HAMBURG, N.Y. – After gutting-out a tough road loss yesterday, the Hilbert College men's soccer team took the field ready to compete this afternoon with less than 24 hours s of recovery.

Garrett Rehner lifted the Hawks early and Travis Hicks matched the score at 3-3, but after intermission, the Wildcats turned-up their heat and pushed through to a 6-3 victory over Hilbert.

"Our coaching staff was proud of our guys response and recovery in back-to-back games," said coach Mike Ertel.  "We showed our quality in the attacking third by creating several chances that resulted in three goals.  But we came off bus legs, arriving on campus after 1 am, plus the back-to-back 80 degree playing conditions, our guys just ran out of gas in the second period."

Senior Ryan Valentine made some very impressive point-blank saves in both the first and second halves.  The fourth-year goalie was credited with 10 saves but he deflected several other balls to the box which could have caused problems. 

Garrett Rehner pounded the ball to the back of the next off a restart kick in the game's third minute which lifted Hilbert for the first time this fall.  Caz tied the game at 1-1 with a player digging-in for a loose ball in the box that found the lower right corner.

Travis Hicks took the ball up the right side of the field and bent the hard shot to the lower left corner past the outstretched Wildcat keeper in the 40th minute but with less than two minutes later, Caz found the inside of the left post to knot the game at 2-2 before half.

After a brief intermission, the Wildcats scored off their first attempt at 46:07 to take the lead for the first time in the game.  Hicks looped a shot over the keeper at 57:41 forcing a 3-3 score.

Cazenovia really put the pressure on Hilbert's back third and scored three more markers before the final horn.

Hilbert finished with 12 shots this afternoon, but were outshot 21-8 in the second half.

The Hawks have less than 48-hours recovery before they travel to Houghton College for a 7pm contest under the lights September 19.

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