Box Score

GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Sophomore Kristina Mercier (Baltimore, Md./Mount de Sales Academy) poured in 15 kills and Kate Yoder (Emmaus, Pa./Emmaus) and Meghan McConville (Eldersburg, Md./Liberty) each added 10 as Gettysburg College swept visiting Dickinson College in the first round of the Centennial Conference Tournament at Bream Gymnasium.

Gettysburg improved to 18-12 on the year and now advances to the tournament semifinals and championship hosted by Haverford College (27-2) on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 3-4. The fourth-seeded Bullets draw the top-seeded Fords in the semis at 2:30 p.m., while No. 2 Johns Hopkins University (23-4) battles No. 3 McDaniel College (15-8) at noon. Sunday's championship will pit the two semifinal winners against one another at 1 p.m.

Dickinson (11-16) gave Gettysburg a tough fight just one week ago, dropping a 3-1 decision in Bream. Wednesday's affair wasn't quite as close as the Bullets won 30-23, 30-24, and 30-17. The only time the Red Devils held a late lead was in the second game at 16-14, but a timeout by the hosts stalled the momentum and gave way to an 8-2 run.

Mercier, Yoder, and McConville were dominant on the net for Gettysburg, combining to connect on over half of their kill attempts. Mercier finished with 15 kills on 31 attempts with three errors, while Yoder also committed just three errors in 22 attempts. McConville appeared to find every seam in the Devil defense, notching a hitting percentage of .562 with 10 kills on 16 attempts and only one hitting error.

Senior Katie Heffner (Easton, Pa./Easton) just missed a double-double with nine kills and 10 digs, while committing just one attacking miscue. Sophomore setter Amanda Krampf (Gaithersburg, Md./Gaithersburg) led the offense by dishing out 39 assists and helped on the defensive side of the ball with 14 digs.

Defensively, sophomore Stephanie Rickabaugh (West Chester, Pa./Henderson) tallied 14 digs and three block assists for the Bullets, while Kristin Kotewicz (Columbia, Md./River Hill) put up 11 digs. Yoder led the service game with a pair of aces during the host's aforementioned run in game two.

Elly Gosheva led the Red Devil attack with 13 kills, while the defense was paced by Amanda Hayes with 18 digs.