HAMBURG, N.Y. – Hilbert Men's Volleyball welcomed Houghton University to the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference this year and recorded three-match sweep over the Highlanders in their inaugural year.
Houghton made things interesting tonight, forcing a 5-set match for the first time in five matches against the Hawks with Hilbert taking a 3-2 win.
Prior to the first serve, the men's team honored
Noah Hart,
Joe Grisanti,
George Muriel,
Tyler Hassell,
Brad Converse and assistant coach
Nick Diello in a Senior Day celebration for their contributions to the program over the years.
Those seniors plus graduate student
Chris Smith saw most of the court time until the fifth set when the Hawks rotated two big men back into the lineup to put the match away.
THE BASICS
- Final Score: Hilbert 25, 21, 25, 22, 15 | Houghton 15, 25, 20, 25, 8
- Location: Hafner Recreation Center, Hilbert College
- Records: Hilbert 8-9, 1-0 AMCC | Houghton 0-15, 0-1 AMCC
NEWS and NOTES
- Tyler Hassell gave the Hawks a huge lift all night recording 13 kills (1 error) off a .571 percent, along with three service aces and four block assists.
- Brad Converse chipped in 11 kills, one block solo, three block assists, and team-high 11 digs.
- George Muriel added 35 assists, two aces, one block solo, two block assists and eight digs.
- Joe Grisanti recorded three kills, one ace and six digs while Noah Hart finished with one dig.
- Chris Smith posted two kills, one assist, two block assists and eight digs.
- Justin Veal and Nikolas D'Andrea combined for six kills, one ace, two block assists and three digs in the final 15-point match.
UP NEXT
The Hawks will resume action in nine days when they host back-to-back AMCC matches in Hamburg. Hilbert will face Mount Aloysius College (3-13) for the first time this spring on Friday, March 28th at 7:00 pm and then turn around for an 11:00 am match the next morning against Penn State Altoona (10-10).
