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Hawks Downed by Pitt Greensburg

Release Date:
September 27, 2008
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The Hilbert College women’s volleyball team fell 3-0 (26-24, 25-12, 25-21) to the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg, in an AMCC contest, Saturday afternoon. With the loss, the Hawks fall to 5-6 on the season and 1-1 in AMCC play.

For the Hawks, Erica Page (Angola, NY/Lakeshore) led the Hawks with 13 digs. Dale Jonathan (Basom, NY/Akron Central) and Destyn Brown (Ithaca, NY) each recorded 11 digs a piece.

Melissa Kick (Blasdell, NY/Mt. Mercy) led Hilbert offensively with 11 assists.

The Hawks return to action Oct. 1 at 7 p.m., when home standing Hilbert welcomes AMCC foe Penn State Behrend to the Hafner Recreation Center.


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.