THE FACTS
Gettysburg (19-4, 6-1 CC) 3, Ursinus (9-13, 1-6 CC) 1
What: Centennial Conference women's volleyball match
When: Saturday, October 21
Where: Gettysburg, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg won the first set before dropping the second to Ursinus. The Bullets recovered by winning the next two to earn a 3-1 match victory.
THE LEADERS
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Kylie Ulrich (Lancaster, Pa./Hempfield) led the attack with 14 kills. She also contributed five blocks.
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Mary Huegel (Marlboro, N.J./Colts Neck) was the other Bullet in double-digit kills with 11. She put up five blocks as well.
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Sophie Nasir (Covina, Calif./St. Lucy's Priory) totaled 17 assists and 11 digs.
FOR THE FOES
• Caroline Sherman led the Bears in kills with 11.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• Gettysburg started set one in a 4-1 hole before going on a 9-0 run to get up 10-4 on the Bears. Huegel and
Brooke Lauletta (Coatesville, Pa./Downingtown East) combined for two blocks in the stretch. The teams traded points to a 15-8 Gettysburg lead before a 4-0 Bullets run allowed them to double up on the Bears. The Bullets put together two more 2-0 runs and Lauletta killed the ball for a 25-12 first set win.
• In the second set, it was Gettysburg who started up 5-1 before Ursinus used three Gettysburg errors to close within one point. Ursinus then started a 5-2 run, fueled by Mel Eglinton kills and Gettysburg errors to take a 13-9 lead. Gettysburg battled to within three points, but Ursinus put together a 4- run to stretch their lead to seven. Gettysburg could only string together six more points on the set as Ursinus killed the ball several times to win set two, 25-18.
• Gettysburg held the lead again in the third set, starting out with a 7-2 advantage, before Ursinus put together five straight to tie the score. The teams traded points until Gettysburg went on their own 4-0 run to notch a 12-8 lead. Three different Bullets had a kill in the run. Another three straight points for Ursinus brought them within one, but Gettysburg countered with their own 3-0 run, including two
Olivia Biggs (Winchester, Va./James Wood) kills and an Ulrich and Biggs block. Gettysburg added in two more 2-0 runs to make it a 20-4 lead for the hosts. Not to be counted out, Ursinus went on a huge lead-overtaking 7-0 run. Three Bears killed the ball during the visitors' run. However, Gettysburg used two Huegel kills and a block by Huegel and
Alycen Radolovic (Willoughby, Ohio/The Beaumont School) to take set three, 25-21.
• In the final set, the teams remained within two point until a massive 9-0 Gettysburg streak that doubled them up on the Bears, 12-6. Nine of the points in the run were Huegel kills. The teams traded points to a 20-15 Gettysburg lead, before the Bullets rattled off three straight to make it 23-15. Ursinus got one more kill on the set before Biggs and
Catherine Holtz (Chester, N.J./West Morris Mendham) ended things with a block for the 25-16 fourth set win.
THE INSIDE STORY
• Gettysburg had 11 blocks to Ursinus' four, but the Bears led in aces, 9-6.
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Chelsea O'Leary (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cumberland Valley) and
Brooke Lauletta tallied 18 and 13 digs, respectively.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg will return to action on Wednesday at Dickinson. Match time is 7 p.m.
