Box Score vs.
Haverford
Box Score vs. Franklin & Marshall
GETTYSBURG, Pa. - The Gettysburg volleyball
team captured its eighth Centennial Conference (CC) championship
and will return to the NCAA tournament for the sixth time
in the past eight seasons.
Sophomore Nicole Barr (Annapolis, MD/Broadneck)
matched her career high with 25 kills and only five errors
for a .408 hitting percentage, and Jessica Cortese (Lancaster,
PA/Hempfield) added 18 kills and collected 15 digs
to help the Bullets defeat Franklin
& Marshall in five sets in the CC championship match on Saturday.
Gettysburg reached the finals with a 3-0
win over Haverford to avenge a 3-2 loss to the Fords in the
regular season.
Lauren Boyd (Millersville, MD/Severna
Park) posted a team-high 20 digs and dished out 59
assists while Erin Barkdoll (Dover, PA/Dover)
added 10 kills and five digs for the Bullets' second straight
CC title.
Down 15-14 in the final set and facing match
point for the Diplomats, Gettysburg took its final timeout
before rallying for the dramatic victory.
A Franklin & Marshall attack error tied the
game at 15 and a block by Barr and Erica Rau (Oakland
Park, FL/Pine Crest) gave Gettysburg a 16-15 lead
for its first match point.
A kill from Heidi Goedicke
tied the game at 16, but the Bullets answered back with a
Barkdoll kill to go up 17-16.
Rosemary Hartman's kill tied
the game at 17, but it was the last point that Franklin &
Marshall would score. A Diplomat service error gave the Bullets
the final edge they needed, before Barkdoll knocked down the
last of her 10 kills for the victory.
Down 2 games to 1, the Diplomats took a 24-18
lead in game four and held off a late Gettysburg surge to
force a fifth set.
Gettysburg won the opening game, taking a
7-1 lead en route to a 30-25 win. F&M rallied for a 30-27
win in game two before the Bullets answered by capturing the
third game. Barr tallied the final kill for the 30-26 victory
and a 2-1 edge in the match.
In the semifinal win over Haverford, Barr
led the way with 15 kills, 10 digs and six blocks while Cortese
buried 13 kills and added 17 digs.
Never trailing in a 30-26 game-one win,
Gettysburg had more of a challenge in game two. The Bullets
took their first lead at 21-17 and built their advantage to
28-23. The Fords pulled within one at 29-28, but a two-handed
tap kill from Boyd sealed the win. Game three was tied at
25, before Gettysburg rallied for four straight points and
Barr capped the 30-27 win with another kill.
Boyd added 41 assists and 11 digs while Barkdoll
recorded nine kills in the semifinal match.
With the victory over F&M, Gettysburg won
for the first time in five tries this season when playing
in a decisive fifth set.
The Bullets will open NCAA tournament play
on Thursday. Game time and location are to be determined.
The NCAA field will be announced on Sunday evening.
CC Semifinals
Gettysburg d. Haverford, 3-0
(30-26, 30-28, 30-27)
Gettysburg Leaders
Kills: Nicole Barr 15, Jessica Cortese 13. Assists: Lauren
Boyd 41. Digs: Cortese 17, Boyd 11, Barr 10. Service Aces:
Jayme Massey 2, Diana McNamee 1, Boyd 1. Blocks: Barr 6, Erica
Rau 3.
CC Championship
Gettysburg d. Franklin & Marshall, 3-2 (30-25, 27-30, 30-26,
27-30, 19-17)
Gettysburg Leaders
Kills: Barr 25, Cortese 18. Assists: Boyd 59. Digs: Boyd 20,
Cortese 15, Barr 13, McNamee 13. Service Aces: Massey 3, Boyd
3, Cortese 3. Blocks: Barr 8, Rau 5, Massey 4.
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