ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The Hilbert College men's  volleyball team faced two teams in the ACVA national Division III poll in the opening round of the Golden Flyer Invitation tournament hosted by Nazareth College today.  The Hawks dropped matches to #5 University of California Santa Cruz and to #7 Carthage College with two matches on tap for tomorrow. 

Adam Weaver became the first Hilbert College men's volleyball player to earn 1,000 kills in his career and that number will surely continue to grow with most of the 2014 season left to play.

Hilbert challenged UCSC in a three set match (25-19,25-16,25-21) with the Hawks credited with 30 kills and 28 digs.  Adam Weaver earned game-high 15 kills to finish with .344 attack percentage against an opponent who finished with 8 team blocks.  Adam Heftka assists 21 times with passes going to Korey Schwab (8 kills), David Mellerski (4) and Andrew Duncan (3) who led the Hawks with .429 hitting.  Ryan Ratajczak posted 15 digs and Weaver finished with two service aces as he and Schwab each had one solo block.

In the late night game, Carthage dominate play in their 25-8,25-16,25-21 sweep.  Carthage finished the match with 34 kills with a .500 attack percentage.  The Hawks could only keep play alive with a season low 15 team digs.  The Hawks didn't help themselves as they were credited with 10 service errors and seven receiving errors. 

Adam Weaver was able to earn double-digit kills which took him over the 1,000 plateau finishing with 11 in the match.  Heftka added nine assists to his early career total and Schwab was credited with team high six digs.  David Mellerski added one solo block to the stat sheet.

Hilbert returns to action tomorrow at 10 am against Thiel College in a rematch from their earlier 3-2 loss in the first weekend tri-match of the season, and then again at 12:30 pm against #3 Juniata College.