IRVINE, Calif. – The No. 2 State University of New York at New Paltz men's volleyball team dropped its second-straight match on Thursday night, falling at Concordia-Irvine 3-0 (14-25, 21-25, 17-25) at CU Arena.

The Hawks (1-2) last lost back-to-back matches over a calendar year ago, falling at Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras 3-2 and University of Turabo 3-1 on Jan. 15-16, 2016, both NCAA Division II institutions. Concordia is also Division II affiliated meaning that New Paltz still holds a 33-match winning streak against NCAA Division III opponents.

New Paltz will wrap up its West Coast trip on Friday, Jan. 20 at Division III foe Cal Lutheran at 6 p.m. (PST). The Kingsmen are 0-2 this season.

The New Paltz attack was led by junior outside hitter Anthony Bonilla (New Paltz, N.Y./New Paltz) who floored a team-high 11 kills (.318) while chipping in four digs and three block assists.

Senior Jake Roessler (Massapequa, N.Y./Massapequa) followed with 10 kills while freshman setter Matthew Grace (Holbrook, N.Y./Sachem North) distributed a match-best 28 assists. Defensively, junior middle blocker Nick Denoncourt (Rochester, N.Y./Penfield) enjoyed five block assists and senior defensive specialist Steve Gassert (Bellmore, N.Y./John F. Kennedy) provided four digs.

For the host Eagles (6-5), junior Jonathan Predney led all players with 12 kills (.421) while sophomore Chandler Gibb dished out 27 assists. Junior Jacob Weiser chipped in with 10 digs.

The Hawks led in the first set 6-4 before the Eagles responded with an 8-6 run of their own to claim a 12-10 lead. New Paltz trimmed this disadvantage to one (12-11) but after this moment Concordia used a 13-3 spurt to take the opener, 25-14.

The second stanza was closer for New Paltz but still not in favor for the visitors as the Hawks fell 25-21. Following two kills from Bonilla and one from senior Steven Woessner (Massapequa Park, N.Y./Massapequa), the Hawks led 10-7 and remained ahead 14-12 after a Roessler kill. Concordia battled back and knotted the set at 14-14 and again at 18-all.

Kills again off the hands of Bonilla and Woessner helped the Hawks tie the contest at 19-19 and 20-20 but the Eagles enjoyed three kills and two attacking errors by New Paltz to close out set number two.

Despite jumping out to a 6-2 lead in the third and final set, the Hawks were unable to extend the match and fell 25-17. Trailing 8-6, New Paltz responded with a 3-0 spurt after two kills from Roessler to go ahead again 9-8. But this was the last time the Hawks saw the lead as the Eagles went on a 17-8 run to close out the match.