New Paltz, NY —The State University of New York at New Paltz women's tennis team announced its incoming class for the 2023-24 season Thursday.
 
Despite a small roster last season, boasting just eight players, the Hawks grinded through a tough schedule and worked their way back to conference dominance as they hoisted their fourth SUNYAC Championship title in the last five seasons.
 
With sights set to repeat in 2023-24, reigning SUNYAC Coach of the Year Rob Bruley brings in four talented freshmen to join an already stacked lineup in the hopes of not only getting an automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament but also compete for a longer run in the big dance.
 
Read more about each incoming Hawk below:

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Olivia Eifert '27
Islip, NY
Islip High School
 
Eifert, from Islip, NY, went undefeated at 10-0 for Islip High School last fall, earning a spot in the Elite Eight of the Suffolk County Championship en route to earning All-League and All-Division honors for the second time.
 
As a junior in 2021, she was an integral member of a Buccaneers team that went 10-4 in Suffolk County Division II and was named All-League and All-Division.
 
Eifert comes from a strong tennis tutelage, as she and her dad, Scott, won the Long Island Tennis Magazine father-daughter mixed doubles championship title in 2021.
 
Eifert will head into SUNY New Paltz as a biology major.
 
 


Olivia Kunz '27
New York, NY
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Performing Arts
 
Kunz competed at first singles for East Harlem junior tennis & education program, as Fiorello. H LaGuardia High School, where she graduated, didn't field a tennis program.
 
Studying Jazz when she enters SUNY New Paltz this fall, Kunz was awarded the Alumni and Friends Alice Tully Vocal Music Award in 2023 and in her free time enjoys singing.

Kunz, from New York City, will add needed depth for the Hawks this fall.
 
 






Liana Martinez '27
New City, NY
Clarkstown North High School
 
Martinez will add depth to the Hawks lineup after starring for Clarkstown North varsity tennis the last four seasons.
 
She comes from a line of collegiate athletes, as her brother, Matthew Nunez, competed for Franklin and Marshall's baseball team for two seasons, while her dad, Julian, played Division I baseball at Iona College from 1992-1995.
 
Martinez, from New City, NY, will enter SUNY New Paltz studying Communication Disorders.
 
 




Alyssa Trokie '27
Rye Brook, NY
Blind Brook High School  
 
Trokie played at first singles and first doubles at Blind Brook High School, while co-captaining the Trojans last season and helping their team to a three-game winning streak before heading into the postseason.
 
The Rye Brook, NY native started playing just three years ago, earning a spot on the varsity team as a sophomore in 2021 and has a high ceiling as she enters SUNY New Paltz this fall able to compete against some of the best players in the SUNYAC, which includes reigning SUNYAC Player of the Year Justine Stanejko, along with five others who earned All-SUNYAC honors.
 
Trokie intends to study sociology and psychology at SUNY New Paltz.




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