HAMBURG, N.Y. – Hilbert Women's Volleyball continued its dominant run against La Roche University, earning a straight-set sweep (25–14, 25–19, 25–23) in front of a lively home crowd at the Brad Hafner Recreation Center.

With the win, the 20-10 Hawks advance to the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) semifinal for the first time in program history after defeating the 7-16 Redhawks for the third time in Hamburg this year.

Hilbert's balanced attack led the way, posting a .174 hitting percentage and held La Roche to just .055.  The Redhawks, who finished with seven total blocks, didn't have any punch on the offensive end of the net as the Hawks kept plays alive as they transitioned to 46 kills, twice the amount as the visitors. 

Lindsay Madigan paced the offense with 13 kills, two blocks, and 11 assists, while Molly McKinnon added 11 kills and Michaela Rice chipped in seven kills and two service aces.

Setter Jessee Jonathan dished out 20 assists and recorded 11 digs, and Jade Schiller anchored the defense with a match-high 24 digs.

La Roche was led by Kalli Grine and Megan Bologna, who each tallied eight kills, while Bologna also served up three aces. Defensively, Kaci DePalma collected 20 digs to keep the Redhawks in contention.

Hilbert stacked nine points together in the opening set to pull away with the win and used another 7-1 run in the second set which created enough room for the victory.  La Roche made things interesting in the third set; after trailing 11-4 they inched their way back into the game and took their only lead of the day 23-22 off a four-point run. Hilbert was gifted a pair of attacking errors before Molly McKinnon secured the final match point off a hard hit that went deep off La Roche fingers.

Hilbert will travel to Cresson, Pa. to battle the host, No. 1 Mount Aloysius this Saturday, November 15th at 2 pm.

Single Season Record clipped tonight:

Individual:

• McKinnon – 955 attack attempts
• Jonathan moved into a tie for #1 with her solo service ace – 67

TEAM kills – 1284
TEAM digs – 2076
TEAM points – 1730.0