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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…

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 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…

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…