Hoboken, NJ – Freshman outside hitter Wojciech Jakubiak (Poland/Grover Cleveland) had a match high 25 kills and was named the Most Outstanding Player as the Hunter College Hawks defeated #10 Stevens Institute of Technology 3-2 (25-30, 30-28, 32-30, 27-30, 15-13) to win the program's first ECAC title and Hunter's first since 1993.

After dropping the first game 30-25, the Hawks stepped up their game in the second, battling point-for-point with the Ducks, tying the game 12 times and would pull ahead with a 10-7 run to close out the game. Hunter then owned the third game most of the way through, with Stevens taking their first lead at 20-19. Hunter would gain the 2-1 match advantage on a kill from Jakubiak and an attack error by junior middle blocker Doug Reger.

Games four and five were neck and neck with the Ducks pulling away in the fourth after a 23-23 stalemate. In the fifth, the score was tied up at 8-8 and later 13-13 before Jakubiak once again gave Hunter a one point advantage and they would win the match on an hitting error by Stevens outside hitter Jonathan Landis.

Sophomore setter Zacarias Ripoll (Puerto Plata, D.R./John F. Kennedy) had a match high 50 assists and added 14 kills and nine digs to his performance. Freshman outside hitter Pablo Oliveira (Uberlândia, Brazil/Newcomers) finished with 18 kills, seven digs and six assists, while fellow freshman Eryk Kowalski (Poland/Environmental Studies) contributed with 12 kills.

Hunter closes out the 2008 season with 32-4 record and had a program best 23 match win streak during the season. Looking towards next season, the Hawks have just two graduating seniors.