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NEW PALTZ — Three players accounted for 29 of New Paltz’s 39 kills, as the Hawks fell to local rival Vassar College, 15-4, 15-6, 15-7, on Tuesday night at Elting Gymnasium. Chris Wright (12 kills, two digs), Miguel Soriano (nine kills, three digs) and Sean Riley (eight kills) led…

NEW PALTZ — Chris Wright had nine kills and two digs to help SUNY New Paltz earn a non-conference men’s volleyball victory over the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, 15-1, 15-8, 15-3, on Tuesday night at Elting Gymnasium. Miguel Soriano (eight kills, five digs), Sean Riley (five blocks) and Matt…

BROCKPORT — Robin Shields had 20 points in a 70-58 loss at Brockport to become SUNY New Paltz’s all-time leading women’s basketball scorer on Saturday afternoon. Shields, a senior guard from Staten Island, made a pair of free throws with 3:41 remaining for the record. She now has 1,073…

NEW PALTZ — In a closely contested match, visiting University of Puerto Rico-Bayamon defeated SUNY New Paltz, 15-7, 15-10, 13-15, 15-13, in a men’s volleyball matinee on Saturday at Elting Gymnasium. But all eyes were on New Paltz junior middle hitter Christopher Wright, who recorded his 1,000th career kill…

NEW PALTZ — Middle hitter Christopher Wright is quickly approaching 1,000 career kills for the SUNY New Paltz men’s volleyball team. Wright needs just 29 kills to reach the milestone in his junior season. He has 66 kills – an average of 3.1 kills per game – through the…

NEW PALTZ — Hay Conference leader Queens College outlasted SUNY New Paltz, 15-6, 12-15, 15-5, 13-15, 15-13, in a two-hour Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (EIVA) match on Tuesday night at Elting Gymnasium. Freshman outside hitter Miguel Soriano helped New Paltz (2-4 overall, 0-2 EIVA Hay Conference) stay close to…

LORETTO, PA. — Freshman outside hitter Miguel Soriano helped lead SUNY New Paltz to a 2-1 record at the two-day St. Francis (Pa.) Men’s Volleyball Invitational this weekend. After losing in four games (15-12, 15-10, 12-15, 15-13) to the host Red Flash last night, New Paltz rebounded to defeat…

NEWARK, NJ — Despite 35 assists and seven kills from Robert Manosca, the SUNY New Paltz men’s volleyball team fell to 0-2 on the season with a 15-12, 15-9, 15-6 loss at the (5-2) New Jersey Institute of Technology on Thursday night. “We are progressing in learning to play…

NEW PALTZ — Robert Jones had 16 points and 11 rebounds in the second half to help New Paltz erase a 29-24 halftime deficit, en route to an exciting 71-62 victory over SUNYAC men’s basketball rival Oneonta on Saturday afternoon at Elting Gymnasium. Jones finished with a game-high 20…

NEW PALTZ — Robin Shields scored 20 points to inch closer to 1,000 career points and Lisa Burriss grabbed 14 rebounds, but New Paltz still fell to visiting Oneonta, 66-44, on Saturday afternoon at Elting Gymansium. The loss snapped a stretch over which New Paltz (2-13) had collected two…