First-year head coach Nicole Bullock is eager to guide the Hawks back into NCAA action
after missing the 2020-21 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
THE 2021-2022 SCHEDULE
 
Hilbert's 2021-22 basketball schedule features 16 Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC)
games which is more than 60% of their 25-regular season events. 
 
The Hawks will host eight conference opponents in the Hafner Recreation Center:
Penn State Behrend (12/1), La Roche University (12/11), Medaille College (01/05), Pitt-Bradford (01/12),
Pitt-Greensburg (01/22), Alfred State College (02/02), Penn State Altoona (02/12), and Mount Aloysius College (02/19). 
 
Hilbert rounds out the home portion of their schedule with four non-conference games against
St. John Fisher College (HOME OPENER - 11/09), Elmira College (11/23), The College at Brockport (11/27),
and Case Western Reserve University (01/03).
 
In addition to their eight AMCC away games, the Hawks tacked-on a few other tough road non-conference opponents
early in the fall semester. Besides the season opener November 6 at Fredonia, Hilbert will travel to Oswego State (11/11),
Buffalo State College (11/13), and will battle Morrisville State on the opening night of the Morrisville State Tournament (11/19)
before they face SUNY Poly the following morning.
 
 The top six AMCC ranked teams  advance to the league's post-season tournament in late February. 

The No. 3 seed will host No. 6 and the No. 4 seed will host No.5 in the First Round Games on February 22.
  The No. 1 and No. 2 seeds will face the First Round victors in the AMCC semifinal games hosted by the No. 1 seed
on February 25th and the AMCC champion will be crowned the next afternoon.
 
The AMCC Champion earns the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Tournament
and gets to join the March Madness in 2022.
 

   SEASONS IN REVIEW:         
It's been 20 months since the Hawks last took the court for an NCAA-countable contest.
 
Hilbert and the rest of the AMCC league saw their 2020-21 season reduced to exhibition games and
scrimmages out of concern for student-athlete health and safety as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
Hilbert competed in three Spring 2021 exhibition games, battling Medaille College twice,
 and traveled to Erie, Pa for a road game at Penn State Behrend in March.
 
The last time Hilbert competed in an NCAA game was February 29, 2020 when the Hawks lost to
La Roche University in the AMCC Championship Title Game.

The 2019-20 women's basketball team went 20-7 overall, with a 16-4 mark in conference play,
and made their third consecutive trip to the AMCC Title game.

 

 
The 2021-22 Roster
Head coach Nicole Bullock's squad features six returning players who significantly contributed to the three scrimmages last spring.

Bullock will lean on the experience and leadership of three, third-year Hawks who have collegiate experiences on the hardwood.
NCAA sophomores Macy Kisner, Ashley Schroeder and Grace Zabawa will lead by example on and off the court,
displaying athleticism, hustle and toughness as they battle for a play-off spot at the end of February.
Schroeder, a first-year graduate student, along with academic juniors Kisner and Zabawa will carry the load of scoring this winter. 
Schroeder, the starting point guard for the Hawks since her arrival, will quarterback the team while Kisner and Zabawa
are expected to finish plays thanks to their athleticism, maturity and experience.
Alesia Hamm, returning for her first official NCAA season, will build from her breakout performances during the 2020-21 spring scrimmages.

COACHING / SUPPORT STAFF
Head coach Nicole Bullock will guide the Hawks in her first season at Hilbert. 
She brings a wealth of coaching experience to Hamburg having served as NAIA Presentation College, 
Iowa Lakes Community College head coach dating back to 2016. 
Joining her on the sidelines are assistant coaches Dominic Czarniak and James Doyle. 
The new coaching staff is eager to instill their up-temp, full court pressing style of play.
 
John Culhane continues to support the women's basketball program by serving as the team's Faculty Team Advisor. 
He is an additional source of academic support and serves as a resource regarding academic issues
for the women's basketball student-athletes and coaches. 
Culhane's association with the department also creates a communication link between faculty, student-athletes, and coaches.