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New Paltz, NY -- The State University of New York at New Paltz men's volleyball team (13-4 overall, 4-0 UVC) swept Baruch College 3-0 (25-15, 25-19, 25-20) in Elting Gym Thursday night on its way to a fourth consecutive win.

Picking up where they left off last weekend, the Hawks added another win to their tally and swept the Bearcats (6-8) for the second year in a row.

"It wasn't our best performance ever but every match is a good win," said Hawks senior outside hitter Bradley Schneider. "Now we just got to look forward to the next one against Sage."

The Hawks know how important their United Volleyball Conference (UVC) matchups are for their rankings, and know they have to make every set count.

"Every UVC game is huge. We can't take them [Sage] lightly," Schneider continued. "We're the only undefeated team in the UVC and trying to keep it that way."

The Hawks won the first set by their biggest margin, 25-15, as consecutive errors by Baruch ended the set without the Hawks needing to do much.

In the second, a kill from Schneider pushed the lead to 14-11, before Hawks senior outside hitter Nick Smith followed that up with a service ace. Junior outside hitter Riley Dolan then closed out the set with a kill and an ace to give SUNY New Paltz a 2-0 lead, ending the set 25-19.

The Bearcats clawed back in the third set, tying the score at 15 before the Hawks pushed in front definitely.

SUNY New Paltz junior setter Matthew Grace had one of his 39 assists for freshman middle blocker John Ronan to widen the gap to three points. Ronan had his first career start against the Bearcats, putting up six kills.

Schneider killed the set and the game, 25-20 with his 13th spike, again set up by Grace, and that was all she wrote.

"They were hanging on there in the third set," said Schneider. "We kinda let them back in but that's a learning experience for us, we gotta know when to put them away and just twist the knife."

The Hawks play next Wednesday at the Sage Colleges at 7 p.m. in Troy, NY.

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