Sports

Training Days

By Michelle Feliciano at May 1, 2010 | 7:29 pm | 0 Comment

"Get down and give me 20! One and two and three and four. You can do it! Don‘t give up." These are the words of a personal trainer at the Wellness & Recreation Center at State University of New York (SUNY) at New Paltz, one of several seeking to help students signed up for free sessions. According to Keith Kenney, director of Wellness & Recreation, more...

Ladies’ Lacrosse Continues Expansion

By Maria Sullivan at April 16, 2010 | 1:25 pm | 1 Comments

Evolving from a club to a recruiting class, the Women’s Lacrosse team at the State University of New York at New Paltz has come a long way as the team progresses on the varsity level. In March 2008, informational fliers were put up on campus about a lacrosse club that drew in nearly 60 girls. The numbers dropped once word got out that there was a significant amount more...

Before the Whistle Blows

By Sam Speer at April 3, 2010 | 5:19 pm | 0 Comment

The State University of New York at New Paltz Women’s Volleyball team practice just ended and Kelsey Garmendia, a second-year student, is icing her shoulder to alleviate the excruciating pain. After practice, she often feels as if her shoulder is out of its socket. Initially being an internal impingement, the injury progressed into a more severe recurring partial more...

Students Just Keep Swimming

By Allie Roselle at April 2, 2010 | 1:27 pm | 0 Comment

Motivation is what drives the SUNY New Paltz Swim Club to continue carrying the legacy left behind by alumna Melissa Goldman. But without swim meets and competition, what keeps its members eager to return? Since Swim Club began in 2005, the noncompetitive club sport has had a solid 10 to 15 members, including co-presidents Lauren Delvecchio, Taylor Kinsley and more...

Hawks Close Out Rocky Season

By Monica Bachmann at April 2, 2010 | 1:16 pm | 0 Comment

After getting off to a rocky start, Head Coach James Seward of the SUNY New Paltz Women's Basketball team announced the team's successful end of the 2009-10 season. “We played the best basketball of the season the last three weeks and I couldn’t be happier,” Seward said. “We had team goals to win the SUNY Athletic Championship, get an NCAA bid and win it all, more...