OWINGS MILLS, Md. – The Gettysburg College volleyball team closed the non-conference portion of its schedule with a pair of losses to No. 20 Stevenson University and Virginia Wesleyan College on Sunday.
 
Stevenson (32-1) connected on 34.3 percent of its attack attempts in a clean sweep (25-14, 25-20, 25-19) of Gettysburg (13-14) to begin the day. Senior Sarah Gorski (Darien, Conn./Darien) led the Bullets with eight kills, while freshman Laura Bergin (Charlottesville, Va./Western Albemarle) tossed in 11 digs.
 
Gettysburg showed some adversity in its matchup with Virginia Wesleyan (15-12) after dropping the opening set 25-21. Trailing 23-21 in the second frame, the squad tallied five of the next six points to win 26-24. Sophomore Joosje Grevers (Westport, Conn./Staples) knocked down the set-clinching kill.
 
After claiming the third set 25-15, the Marlins jumped out with the first six points and led 17-7 in the fourth. Gettysburg reeled in its opponent with seven-straight points and eventually took a lead at 21-20. The Bullets closed the set with the final four points for a 25-21 win.
 
Gettysburg rode the momentum to a 10-6 lead following a kill by sophomore Courtney Morrow (Greenlawn, N.Y./Harborfields) in the decisive fifth set. Virginia Wesleyan came right back to tie the contest at 11 and eventually force match point at 14-12. The Bullets fought back with back-to-back kills by Gorski and Grevers, but the Marlins ended the match with two kills of their own to swim away with the victory.
 
Gorski once again led the Orange and Blue with 15 kills. She also tallied two block assists to move into first place on the program's all-time list. Gorski now has 233 career block assists, two more than Catherine Schott '00.
 
Grevers chipped in with 10 kills and Morrow and freshman Hannah Dallman (Fairfax, Va./W.T. Woodson) each tallied eight kills. Sophomores Alesha Miller (Hanover, Pa./Nex Oxford) and Hannah Bentz (Shrewsbury, Pa./Susquehannock) led the defensive effort with 22 and 20 digs, respectively. Senior Lizzy Kuhn (Wilmington, Del./Archmere Academy) posted six kills, 39 assists, and 11 digs.
 
Gettysburg faces Johns Hopkins University inside Bream Gym on Wednesday, Oct. 30 at 7 p.m.