CHESTERTOWN, Md.  – Junior outside hitter Zanze Kuba-McCoy (Somerville, N.J./Somerville) set a personal high with 19 kills and tied a personal best with 19 digs to lead Gettysburg College past Washington College in four sets Saturday afternoon.    
 
Scores

Gettysburg (11-7, 3-3 CC)	25	25	22	25
Washington (8-10, 1-5 CC)	21	10	25	19

 
Gettysburg's Top Performers

• Zanze Kuba-McCoy '23: 19 Kills, 19 Digs, 3 Aces, 2 Blocks
• Kylie Ulrich '24 (Lancaster, Pa./Hempfield): 11 Kills, 2 Digs
• Ingrid Bayer '22 (Falls Church, Va./Bishop O'Connell): 5 Kills, 6 Blocks, 2 Digs
• Chelsea O'Leary '24 (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cumberland Valley): 14 Digs, 2 Aces
• Sarah Ellis '22 (Moon Township, Pa./Moon Area): 24 Assists, 5 Digs
• Sophie Nasir '25 (Covina, Calif./St. Lucy's Priory): 21 Assists, 8 Digs

 
Washington's Top Performers

• Courtney Maxwell: 12 Kills, 9 Digs, 2 Blocks
• Angelina Schaber: 9 Kills
• Jenna Daunoras: 8 Kills, 4 Blocks
• Lauren Zedlar: 21 Assists, 5 Digs
• Jordan Fairchild: 21 Digs

 
Match Highlights

• First Set: Gettysburg made an early move with a five-point run sparked by a pair of kills by senior Jordyn Horowitz (East Brunswick, N.J./East Brunswick) and an ace by Kuba-McCoy to grab an 8-3 lead. The Shorewomen pulled within a point at 9-8 and kept the margin within two points for most of the remaining time. With the score 19-18, the Bullets made a final push to the finish initiated by a trio of attacking errors by the hosts and polished off by a kill from Kuba-McCoy. The junior capped the four-point win with her sixth kill of the set.
• Second Set: The Bullets could do no wrong in the second set, logging only one hitting error and posting a blistering hitting percentage of .524. Gettysburg burst out to a 6-1 lead and pushed the advantage to double-figures (18-8) on an overpass kill by sophomore Olivia Biggs (Winchester, Va./James Wood). The sophomore middle struck again on an overpass for the set-clinching point.
• Third Set: Gettysburg was intent on getting a start on its travel back to Pennsylvania by jumping out to a 9-5 lead, but Washington wanted the Bullets to stick around for a little while longer. The Shorewomen erased the deficit with a 6-1 run and jumped in front 16-13 following an attack error by the Bullets. The visitors appeared to regain the upper-hand with a four-point run to retake the lead 17-16, but the advantage was short-lived as Washington went back in front 21-19 following a kill by Lindsay Saddic. After Gettysburg pulled within a point at 23-22, the Shorewomen closed out the set with the final two tallies.
• Fourth Set: The early moments of the fourth set featured six ties with the last coming at 11-11. Back-to-back kills by Kuba-McCoy and Ulrich set the Bullets back in front by two points. That's where the margin stood when Gettysburg launched a four-point run to grab match point at 24-18. After a kill by Washington, Kuba-McCoy put the match to bed with her final kill.

 
By the Numbers

• Gettysburg hit a season-high .298 on the attack with its 55 kills marking its second-highest total of the season. The Bullets also finished with more blocks (9-4) and digs (63-54) at Washington.
• Kuba-McCoy, who is the reigning Centennial Conference Player of the Week, topped her personal high for kills by one and matched her career high for digs for the third time. She just missed becoming the first Bullet since Laura Bergin '17 to reach a 20-20 line for kills and digs. Bergin had 21 kills and 22 digs in five sets against McDaniel on Oct. 19, 2016.
• Bayer posted three or more total blocks for the fifth-straight match. The senior ranks fifth in the conference with 0.93 blocks per set, which is the best average by a Gettysburg player since Nicole Burns '11 averaged 1.3 blocks in 2010.  

 
Where the Series Stands Now
Gettysburg earned its fifth-straight win over Washington and improved its lead in the all-time series to 39-4. Four of the last five meetings have featured 3-1 scores.
 
Looking Ahead
Gettysburg heads to Dickinson College on Wednesday, Oct. 20, at 7 p.m.