NEW PALTZ — Top-seeded New Paltz earned the right to host the ECAC Division III Men’s Basketball Final Four with a 99-93 quarterfinal win over eighth-seeded Union College on Wednesday night at Elting Gymnasium. The (16-11) Hawks were led by the hot shooting of Joe Wiggins (25 points, nine…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — SUNY New Paltz has earned the top spot for this week’s Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III Men’s Upstate New York Basketball Tournament. The (15-11) Hawks will play eighth-seeded Union College (15-10) in the opening round at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Elting Gymnasium. In…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — The SUNY New Paltz men’s volleyball team swept two matches Sunday afternoon at Elting Gymnasium to go above .500 for the first time this season. The (7-5) Hawks beat Lehman, 15-7, 15-5, 15-2, in the day’s first match. Then, after Lehman dispatched New York City Tech,…
Read MoreGENESEO — SUNY New Paltz women’s swimmers Claudine Gruver, Erin Lalor, Jessica DiFabio, and Jen Neri broke two Geneseo pool records at the Last Chance Meet in Geneseo on Saturday. The team didn’t improve upon their NCAA “B” (provisional) qualifying times in either the 200 yard Medley Relay or…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Senior forward Jasmine Sanchez (New York, NY/Mount St. Ursula ’95) closed out her outstanding women’s basketball career in grand style on Saturday at Elting Gymnasium, collecting a triple-double to lead the Hawks past Potsdam, 70-59, in both schools’ season finale. Sanchez, a three-time All-SUNYAC selection, had…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Robert Bruley has been hired as the new full-time men’s and women’s tennis coach and event manager at SUNY New Paltz. Bruley, a native of England, served as interim women’s tennis coach in the fall after Bob Siracuse left to become the Director of Athletics at…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Kristen Geissler has been named to the newly-created part-time position of head women’s field hockey and assistant women’s lacrosse coach at SUNY New Paltz. Geissler, a 1998 Lock Haven University graduate, will have until the fall to assemble New Paltz’s first-ever field hockey team. The Boyertown,…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — The SUNY New Paltz men’s volleyball team beat Queens College on Tuesday night at Elting Gym, 15-0, 15-8, 13-15, 15-13. Sophomores Joe Lattanzio (Huntington Station, NY), Robert Manosca (Jacksonville, FL) and Chris Wright (Queens, NY) led the way for the Hawks in the contest. Lattanzio…
Read MoreBUFFALLO — On a day on which senior forward Jasmine Sanchez became the first SUNY New Paltz women’s basketball player to score 1,000 points in her career, the Hawks fell to the SUNYAC’s third-place team, Buffalo State, 71-41, at the BSC Sports Arena. Sanchez (nine rebounds, four assists, four…
Read MoreBUFFALLO — The SUNY New Paltz men’s basketball team split two key SUNYAC contests over the weekend in Western New York. After easily defeating Fredonia, 62-50, on Friday night, the Hawks fell to Buffalo State, 88-76, on Saturday afternoon. In Saturday’s contest, New Paltz trailed 45-21 at the…
Read MoreLORRETO, PA. — The SUNY New Paltz men’s volleyball team got its first victory of the 1999 season and placed two players on the All-Tournament Team at the Days Inn/Pine Power Tournament hosted by St. Francis (Pa.) University over the weekend. New Paltz (1-4) lost to Princeton in its…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Despite 29 points and 15 rebounds from senior forward Jasmine Sanchez, the SUNY New Paltz women’s basketball team fell short in its bid to sweep the season series from Utica/Rome, 55-51, on Tuesday night at Elting Gymnasium. The (4-13 overall, 3-10 SUNYAC) Hawks shot a dismal…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — A poor shooting effort wasn’t enough to keep the SUNY New Paltz men’s basketball team from beating Utica/Rome, 59-52, on Tuesday night at Elting Gymnasium, to improve to 9-8 (6-7 SUNYAC), and sweep the season series from the Wildcats. The Hawks connected on just under 36…
Read MoreONEONTA — The SUNY New Paltz women’s basketball team shot 50 percent in the first half to trail by just four points, 33-29, at the break, but converted just 6-of-24 shots over the final 20 minutes, as Oneonta slipped past the Hawks, 61-50, at G. Hal Chase Gymnasium. Senior…
Read MoreONEONTA — After beating Worcester State (Mass.), 75-63, on Friday night, the SUNY New Paltz men’s basketball team lost to Oneonta, 68-63, on Saturday at G. Hal Chase Gymnasium. Sophomore center Demetrios Tsimis (15 points, seven rebounds, four blocks) had his second straight game in double figures off the…
Read MoreCORTLAND — The SUNY New Paltz men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams split their final dual meet of the season on Saturday at Cortland. The women’s team cruised past the Red Dragons, 126-91, swimming exhibition (non-scoring) times in the final three races. The men, meanwhile, were edged 127-110,…
Read MoreWEST POINT — Army held off nearby SUNY New Paltz, 77-60, in the first-ever meeting between the two schools on Tuesday night at Christl Arena. New Paltz, a Division III school, matched their Division I counterpart’s 36 second half points, outshot the Cadets 47-44 percent in the period, and…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — The SUNY New Paltz men’s and women’s basketball teams have two players listed each in the first bi-weekly release of the NCAA Division III Statistical Leaders. Sophomore center Demetrios Tsimis, of Rome, NY (Vernon-Verona-Sherill ’97), is the highest ranked Hawk, fourth nationally in blocks (3.1 per…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — When SUNY New Paltz’s basketball teams host Oswego on Tuesday night at Elting Gymnasium, more will be at stake than simply two key SUNYAC contests. As part of the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) “Coaches vs. Cancer” program, all gate receipts that night will be…
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