Heading into the final week of the regular season, Hilton was in a battle for fourth place in Class AA after dropping a three-game girls volleyball match to Gates Chili.
Gates Chili led the first set by as many as six points before the Cadets battled back on kills by senior co-captain Linzee Reyes, junior Kylie Ashline and sophomore Sydney Spence along with aces from Lexi Nelms and Jenna Pantano along with a block by Kayla Anstett to tie 11-11.
But, tied 17-17, the Spartans finished on a 7-3 run to take a 1-0 lead.
Hilton struggled with their defense midway through the second set, but rallied late to close to within 22-18 on kills by Ashline, Reyes and Megan Loomis. But again Gates Chili closed out a 25-20 victory.
Loomis registered three of her match total of eight kills in the third set while Ashline added two more, but the Spartans completed the seep with a 25-16 win.
Ashline tied for the team lead with eight kills and was tops on the Cadets with 17 digs with Loomis adding ten digs to her eight kills. Nelms handed out 19 assists with junior co-captain Gabby Merino and Pantano chipping in 12 and ten digs respectively.
Hilton stood at 10-6 and fighting with Penfield and Fairport in Class AA action with two dates remaining on their regular season schedule.
