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HOBOKEN, N.J. – Playing the final United Volleyball Conference (UVC) matches of the regular season, the No. 2 State University of New York at New Paltz men's volleyball team split its two contests, sweeping Nazareth 3-0 (25-22, 25-22, 25-22) before being swept by host No. 5 Stevens 3-0 (22-25, 18-25, 24-26) on Saturday.

New Paltz now is 22-6 overall with a 5-3 UVC mark to earn the No. 4 seed in the upcoming UVC Tournament. But before that begins, the Hawks must travel to No. 1 Springfield on Wednesday, April 5 at 6 p.m. to complete the regular season.

Vassar earned the overall No. 1 seed and will host the three-day tournament from April 13-15. New Paltz will battle No. 5 seed MIT in the quarterfinals on Thursday, April 13 at 5 p.m. and the winner will face No. 1 Vassar on Friday, April 14 at 2:30 p.m. The 2017 UVC title match is on Saturday, April 15 at 2 p.m.

New Paltz 3, Nazareth 0
In the opening match, junior Anthony Bonilla (New Paltz, N.Y./New Paltz) led the Hawks with nine kills while senior C.J. Borfitz (Inwood, N.Y./Lawrence) enjoyed six kills, six total blocks and a .545 hitting percentage en route to the sweep.

Sophomore Bradley Schneider (Lockport, N.Y./Lockport) tallied seven kills and senior Jake Roessler (Massapequa, N.Y./Massapequa) chipped in six kills. Freshman setter Matthew Grace (Holbrook, N.Y./Sachem North) distributed 25 assists and freshman libero Robert Nolan (Holbrook, N.Y./Sachem North) led the defense with nine digs.

Stevens 3, New Paltz 0
Against the Ducks, senior Steven Woessner (Massapequa Park, N.Y./Massapequa) – who had missed the last few games due to illness – responded nicely with a team-high 11 kills (.500). However, the Ducks proved to be too strong on their home court for the sweep of the Hawks.

Bonilla provided eight kills while Grace distributed 28 assists.