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D'Youville Sneaks by Hawks in Volleyball

Release Date:
September 15, 2004
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September 15, 2004

 

HAMBURG, N.Y. – The D’Youville College Spartans women’s volleyball team had to work extra hard to put away Hilbert College Tuesday night, 30-21, 30-26, and 30-28. The loss drops the Hawks to 1-2 on the season.

 

“Each game we fought harder and harder to overcome their early leads,”said first year Hilbert head coach Shannon Steinwandel. 

 

Amy Anderson (West Seneca, NY/West Seneca West) paced the Hawks with eight kills while Lynn Workman (Newfane, NY/Newfane) came up with 11 digs. Jamie O’Connor (Hamburg, NY/Hamburg) recorded five blocks in a losing effort.

 

The Hawks will play their fourth straight home contest at 7 p.m. Sept. 17 against Point Park College.   


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.