HAMBURG, N.Y. – Hilbert College Men's Volleyball earned a 3-0 victory against Carlow University in the second-day of the SUNY Potsdam quad match.
The Hawks went 1-2 on the weekend and improved to 3-9 on the season.
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Hawks dominated play today earning 50 points, 34 kills, ten service aces, six blocks, 31 assists and 40 digs while limiting the Celtics to 29 points, 25 kills, one ace, three blocks, 23 assists and 38 digs.
- Hilbert opened the first game with an 8-2 lead and never allowed the Celtics to get any closer than five points (13-8) enroute to their 25-16 win. The Hawks earned 11 kills and five service aces, with Joe Grisanti scoring the final set point from the service line.
- Carlow took the lead and maintained their momentum through to a 14-8 score. Hilbert slowly clawed their way back into a 16-18 score, then went on a 5-point fun to take over 21-18. Austin Chandler was credited with back-to-back service aces which set the 24-19 score and Converse put the set away off a kill for the 25-21 win.
- The third set mirrored the second game, with Carlow building the early lead and maintaining a hold on the score board until Hilbert strung together four points to even the game at 20-20. Carlow went back up 21-20 then the Hawks put the set way by scoring three of their final five points for the 25-21 match victory.
Brad Converse finished the match with 11 kills (.320) while
Chris Laboy and
Alex Overhoff led with eight digs each.
Austin Chandler (14 assists) and
Ryan Levcik (12) shared time as the setter and 13 players saw court time this afternoon.
Connor Higgins posted two solo blocks and Levcik and
Dylan Suter each collected two block assists. Six different Hawks earned a service ace led by Chandler's team-high three.
UP NEXT
Hilbert returns to AMCC action this Tuesday, February 21st when they travel to Penn State Behrend for a 7:00 pm league game.
The Hawks will host a trimatch at home next Saturday beginning at 12 pm against Mount Aloysius and close at 4pm against Russell Sage.
