JAMAICA, NY- The New Paltz men's volleyball team opened up the York Tournament with a straight set victory over New York City Tech, 3-0 (30-19, 30-18, 30-17) to improve to 12-12 overall.  The Hawks return to action tomorrow at 9 a.m. in their first of three matches of the day.

Mike Van Tyne powered the Hawks with career-highs of 13 kills, six service aces and nine digs and Kevin Stross added eight kills while hitting .600.  Jonathan Van Dyke finished with six kills and no errors, including a .667 hitting percentage.  Bryan Weber added three service aces and Mike Dauernheim had eight digs on defense for the Hawks.  Frank Ciccone handed out a game-high 32 assists.