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Three Times Is Not a Charm

Hilbert can't crack D'Youville in volleyball
Release Date:
February 9, 2010
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HAMBURG, NY – For the third time in three weeks, Hilbert College and D’Youville College have squared off on the volleyball court. Tonight’s contest results were in D’Youville’s favor (3-0) with set scores of 30-24, 30-24 and 30-14. The Spartans were dominating at the net pushing their overall record to 9-4 and 2-1 in the NECVA West division. 

Junior RJ Sykora (Stow, OH/Stow-Munroe Falls) lead Hilbertwith 5 kills and 12 digs as well as 2 service aces. As a team, Hilbert positioned themselves for 7 blocks, but D’Youville was much more efficient in their hitting (54 kills to Hilbert’s 16) and rally blocking preventing the ball from leaving Hilbert’s side of the floor. The Spartans had 4 players get 9 or more kills (Chris Temple – 10; Jeremy Sajdak – 10; Brent Peters – 9 (Warsaw) and Todd Potter – 9 (Kenmore East). Vincent Amico (Buffalo, NY/Bishop Timon-St. Jude) passed for 12 assists for the Hawks, while JJ Senozetnik (Eden, NY/Eden) ran D’Youville’s offense with 48 assists.
Hilbert travels this Saturday to Stevenson University in MD (weather permitting) for a tri-match against NJCU and Stevenson at 2 and 4 pm. These game times are changed from the original schedule.

Hilbert College, located in suburban Hamburg, N.Y., south of Buffalo, is a private four-year college founded in 1957 in the Catholic Franciscan tradition. With nearly 1,100 students, Hilbert is a dynamic Western New York college that offers career-focused majors, including one of the top criminal justice programs in the region, and more than 50 minors and concentrations. The college’s engaging, student-centered campus community offers numerous leadership, internship and service learning opportunities from which students launch successful careers while making positive changes in their communities. Hilbert has expanded its academic offerings with the college’s first graduate programs, one a master’s in criminal justice administration and the other a master’s in public administration, and new Accelerated Degree Programs geared to adult learners.