Box Score Troy, NY — The State University of New York at New Paltz men's volleyball team (14-4 overall, 5-0 UVC) won again on Wednesday night against The Sage Colleges (6-11, 1-5) in another impressive performance in the United Volleyball Conference (UVC), maintaining its perfect conference record and extending its win streak to five games.
 
The Hawks defeated the Gators 3-0 (25-17, 25-13, 25-17) in another sweep as they never looked troubled by Sage, as coach Radu Petrus played multiple freshmen who entered the game and kept a high level of intensity throughout the match. 
 
The two freshmen starters John Ronan and Cam Clark combined early in the first to put SUNY New Paltz up, 5-3. Junior outside hitter Aaron Carrk put on another dominating performance with a game high 17 kills. Carrk also had five service aces, serving two in the first to push the lead to 18-10, as the Hawks took the first set 25-17.
 
"The freshmen played well," said Petrus. "Cam was good. He made great decisions and had good communication on offense, especially with Aaron."
 
In the second set, SUNY New Paltz senior outside hitter Nick Smith had two quick kills to give the Hawks a 3-1 cushion. Carrk slammed two aces again to make the score 9-3, as junior captain Bradley Schneider added two kills and then an ace of his own to push the set out of reach for the Gators at 14-4. SUNY New Paltz won the set, 25-13 off another spike by Carrk.
 
The third set was all downhill for the Hawks, as Clark dished out his last five assists to finish the set at 25-17. Clark had a game high 38 assists in his first start for SUNY New Paltzthis year, as the young core put on a solid display for their fifth UVC win.
 
The Hawks play again at 7 p.m. on Feb. 8th as they travel to Elms College

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