SUNY New Paltz women's basketball news

  • D3hoops.com 2026 women's All-Region 3 team
    March 16, 2026
    After missing last season due to injury, SUNY New Paltz guard Brianna Fitzgerald returns as our Players of the Year. Katie Marcella is Coach of the Year after turning around Union, and Houghton's Olivia Simser is Rookie of the Year.
  • New poll, New Paltz
    February 09, 2026
    SUNY New Paltz and Cortland played each other close twice, and now one is ranked over the other by the narrowest of margins. Plus, Johns Hopkins and UW-Platteville approach their highest rankings ever and boomerang Bethel returns to the poll, again.
  • Better the second time around
    January 31, 2026
    SUNY New Paltz and Saint Mary’s (Minn.) fared better in their rematches with the ranked teams at the top of their conference while No. 7 Bowdoin took another step toward a second straight sweep through the NESCAC. Read about those games and more from Saturday's Division III women's basketball action.
  • Team of the Week
    January 26, 2026
    D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll celebrates season No. 29, honoring the best players at each position for the past week. It's the D3hoops.com Team of the Week.
  • Hoopsville: Season Grind
    January 22, 2026
    It seems nearly every night, something happens in DIII hoops to get your attention. This week continues to prove that as the season grind ratchets up. On Thursday's Hoopsville, we chat with programs in the national conversation while trying to position themselves atop their conferences. Watch On Demand or listen to the podcast here!
  • Team of the Week
    November 17, 2025
    D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll celebrates season No. 29, honoring the best players at each position for the past week. It's the D3hoops.com Team of the Week.
  • Friday night: Back at it!
    November 07, 2025
    The Division III basketball season opened with an overtime buzzer beater, the return of two All-Americans from injury, and different paths to victory for the top three teams in the women’s poll. Take a tour with us around opening night with our recap.
  • Pivoting to perseverance
    December 31, 2024
    There was plenty of positivity, poise and perseverance on display at the 2024 D3hoops.com Classic, especially from the coaching staffs at Susquehanna, SUNY New Paltz and SUNY Canton that are powering through injuries to their top players. Read more about it here.
  • New women's Top 25 is out!
    February 19, 2024
    SUNY New Paltz enters our Top 25 just ahead of Division III's championship week. How far did Hope slip after falling to Alma on Saturday? Get the full list here.
  • Hoopsville: Top 16 Seeds
    February 15, 2024
    In a Hoopsville exclusive, the D-III national committees reveal the Top 16 Seeds if the tournaments started this week (based on Week 2 rankings). Find out who are the top teams in the rankings and who made the cut. Also hear from the committee chairs and our experts have their thoughts. Watch On Demand here!
  • Team of the Week
    February 05, 2024
    D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll celebrates its 27th season, honoring the best players at each position for the past week. It's the D3hoops.com Team of the Week.
  • Team of the Week
    January 02, 2024
    D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll celebrates its 27th season, honoring the best players at each position for the past week. It's the D3hoops.com Team of the Week.
  • D3hoops.com 2024 women's All-Region 3 team
    March 14, 2023
    Three of the four conference champions in Region 3 split the major awards with SUNY New Paltz's Brianna Fitzgerald winning Player of the Year, St. John Fisher's Joleen Lusk Rookie of the Year, and Vassar's Meredith Mesaris Coach of the Year.
  • Late rallies lift Skidmore, Oshkosh
    March 03, 2023
    Skidmore rallied from a 13-point fourth quarter deficit to beat Johns Hopkins while UW-Oshkosh lost its 13-point lead but then came back to tip Washington & Lee. Elsewhere, Marietta won a thriller in Upstate New York, Wartburg ousted Baldwin Wallace, and the SUNYAC went 2-0 in Round 1 of the 2023 Division III women's basketball NCAA Tournament.
  • D3hoops.com 2022 women's All-Region 3 team
    March 15, 2022
    The All-Region 3 team is led by high-scoring Bengal Katie Villarini as our Player of the year and high-flying Hawk Brianna Fitzgerald as our Rookie of the Year. Melissa Kuberka is Coach of the Year after leading St. John Fisher to the Empire 8 title.
  • Sensible Sports Marketing/Sport Tours Selections Special
    March 01, 2020
    86 tickets have been punched to the Division III NCAA tournaments. 42 spots remain for the two championships. Who do we think makes it and who is likely to stay home? You can watch the Hoopsville Special On Demand here.
  • D3hoops.com 2019 women's All-East Region team
    March 11, 2019
    Birds of a feather flock to our All-East Region team. Mia Morrison of the Herons is Player of the Year, Jamie Seward of the Hawks is Coach of the Year and Christina Kiser of the Raptors splits Rookie of the Year with Julianna Okoniewski of Rochester.
  • Team of the Week
    February 25, 2019
    D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll returns for its 22nd season honoring the best players at each position for the past week. It's the D3hoops.com Team of the Week, presented by Scoutware.
  • Latest D3hoops.com women's Top 25
    February 25, 2019
    Amidst all the excitement of the last 72 hours, we have a new No. 1 team entering the NCAA Tournament and SUNY New Paltz makes its Top 25 debut. How high did Tufts rise? How far did St. Joseph's (Maine) fall? Who returned to the Top 25 just in time for the Tournament? Find out here.
  • Hoopsville: Now or Never
    February 17, 2019
    The time is now. If teams want to be sure to playing in March, the opportunity is before them. The season comes down to this week. Watch a special, extended, edition of Hoopsville On Demand, or listen to the podcast. Bubble talk, surging teams, must-win games. We have it all!
  • Saturday women: How 'bout them Cowgirls?
    February 02, 2019
    Hardin-Simmons upped its winning streak to six games by upsetting No. 6 Mary Hardin-Baylor 61-59. Elsewhere Catholic dropped Scranton, New Paltz swept Geneseo and UW-Whitewater continued its resurgence.
  • Saturday women: Blues roll, Knights fall
    January 12, 2019
    Whitman dominated its NWC battle with No. 12 George Fox while SUNY New Paltz tripped No. 14 SUNY Geneseo. Elsewhere Guilford continued its romp through the ODAC and No. 6 Tufts tamed No. 25 Middlebury.
  • New Paltz alum named coach at CSI
    July 25, 2018
    State Island selected former SUNY New Paltz guard Nicole Sarcone as its new head women's basketball coach, replacing Tim Shanahan who resigned in June.
  • Moskowitz hired as Alfred women's coach
    May 02, 2018
    SUNY New Paltz assistant coach Mike Moskowitz has been hired as head coach at Alfred, where he inherits a women's basketball program which has won just eight games in the past three seasons.
  • Wheel of Fortune at New Paltz
    March 07, 2017
    After hitting rock bottom in 2014, the Hawks have steadily improved each season. The competition begins with game shows and board games in the locker room. Those friendly but intense competitions foster the trust that has led to the program's resurgence.
  • Hoopsville: Survive and Advance!
    March 05, 2017
    It is a cliche, but it once again sums up the opening weekend of the DIII championship tournaments. Once again, craziness ensued and we were able to enjoy it. Sunday night on Hoopsville, Dave McHugh recaps the first 90 games, talks to some of the coaches making waves, and looks ahead to the Sectional Weekend. Watch it On Demand now!
  • Tigers, Blues win; Wartburg marooned
    March 03, 2017
    DePauw and Whitman won their first round showdowns with nationally ranked foes while Chicago eliminated Wartburg in the first round. Elsewhere SUNY New Paltz upset Bowdoin and Scranton picked a good time for its first lead.
  • New Paltz Women’s Basketball Drops 93-75 Decision to Rowan in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament
    March 04, 2016
    The State University of New York at New Paltz saw their season come to a close as the Hawks fell to host Rowan University, 93-75, in the first-round of the 2016 NCAA Division III Tournament on Friday evening in Esby Gymnasium.
  • Hawks hold on for at least one more game
    March 02, 2016
    New Paltz has relied on depth out of necessity this season, and the Hawks' undefined roles have led them back to the NCAA tournament. Adversity has also helped forge tight bonds, and this team wants to stay together as long as possible. More in Around the East.
  • New Paltz Secures Second SUNYAC Title as Women’s Basketball Defeats Geneseo, 65-52, in SUNYAC Final
    February 27, 2016
    The top-seeded State University of New York at New Paltz women's basketball team (21-6) clinched its second State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) title in program history by defeating No. 2 seed SUNY Geneseo (20-7), 65-52, in the SUNYAC Women's Basketball Tournament final on Saturday afternoon in the Hawk Center.
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