Volleyball Falls in UVC Final

April 7, 2011 Cat Tacopina 0

At the first ever United Volleyball Conference (UVC) championships this past month, the No. 15 seed New Paltz Men’s Volleyball team made it to the final against the No. 2 seed Nazareth College. The team defeated the No. 9 seed Medaille College and No.12 Stevens Institute of Technology to get there. Not many could have seen this for New Paltz, with the exception of one. “No, I’m not surprised,” said Men’s Head Coach Radu Petrus. “I’m not surprised because the students were great in practice and they had a lot of improvement. It was […]

Tennis Team Aces Florida Tournament

March 31, 2011 Cat Tacopina 0

With spring break then approaching, the New Paltz tennis team was not thinking of relaxing. While they would be traveling to Florida, they were more focused on the competition that they would be facing there. The team left early on the Friday before break started to head south to compete. Through a program called “Spring Break Sports,” the team matched up against the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Colby College, Merrimack College and Colorado College while only seeing defeat against Colby. Before the trip, Head Coach Rob Bruley was already looking toward the matches with excitement and confidence. […]