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Hilbert College hosted their first tri-match in women’s volleyball this 2012 season. The Hawks came away with a sweep of Alfred University and Utica College September 8 to improve to 3-1. Chelsea Reischuck {in photo to right} finished the day with 18 kills and 8 digs over the course of eight sets for Hilbert and Shannon Memminger collected 53 assists along with 8 service aces. In the middle game, Utica grabbed a 3-1 victory over Alfred to finish 1-1 on the day. With the 3-1 overall record, the Hawks are off to their best start in the AMCC-era of women’s volleyball.
In the opening game, the Hawks grabbed a quick two sets from Alfred (25-14, 25-13) before they fought back from a 22-20 deficit to win 25-22. Memminger served three straight service aces to carry Hilbert to the victory. Reischuck and Allegra Johnson worked the net earning seven and six kills respectively. Memminger finished with six service aces and 21 assists and Reischuck led the Hawks with seven digs. Alfred’s Chelsea Hall finished with nine kills and Brittany Anselment had 14 digs in the loss.
Alfred jumped on Utica early and hung on to win 25-22. That three-point differential was the largest margin of victory between Alfred and Utica the rest of the way. Utica captured the next three sets to win the match by scores of 25-22, 26-24, and 25-23. At the time of this release, there were no individual statistics provided for either team.
The last match of the day was just as exciting as the middle game. Hilbert took an early two-set lead (25-19, 25-17) before Utica collected themselves and rushed back to tie the match at 2-2 (25-8, 25-16). In the fifth and deciding game, Hilbert captured a 15-8 match victory. Rachael Kwiatkowski hit .136 at the net for the Hawks while Reischuck and Memminger added onto their already superb day. Reischuck tallied 11 kills and 5 aces and Memminger added another 32 assists in the victory. Jordan Botsford also chipped in 9 digs (6 kills). Strong play from Johnson did not go unnoticed along with the rest of the team; it was a true team effort today.
Utica’s Cassandra Manzer and Hayley Strife each finished with 12 kills while Kellee Furno passed for 27 assists throughout the 5-set match.
Hilbert hosts Wells College September 12 with a 7pm start. See you then!