Sports

Dakota Gilbert / Cardinal Points Men’s Basketball By Liam Sample The Plattsburgh men’s basketball team (3-6) traveled to Oneonta (6-2) and New Paltz (5-2) for its second and third conference games of the season. In an extremely tight game against Oneonta,...

By Jessica Landman With the close of fall sports and the approaching end to the fall semester, student-athletes are looking to the spring for their official season. Competing in the spring for SUNY Plattsburgh are men’s and women’s lacrosse, men’s and...

By Liam Sample The No. 4 Plattsburgh State women’s hockey team (8-1-0) hosted the annual Busters Cardinal/Panther Classic Nov. 26 and 27 at Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena, where the Cardinals finished third overall and went 1-1. Four of the...

By Collin Bolebruch In high school, it’s common to see a student compete in multiple sports. About 43% of high school athletes are members of more than one team, according to the National Federation of State High School Associations. In...

By Collin Bolebruch The No. 9 Plattsburgh Cardinals men’s hockey team (7-1-2) won the FirstLight Shootout tournament at Norwich University last weekend, beating the Middlebury Panthers (0-4-0) 5-0 Nov. 25 and the No. 10 Norwich Cadets (6-2-0) 3-1 Nov. 26....

Women’s Basketball By Liam Sample The Plattsburgh women’s basketball team (3-3) began its conference play in Potsdam, taking on the Bears (2-2) Nov. 29. The game was a consistent back and forth battle, but Potsdam emerged on top, winning 61-53.  The first...

By Liam Sample The Plattsburgh’s women’s basketball team (2-2) hosted its lone tournament of the year, the Cardinal Classic, Nov. 11 and 12 at Memorial Hall. Three teams traveled to Plattsburgh to participate in the tournament, the Wesleyan University Cardinals...

Rail Jam  By Collin Bolebruch   The Plattsburgh Ski & Snowboard Club plans to host Rail Jam Nov. 18 on the hill behind Memorial Hall. Rail Jam is a ski and snowboard trick competition, once annual, that has not been held since...

By Collin Bolebruch The Plattsburgh Cardinals men’s hockey team (3-1-2) began a four-game in-conference home stretch last weekend, beating the Brockport Golden Eagles (3-2-0) 9-2 Nov. 11 and tying the No. 3 Geneseo Knights (4-1-1) 2-2 Nov. 12. The matchups were...

OP-ED To understand the 2022 season, you need to know what has happened over the past three years.  In 2019, we lost in the SUNYAC Championship 1-0 to Oneonta. Although we were devastated to fall at the final hurdle, we felt...