New Paltz men’s volleyball team opens the 2010 season on the road this evening at 3 p.m. against Hunter. The Hawks finished the 2009 season with a 22-13 overall record and 6-3 in the NECVA Metro. To follow today’s game, click here….

NEW PALTZ, NY- This past Wednesday, the New Paltz men’s basketball program visited Lenape Elementary School in New Paltz for a reading program. The Lenape students were excited to have the Hawks there, and as a result the visit turned into a question and answer session. The students were interested in learning…

NEW YORK, NY- The New Paltz men’s volleyball team opened the 2010 season with a straight set victory, 3-0 (30-16, 30-26, 30-18) against Hunter. The Hawks return to the court tomorrow at 6 p.m. against Elms and 8 p.m. against MIT in the New Paltz Hawks Tournament held in the Hawk…

NEW PALTZ, NY-The New Paltz softball team will be holding a clinic on Sunday, February 28 in Elting Gymnasium. For complete details, please click here….

NEW PALTZ, NY- With 10.2 seconds remaining in the game and trailing 69-68, Shereef Taylor raced up the court and dished it off to Nick Taldi in the corner for a three-pointer that rimmed out as #7 Williams survives [link=http://athletics.newpaltz.edu/mbasketball/statistics/mb11910.htm]70-68[/link] in the Hawk Center. Taylor led three double-figure scorers for…

NEW PALTZ, NY– The New Paltz women’s basketball team fell to the Ducks from Stevens Tuesday night, by a score of 56-46. Stevens improved to 9-5 overall and the Hawks fall to 9-5 overall. The Ducks were led by Brittany Fuller. Fuller had a double-double, scoring a game-high 28 points and added…

NEW PALTZ, NY- Carly Minehan’s lay-up with five minutes, six seconds remaining in the game broke a 55-55 tie as the Hawks pulled away from the Fredonia for the 71-59 victory.The Hawks upped their record to 9-4 overall and 6-1 in the league. Seniors Kristen Caban and Maggie Farrell led four Hawks…

ROCHESTER, NY– The New Paltz men’s and women’s swimming teams competed at R.I.T. this afternoon. The Hawks faced Geneseo in a conference meet and also went up against R.I.T.The women defeated R.I.T. by a score of 167-121 and they fell to Geneseo by the score of 220.50-73.50.The men fell to R.I.T….

NEW PALTZ, NY- Brad Cooper jump shot with eight minutes, four seconds remaining in the game gave the Blue Devils a 50-48 that Fredonia would not slip away.Fredonia improves to 6-5 overall and 4-1 in the league. Sophomore Harris Wichard led the Hawks with a game-high 18 points, five rebounds and three…

NEW PALTZ, NY- The New Paltz women’s basketball team hosted the Bengals from Buffalo State Friday night and walked with a 69-48 win in the Hawks Center.Senior guard Nicole Sarcone had a game-high 10 assists and is 24 assists from tying New Paltz all-time assist record in a career. Senior guard Maggie…

NEW PALTZ, NY- The New Paltz men’s basketball continued to play strong in a 78-65 victory over the Bengals from Buffalo State Friday night in the Hawk Center.The nations assist leader, Oppong Agyemang had game-high eight assists and no turnovers and Jayquan Anderson had a double-double to help lead the Hawks…

NEW PALTZ, NY-The New Paltz men’s basketball team is coming off a 82-77 victory over rival Cortland State Tuesday night and are playing strong.The Hawks as a team rank 23rd in field goal percentage in the nation at 49.4% and 31st in points per game at 80.7.They are averaging 16.9 assists…

NEW PALTZ, NY-The New Paltz women’s basketball team is 7-4 on the season and 4-1 in the SUNYAC.The team ranks 31st in three-point field goals a game with 6.8 and their defense is only allowing opponents to shoot 24.6% from behind the arc, which is 35th best in the nation.The team…

CORTLAND, NY- The New Paltz women’s basketball team fell to the Red Dragons of Cortland 87-60 Tuesday night. The Hawks forced 23 turnovers, but the Hawks could not rebound from cold shooting night. The Hawks fall to 7-4 overall and 4-1 in the SUNYAC and return to the court Friday at…

CORTLAND, NY- The New Paltz men’s basketball team defeated the Red Dragons from Cortland Tuesday night, 82-77 behind a career night from sophomore Jayquan Anderson from the free throw line. It is the first win for the Hawks over Cortland in 11 meetings and the last coming in a 69-52 victory…

BROCKPORT, NY- The New Paltz women’s basketball team traveled to the College at Brockport today to finish up weekend play. The Hawks walked away with a dominating performance and improved to 7-3 overall and 4-0 in the SUNYAC with a 65-47 victory. The Hawks return to the court Friday, January 15…

BROCKPORT, NY– The SUNY New Paltz men’s basketball team fell to the Golden Eagles of Brockport Saturday evening, 80-63.The Hawks fall to 5-5 overall and 1-3 in the SUNYAC and Brockport improves to 7-2 overall and 4-1 in SUNYAC play. Sophomore Shereef Taylor led the Hawks with a double-double contributing 21 points,…

GENESEO, NY- The New Paltz women’s basketball team stayed undefeated with a 64-62 win over the Blue Knights from Geneseo Friday night.aDespite the Blue Knights shooting 47.8% (22-46) from the floor the Hawks forced 27 turnovers and had 17 steals.aNew Paltz improves to 6-3 overall and 3-0 in the SUNYAC.aGeneseo falls…

GENESEO, NY- The New Paltz men’s basketball team fell to the Blue Knights from Geneseo Friday night, 75-65. Despite the Hawks having three players score in double-digits and winning the turnover battle, 15-11 the Hawks fall to 5-4 overall and 1-2 in the SUNYAC and Geneseo improves to 2-6 overall and…