ONEONTA, N.Y. – Women's Volleyball kept things rolling on Friday night with a Senior Night victory over the SUNY Geneseo Knights.
 
THE BASICS
 

• Final Score:  Hartwick 3, Geneseo 1 (25-18, 16-25, 25-15, 25-14)
• Location:  Oneonta, N.Y.
• Record:  Hartwick (18-2 Overall, 8-2 Empire 8), Geneseo (9-14 Overall, 6-4 Empire 8)

 
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
 

• The Hawks and the Knights went back and forth early on in a first set that saw eight tie scores and three lead changes.
• However, Hartwick gradually began to pull away late in the set to go up 1 set to 0 with a 25-18 win.
• Unfortunately, Geneseo flipped the script on the Hawks in the 2^nd set, holding the home team to just nine kills for the 25-16 win to tie the contest at one set a piece.
• The Hawks regained the momentum in the first set behind the serve of Staecia Silofau (Kapolei, Hawaii).
• Hartwick pushed points behind Silofau as the squad jumped out to a 19-10 lead.
• Geneseo made a brief run of their own, the Hawks were able to shut it down to cruise to a 25-15 3^rd set win.
• The 4^th set was much of the same as the Hawks pushed points behind the serve of Sophia Palladino (Owego, N.Y.).
• The sophomore picked up two of her team-high four aces during the run.
• Hartwick continued to tack onto their lead with each held serve to close out the match with a 25-14 win in the 4^th set.
• Seniors, Shaelyn Thornton (Scarborough, Me.), Silofau, and Aaliyah Williams (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.) turned in strong performances both offensively and defensively for the Hawks with Thornton picked up the volleyball double-double with 12 kills and 14 digs.
• Silofau ended her night with 11 kills, two aces, and three block assists while Williams chipped in seven kills to go along with five block assists and one solo block.
• Senior setter, Braelyn Hornick (Candor, N.Y.) orchestrated the balance offensive attack, collecting 41 assists.
• Junior Shelby Swartz (Candor, N.Y.) also finished with a double-double, collecting 10 kills and picking up 11 digs.

 
UP NEXT FOR THE HAWKS
 
The Hawks return to the court on Saturday afternoon at 2 PM for their final Empire 8 regular season matchup as they host the Brockport Golden Eagles in Lambros Arena.
 
HARTWICK COLLEGE
 
One of the oldest colleges in the country, Hartwick has continually evolved for 225 years. The College's exciting new chapter is called FlightPath, a future-focused approach to education. Offering a distinctive blend of curricular, co-curricular and real-world work experiences, FlightPath builds on Hartwick's long history of integrating broad-based studies with experiential learning.
 
Hartwick College is a nationally ranked independent college of the arts and sciences located in picturesque Oneonta, NY, in the northern foothills of the Catskill Mountains. The College offers 35 courses of study leading to a bachelor of arts or bachelor of science degree, two master's degrees in the sciences, and a graduate certificate in nursing education. For more information, visit www.Hartwick.edu.