CONTACT: Adam Sopris, a.sopris@hvcc.edu, (518) 629-7898 or (518) 416-2137
FOR RELEASE: Immediate, Saturday, October 28, 2023

The Hudson Valley Community College women's volleyball season had its historic season come to a close in the NJCAA Region 3 championships semifinal round with a straight set loss to No. 2 Finger Lakes on Saturday afternoon at Niagara Community College in Sanborn, NY.

As a team, the Vikings accumulated 14 kills, 33 digs and 11 assists against a top-tiered Finger Lakes program. Abbigail Newell led the offensive attack with six kills in 25 attack attempts and added eight digs. Regina Ware-Salazar tallied nine assists and added four digs, three kills and one service ace.

The volleyball team hit a lot of milestones this season as they qualified for the NJCAA Region 3 championships for the first time since 2008 and only the second time making the final championship weekend in over 25+ seasons.

The program also finished with a winning record of 13-12 in Coach DeCan's second season as head coach and it was the first-time volleyball finished a season above .500 since 2010.