HAMBURG, N.Y. – The Hilbert College men's volleyball team almost pulled-out a third-set victory but Saint Vincent College survived the Hawks' rally and claimed a 3-0 win in the Hafner Recreation Center this afternoon.
 
Hilbert scored their highest set point-total this season, pushing the Bearcats to the finish line in the third set.
  
THE BASICS              

• Final Score:  St. Vincent 3 (25/25/25)   Hilbert 0 (11/14/21)
• Location:   Hafner Recreation Center, Hilbert College
• Records: St. Vincent 2-5 (2-4 AMCC), Hilbert 0-3 (0-3 AMCC)

HIGHLIGHTS
 

• Dylan Suter earned game-high honors with two block solos and chipped in a block assist with Marcus Wloch (3 BA), Matthew Domagala (2 BA) and William Argy (2 BA).
•  Wloch and Stephen Houghton (4 assists) added two kills and Wloch and Suter led with three digs each.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• St. Vincent crept away in the opening set, stretching an 8-5 lead into a 15-5 scored just minutes later.  Two kills and two service aces later, they held a 24-8 advantage and won the match (25-9) at the net.
• Argy's kill early in the second set brought Hilbert within two points (3-5) and Wloch's kill mid-way through the game set the 6-13 score.  But St. Vincent continued to drill away from the service line which carried them to victory (25-14).
• St. Vincent gave Hilbert their first five points of the third set until Stephen Houghton's kill created a 6-13 match.  Five consecutive Bearcat errors pulled the Hawks within two points (11-13) but St. Vincent rebounded with back-to-back-to-back service aces.  Suter's kill forced a 14-20 score and three more Bearcat errors along with William Argy's service ace sliced the difference to three (18-21).  The Hawks' attack error combined with a kill and service ace by SVC pushed the guests to 24 points.  Yet Houghton's kill and Hilbert's defensive ability to extend play forced the Bearcats into two more errors, which gave Hilbert their most points of the season (21-24).  St. Vincent claimed the set and match victory from the front row with a kill to the opposite corner.

GAME NOTES

• The Hawks totaled six kills, five assists, one service ace, six blocks and 13 digs.
• The Bearcats posted 29 kills, 25 assists, 23 service aces (17 service errors), one block and 18 digs.

WHAT'S NEXT

The Hawks hit the road Monday, March 29 when they travel to Medaille College for a 6pm AMCC contest in the Sullivan Center.

As a reminder, fans are not permitted to enter the campus for the contest but can follow the game via Live Stats and Live Video.  Visit the team's game schedule page for the links.