Sports

By Collin Bolebruch Runners, throwers and jumpers have the opportunity to qualify for higher competition every meet. Track and field athletes put in the hours yearlong, all motivated by something different. The Plattsburgh Cardinals men’s and women’s team members’ hard...

By Collin Bolebruch AWARDS Plattsburgh State Athletics hosted the Student-Athlete Recognition Awards & Ceremony for the 2022-23 school year May 8. Multiple speakers took the stage, including Director of Intercollegiate Athletics and Recreation Mike Howard, Academic Coordinator Tom Thompson and Faculty...

By Collin Bolebruch Plattsburgh Cardinals softball finished the 2023 season with its best record since 2017, standing at 22-11. The Cards went 11-7 in SUNYAC play and made the conference playoffs for the second year in a row. Head Coach...

By Mikai Bruce The Plattsburgh Cardinals played its last series of the season against the SUNYAC opponent Fredonia Blue Devils last weekend, playing one game Friday, May 5 and a doubleheader May 6. The Cardinals, though eliminated from the playoffs,...

By Collin Bolebruch When SUNY Plattsburgh hired Mike Howard as director of intercollegiate athletics and recreation in 2016, it had 17 varsity athletic programs. Howard knew he wanted to expand on that figure. He looked to Cardinals men’s lacrosse, which...

By Collin Bolebruch Plattsburgh’s men’s lacrosse program has undergone more than its share of change over the last four years. During that time, men’s lax has been overseen by three different head coaches: Joe May, Andrew Hauk and Darry Thornton.  May...

By Collin Bolebruch  BASEBALL Cardinals baseball (12-20, SUNYAC 4-11) played a three-game series against the top-seeded Cortland Red Dragons (27-9, SUNYAC 16-2) last weekend. The Cards were swept, losing 1-10 April 27 and 2-15 and 2-6 April 28. Plattsburgh was scheduled...

By Collin Bolebruch Plattsburgh rugby is strong on tradition, and every year, Cardinal ruggers current and former circle the TnT Rugby Tournament on their calendars. TnT brings together classes of rugby players, memorializing deceased Cardinals ruggers, including the namesakes of...

By Nicholas Cousins The SUNY Plattsburgh women’s softball team celebrated Senior Day Saturday, April 22 with back-to-back wins in its doubleheader against Fredonia. It was a strong finish for the seniors in their last home game and to recognize them...

By Collin Bolebruch Cardinals women’s lacrosse has been ripping pages out of its own record book this season. Week in and week out, Head Coach Kelly Wall and her players have been setting season- and career-best individual marks. Last week,...