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Hawks Sweep Cazenovia

Hilbert improves record to 3-2
Release Date:
September 6, 2008
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The Hilbert College women’s volleyball team earned a three-game sweep (25-20, 30-28, 25-21) of host Cazenovia College on Saturday afternoon. With the win, the Hawks improve to 3-2 on the young season.

Leading the way for Hilbert was senior, setter Melissa Kick (Blasdell, NY/Mt. Mercy) who tallied 28 assists and two service aces on the afternoon. Kick was also solid defensively with 10 digs for the Hawks. Sophomore Erica Page (Angola, NY/Lake Shore) also turned in a strong performance for the Hawks with 14 kills and 8 digs. Sophomore Brandi Mack (Gasport, NY/Roy Hart) was very steady for Hilbert with 15 digs.

The Hawk’s return to action Tuesday, Sept. 9 at 7 p.m., when they visit AMCC rival D’Youville College. The Hawks are 0-2 against the Spartans this season.


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.