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Hilbert Softball Team Sweeps Wells

Release Date:
April 21, 2004
Contact:
The Office of Sports Information
(716) 649-7900 ext. 333

 

Hamburg, N.Y. – Hilbert College cruised to a home doubleheader sweep of Wells College in softball Tuesday, winning by scores of 13-2 and 9-1 for their school record ninth win of the season.

 

In game one, Meghan Gollaher (Spencerport/Rochester, NY) hit three doubles, scored three runs, and drove in six runs, while Katie Ahearn (Lancaster/Lancaster, NY) went 2-2 with a double, a triple, and two runs batted in. Gollaher struck out nine Express batters in five innings to earn the win on the mound.

 

Kim Klein (Pioneer/Yorkshire, NY) led the Hawks with two hits and 3 RBIs in the second game. Michelle Greco (Southwestern/Jamestown, NY) and Jessy Huntz (Pioneer/Arcade, NY) each added two hits, while Gollaher picked up her ninth win of the season by allowing no earned runs over five innings.

 

Hilbert (9-11) will host NEAC rival Medaille College in a doubleheader April 22 with the first game starting at 3:30 p.m.


Hilbert College, located in suburban Hamburg, N.Y., south of Buffalo, is a private four-year college founded in 1957 in the Catholic Franciscan tradition. With nearly 1,100 students, Hilbert is a dynamic Western New York college that offers career-focused majors, including one of the top criminal justice programs in the region, and more than 50 minors and concentrations. The college’s engaging, student-centered campus community offers numerous leadership, internship and service learning opportunities from which students launch successful careers while making positive changes in their communities. Hilbert has expanded its academic offerings with the college’s first graduate programs, one a master’s in criminal justice administration and the other a master’s in public administration, and new Accelerated Degree Programs geared to adult learners.