ERIE, Pa. – Hilbert College traveled to Penn State Behrend this evening and suffered a straight-set Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference loss.   The Lions improved to 10-12 and 4-3 in the AMCC league standings.
 
With his one Block Assist, Adam Hekftka moved to 104 in his four-year career.  He currently shares the All Time Leader title with Adam Duncan but will move into sole possession with his next block assist.  He is four service aces away from claiming the #1 spot and nine blocks away from holding that recognition as well.
 
Michael Podgorny posted nine kills, eight digs and two block assists while Heftka quarterbacked the net with 16 assists. 
 
The Lions started out with a 7-2 lead that gradually grew into double digits at 22-12. Kurtis Maloney earned consecutive points for the Hawks with a kill and then followed with a service ace, but Behrend closed the 1st set with a kill, taking a 25-15 win.
 
Michael Podgorny helped Hilbert put the pressure on in the second set.  He collected five kills while Kurtis Maloney and Tanner Makowski earned back-to-back kills that brought Hilbert within one point down the stretch and forced a Behrend timeout. After the break, the Hawks had three straight errors to give the Lions a 25-21 victory.
 
Hilbert earned four points in the final set behind  one David Arlaud kill, two Podgorny kills and a solo block by Maloney.  The Lions closed on an 11-0 run that included five service aces for a 25-8 decision and the match.
 
The Hawks (0-19) head to their final NEAC crossover weekend to close out their 2017 league schedule.  Hilbert will battle Keuka (12pm) and Wells (4pm) April 1 and complete the weekend against SUNY Poly April 2 at 10am.