HAMBURG, N.Y.  – Hilbert Women's Lacrosse played their most complete game of the season tonight under the lights at Frontier High School when they hosted a rematch AMCC game against Alfred State College.

The Hawks were stride-for-stride with the Pioneers in every category except scoring as Alfred State recorded a 9-4 victory in the final game of the regular season.

Prior to the 7pm game, the Hawks honored their five seniors: Gabby Calandra, Courtney Geier, Skyler Holzman, Jessee Jonathan, and McKenzie Walker in a brief ceremony.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Skyler Holzman led the defensive unit who forced a season-high number of turnovers tagged to opponents.  Holzman added five more caused turnovers to her season total (24) as she established a new single season program record.  Jewely Monford added a new personal record of three caused turnovers and ten different Hawks forced the Pioneers into a turnover.
• Olivia Cleary finished with 13 saves and extended her lead as the AMCC goal tender with the most saves in 2025 (144).
• Jessee Jonathan paced the offense with two scores and Gabby Calandra was a workhorse at both ends of the field, adding two assists.
• Jacqueline Alaburda gave the Hawks a huge lift in the second half when she battled for three draw control wins which allowed Hilbert another offensive opportunity.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• In a slow first quarter, both teams entered the second session, knotted at 1-1 as Jonathan scored her first goal midway through the period.
• A-State scored eight consecutive goals, split equally between the second and third quarter as they jumped out to a 9-1 advantage.
• The Hawks, for the first time this season, closed the game with a three-goal run.  Sam Accurso scored a man-up goal at 13:45, Jonathan won the ensuing draw control and sprinted to the goal just 15-seconds later for her second score.  Madison Matuszak finished Calandra's pass for the final hit of the game.

BY THE NUMBERS

• Hilbert went 16-28 in clears, one of their best performances going from defensive to offense.  Madison Matuszak did a great job carrying the ball through attacking defenders and made pin-point passes for looks at the goal.
• A-State built a 24-16 margin in shots yet the Hawks were close to the Pioneers in turnovers (33-31), ground balls (27-25), and draw controls (9-8).

UP NEXT

Hilbert, 1-10, advances to the 2025 AMCC postseason tournament as the fourth seed traveling to No. 1 La Roche University Tuesday, April 29th for a 3pm draw.  No. 2 Mount Aloysius will host No. 3 Alfred State, also on April 29th in a later 5:00 pm start.  The two semi final game victors will advance to the highest remaining seed's campus for the AMCC Championship game Saturday, May 3rd.