Hunter College Athletics

HUNTER COLLEGE LAUNCHES NEW ATHLETICS WEBSITE

New York, NY – Hunter College Athletics and Internet Consulting Services have teamed up to launch www.huntercollegeathletics.com, the official site of Hunter College’s intercollegiate athletics program. The new site contains features and applications that will bring Hawk alumni and fans closer than ever to their favorite teams and student-athletes.

"The entire athletics staff and the staff at ICS spent hundreds of hours brainstorming and building over the past nine months to make HunterCollegeAthletics.com a site that family, friends and fans can be proud of and others in college athletics will emulate," said Joseph DeBenedictis, Sports Information Director.

HunterCollegeAthletics.com Features Include:

Simpler and Easier Navigation with a better organized homepage so fans are just one click away from every major section of the site.

Rotating Headlines allow Hunter Hawk fans the opportunity to view multiple lead stories daily, with a picture and teaser for five lead stories.

An Athletics Hall of Fame section highlighting the best and brightest in Hunter athletics for more than a century.

A Monthly Calendar and Scrolling Scoreboard for easy access to Hunter Athletics Events & Results.

The site will also take advantage of the newest technologies available to allow family, friends and fans easier access to Hunter Athletic news. This includes easy signups to receive Hunter e-mail newsletters, score text updates and RSS feeds.

Live Flash Stats for all Hunter home men’s and women’s basketball and men’s and women’s volleyball matches as well as future possibilities for men’s soccer and softball.

About ICS
Founded in 1996 by Jeff Rubin, Syracuse, NY based ICS has spent the past 11 years providing clients with innovative technological solutions for their web needs. Since its founding, ICS has pioneered technologies in web design, content management systems, e-commerce solutions, and many other areas.

ICS has a client list that includes over 150 athletic clients from around the country including Syracuse University, Drexel University, and many other NCAA DI, DII, DIII, NAIA and collegiate conferences. ICS has a staff of approximately a dozen developers who possess a variety of expertise in graphic design, database management, information security management, web-based user interface design, and e-commerce business transaction management.

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HUNTER SOFTBALL PLAYERS PITCH-IN AT NYC PARKS DEPARTMENT NGWSD EVENT

New York, NY – Members of the Hunter Softball team volunteered some of their time recently to take part in the New York City Park Department’s National Girls and Women in Sports Day event that was held at Chelsea Recreation Center on February 23, 2008.

Junior Catherine Alves and sophomore Stephanie Alves (pictured above) along with junior Jennifer Damroth and sophomore Jacqueline Frank participated the event that saw 78 children take part in activities including soccer, lacrosse, softball, yoga and basketball. The Hunter student-athletes ran the softball portion of the event and worked with kids ranging from 6 to 12 years old. “It was a lot of fun, and by the end of it, we had every girl in there calling softball their favorite sport”, stated Catherine Alves.

Participants were also treated to two motivational speeches from 1986 Gold Medalist, Gay Hemphill, and Joan Roche who is a NBA Executive.

NGWSD began in 1987 as a day to remember Olympic volleyball player Flo Hyman for her athletic achievements and her work to assure equality for women's sports. Hyman died of Marfan's Syndrome in 1986 while competing in a volleyball tournament in Japan. Since that time, NGWSD has evolved into a day to acknowledge the past and recognize current sports achievements, the positive influence of sports participation, and the continuing struggle for equality and access for women in sports.

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HAWKS FALL IN SEASON OPENER TO YESHIVA, 5-4

Flushing, NY – Senior Richard Wong (Bronx, NY/Lehman) and junior Jerome Guce (New City, NY/Ramapo) earned picked up wins singles victories and also teamed up for a win at first doubles, but their efforts wouldn’t be enough as the Maccabees of Yeshiva University squeak by with a 5-4 victory in both teams’ men’s tennis season opener on a cold Monday evening at the USTA Tennis Center in Flushing, NY.

Wong’s 6-2, 6-2 win at first singles and Guce’s 6-2, 6-0 win at second singles put Hunter up 3-2 after the Macs came out of doubles play on top 2-1. Yeshiva would then pick up wins at third, fourth and fifth singles to wrap up the victory.

Freshman Amel Bicic (Rego Park, NY/Forest Hills) won his debut match at sixth singles in three sets, 7-6, 4-6, 6-4 over senior Eliezer Stavsky (Teaneck, NJ/TABC) to give the Hawks their fourth win of the day.

Hunter returns to action on Friday, when they host Polytechnic for a non-conference match at 3:30 p.m. at the USTA Tennis Center.

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