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Hilbert Baseball Team Wins Two

Release Date:
April 21, 2004
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April 21, 2004

 

Hamburg, N.Y. – Hilbert College swept a home doubleheader against Keuka College Tuesday, winning 2-0 and 5-3 in NCAA Division III action.

 

Matthew Markott (Lakeshore/Angola, NY) and Sam Gioia (W. Seneca West/West Seneca, NY) scored in the bottom of the fifth inning to lead the Hawks to victory in game one. Brendan Mullen (Oakfield-Alabama/Oakfield, NY) picked up the win on the mound, while Gioia earned the save.

 

In game two, Gioia had two hits and scored two runs to lead Hilbert. Markott, Mullen, and Joe Ferrara each scored a run to aid the Hawks cause. Dustin Riker (Frontier/Blasdell, NY) pitched four innings to earn the win, while Glen Ufland (Bishop Timon/Buffalo, NY) received credit for the save.

 

Hilbert (4-10) returns to action today when they travel to Cazenovia College for a 3:30 p.m. doubleheader.


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.