Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 Oneonta, NY – The State University of New York at New Paltz women's volleyball team finished up their season in conference play at 6-3 after splitting matches in the second day of the pool play weekend. The Hawks swept the Lakers of Oswego State with a 25-15, 25-23, 25-20 win and then fell to the Blue Devils of Fredonia 16-25, 25-15, 20-25, 14-25.
 
In the opening match of the day the Hawks jumped out to an 11-4 lead in the opening set thanks to serving runs by seniors Veronica Matedero and Maddie Zwickl. SUNY New Paltz never trailed in the first set and ran away with a 25-15 win.
 
The second set got off to a bad start for the Hawks as they found themselves down 17-8. However, the Hawk offense got rolling and was able to climb back into the set and sneak away with a 25-23 win to take a two sets to none lead.
 
The third set was back and forth until 13-14 when Nicole Fellone stepped up to the serving line and rattled off two service ace and a four point run to give SUNY New Paltz an 18-13 lead. The Hawks held that lead to the end of the set and finished off the sweep with a 25-20 win.
 
Taylor Cimillo put forth a solid performance on the outside with nine kills and one error on 31 attempts for a .258 hitting percentage. Fellone led the defensive effort with 14 digs while Maddie Zwickl dished out 19 assists on route to moving up to second all-time in career assists passing Katie Becofsky who has 4,434 assists.
 
The Hawks had a break before their second match of the day against Fredonia State who stood at second place in the SUNYAC at 7-1 coming into the match.
 
After dropping the opening set 25-16 the Hawks bounced back in a big way with a 25-15 win behind strong swings from Cimillo on the outside.
 
Despite coming back to even the match at a set a piece the Hawks dropped the following two sets 25-20 and 25-14, respectively.
 
Cimillo once again led the way on offense recording 19 kills with five errors on 48 attempts for a .292 hitting percentage. Matedero tallied 28 digs while Zwickl dished out 34 assists.
 
"We grinded out a tough and very important win against Oswego that locked us into the tournament, which given the parity of the SUNYAC this year cannot be taken for granted," said head coach Matt Giufre. "Fredonia outplayed us in every aspect of the game. We need to find a way to be more consistent physically and mentally if we want to stretch our season out for as long as possible."
 
The Hawks finished up SUNYAC at 6-3 overall and secured a fourth overall seed in the SUNYAC tournament. SUNY New Paltz will host SUNY Oneonta on Halloween night in the first round of SUNYAC's.