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LEXINGTON, Va. – The Gettysburg College volleyball team capped a successful weekend at the Washington & Lee Invitational with a split on Saturday. The Bullets downed Averett University 3-1 before succumbing to the hosts in three sets.
Gettysburg (6-3) began the weekend with a pair of impressive performances against Elizabethtown College and Southern Virginia University on Friday. In a 3-1 (23-25, 25-21, 26-24, 25-19) win over the Blue Jays, senior
Virginia Hogan led the attack with 20 kills, just one shy of her career high. She was complemented by sophomores
Sarah Gorski and
Kelly Milione who each tallied personal bests with 12 and 11 kills, respectively. Sophomore
Lizzy Kuhn was one off her personal best with 46 assists.
Senior
Rebecca Rubenstein put up 30 digs to pace the defensive effort, while junior
Katie Wilson notched 16 digs.
Gettysburg was flying high against previously unbeaten Southern Virginia, posting a season-high .376 attack percentage in knocking off the NAIA school. Hogan led a balanced attack with 16 kills. Milione chalked up nine kills and senior
Katie McConville put down eight.
Rubenstein and Wilson paced the defense once again with 24 and 10 digs, respectively.
On Saturday, Gettysburg tacked on its third win of the tournament by dispatching Averett (4-3) with scores of 25-19, 25-22, 18-25, and 25-8. Rubenstein logged 23 digs in the contest, putting the senior over the 1,000 mark for her career. Wilson added 14 digs.
Hogan posted nine kills without an error, while Milione and McConville each recorded eight kills.
Gettysburg's winning ways came to an end in the finale as host Washington & Lee (8-0) took advantage of the fatigued Bullets for a 25-18, 25-18, 25-21 win. Hogan and Rubenstein led the way with 11 kills and 13 digs, respectively.
Both Hogan and Gorski were named to the all-tournament team for the Bullets.
Gettysburg returns to the court on Friday, Sept. 16, with a non-conference trip to York (Pa.) College at 7 p.m.
