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GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Sophomore Kate Yoder (Emmaus, Pa./Emmaus) tied a career-high with 16 kills to help push the Gettysburg College volleyball team past visiting Muhlenberg College in four sets on Saturday. The Bullets' victory earns them the No. 1 seed and the right to host the 2008 Centennial Conference Tournament slated for Nov. 8-9.

Gettysburg (17-10, 9-1 CC) finished tied with Haverford College atop the conference standings, but the former holds the tiebreaker thanks to a 3-0 sweep in their head-to-head match up on Sept. 24. The Fords earn the second seed followed by Johns Hopkins, Franklin & Marshall College, and Dickinson College. The Diplomats and Red Devils will meet in the 4-5 match on Wednesday, Nov. 5, with the winner of that contest meeting Gettysburg in the semifinals on Saturday. Haverford and Hopkins will meet in the other semi on Saturday. Times for the event will released early next week.

With playoff hopes still lingering, Muhlenberg (17-10, 5-5 CC) came out with intensity and took early leads in each of the first three sets. After Gettysburg established the lead with a 25-22 win in the opening set, the Mules committed just one hitting error en route to taking a 25-19 decision in the second frame and tying the match. Perhaps the turning point in the match came midway through the pivotal third set when freshman Rebecca Rubenstein (Bedford Hills, N.Y./Fox Lane) took the serve with a 16-14 lead and proceeded to serve the next five points, putting the Bullets up 21-14. Senior Meghan McConville (Eldersburg, Md./Liberty) sealed a 25-18 decision in the third set with a kill.

Gettysburg jumped out early in the final frame and never looked back, leading by as many as nine (19-10) on its way to a 25-18 victory.

Yoder tied her personal best for the second time this season, committing just two errors in 30 attempts for a match-high attack percentage of 46.7. Junior Stephanie Rickabaugh (West Chester, Pa./Henderson) was also a force for the Bullets with 13 kills, 16 digs, and four total blocks. McConville posted eight kills, while juniors Amanda Krampf (Gaithersburg, Md./Gaithersburg) and Kristina Mercier (Baltimore, Md./Mount de Sales Academy) and freshman Jamie Huffman (Laurel, Md./Reservoir) each tallied seven kills.

Krampf narrowly missed a triple-double, tallying 44 assists and 15 digs. Junior Kristin Kotewicz (Columbia, Md./River Hill) continued her conference-leading pace with a match-high 27 digs in the contest, marking her 10th contest with 20 or more this fall. Rubenstein came up with 19 digs for the hosts.