Box Score

GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Gettysburg rallied from a 2-1 deficit to force a fifth set, but York (Pa.) College prevailed 16-14 to come away with a 3-2 victory in a non-conference volleyball nailbiter Wednesday evening in Bream Gymnasium.

The Bullets (5-4) won the opening set 27-25 but the Spartans (8-2) rallied with 25-21 and 25-17 victories. Gettysburg answered with a 25-20 win in the fourth set.

Senior Sarah Gorski (Darien, Conn./Darien) led the Bullets with 13 kills and six blocks while freshman Laura Bergin (Charlottesville, Va./Western Albemarle) totaled eight kills and 10 digs. Senior Kelly Millione (Gainesville, Va./Battlefield), filling in at setter, posted 24 assists, five aces, and nine digs while sophomore Hannah Bentz (Shrewsbury, Pa./Susquehannock) registered 19 digs and four aces. Sophomore Joosje Grevers (Westport, Conn./Staples) contributed four blocks.

Brittany Hicks paced York with 15 kills and 12 digs.

Gettysburg never trailed en route to its victory in the opening set, leading by as much as seven midway through it before the Spartans rallied late to make it close.

The Bullets took an early advantage in the second set but the Spartans used an 8-3 run to open up a lead they would not relinquish. Gettysburg also went in front early on in Game 3, but a 7-0 York spurt gave the visitors the lead for good. The Orange and Blue trailed only briefly early in the fourth set before gradually pulling away.

York jumped out to a 5-1 lead in the fifth set, but the Bullets rallied with five unanswered points to get back into. Neither side led by more than three beyond that point, and a kill by York's Emma Geisser made it 10-10.

Gettysburg was two points from victory after a service ace from senior Courtney Cyr (Doylestown, Pa./Central Bucks West) before the Spartans called timeout and ended the match on a 5-1 run. A Bergin kill made it 14-14, but a kill from Hicks followed by a Gettysburg blocking error clinched it for the Spartans.

The Bullets pick up their schedule with a home tri-match on Saturday. Gettysburg takes on Ursinus College at noon in its Centennial Conference opener before facing St. Mary's (Md.) College at 2 p.m. in a non-conference tilt.