BROCKPORT, N.Y. – The Hilbert College women's volleyball team had their hands full this afternoon when they stepped on the court in Tuttle North to face Brockport. 

The Golden Eagles improved to 22-1 on the season with their straight-set victory.  Then after a short break, the Hawks returned to action and faced Alfred University for the first time this season.  Hilbert took the Saxons to five sets and fell 15-12 in the rubber match to suffer two losses on the day.

In the first set against Alfred, Hilbert jumped out to a 6-2 thanks to back-to-back kills by Chelsea Adamski.  The Hawks held that lead until four-straight points by the purple team knotted the game at 14 each.  From there, the flow of the game was back and forth until the final tie-score 21-21 on an Amanda Binder kill.  Alfred won the next four straight markers to win 25-21.

Hilbert took an early lead in the second set and maintained a good lead (as much as seven points on several occasions) until the Saxons cut it to 22-19.  The Hawks closed their win (25-20) with kills by Anissa Quiroga, Morgan Ott and Amanda Binder.

AU exploded to a 7-0 advantage to start the third set before Binder's kill got the Hawks on the board.  Four serves later, Hilbert was down 11-2 and that nine point separation stayed in Alfred's favor the rest of the way till the 25-13 win.

Morgan Ott's service ace in the fourth set gave Hilbert a 5-1 lead and at no point did Alfred challenge the Hawks.  Ott was credited with another ace and joining her with a double in the set was Amanda Binder.  Kamalei Lene also chipped in one ace as Hilbert won 25-17 to force extra play. 

The Hawks found themselves down 8-3 in the start of the final set.  After the teams swapped sides of the court, Hilbert rallied back to a 9-9 tie and each team traded points from there.  AU's kill made it 10-9 and Binder posted a back-row kill for a 10-10 scorfe.  A pair of purple kills and a Hilbert attack error gave Alfred a 13-10 lead, and the Hawks called timeout.  Binder returned with another kill cutting the difference to two.  An un-timely Hilbert blocking error gave the Saxons 14 points, but after a long and exciting rally, Binder picked-up another kill for 14-12.  Alfred knocked the ball into the opposite side of the court for their set and match victory.

Hilbert finished the match with 44 kills in 184 attempts, two season highs.  Amanda Binder collected 23 kills and both Chelsea Adamski and Anissa Quiroga each posted seven kills.  Morgan Ott finished with 37 assists and a season-high four service aces.  Kamalei Lene and Binder closed with two aces and Serena Tecl was credited with a single score.

Serena Tecl and Amber Hay were active above the net as they earned three and two block assists, respectively.

With 110 team digs in the books, seven players were credited with double-digit digs lead by Anissa Quiroga's season-high 23.  Morgan Ott and Chelsea Adamski each got 19 digs, one more than Amanda Binder.  Ashley Viengmay collected 13 and Kamalei Lene added 10.

Earlier in the afternoon, Brockport held Hilbert to 13, 12 and 14 scores as they dominated net play.  The Golden Eagles earned 39 kills, six service aces and three blocks. 
Hilbert struggled with 14 kills, and did not connect for any aces or blocks.

Binder led the offense with four kills, Ott with eight assists and Viengmay with nine digs while Ott, Quiroga and Nickee Thibault posted four digs.

Hilbert (0-22) will drive back to Brockport for their Potsdam game (1pm) and their 3pm contest against St. John Fisher College.  Both games will have live-steaming video at no cost.