THE FACTS
Gettysburg (20-4, 7-1 CC) 3, Dickinson (9-12, 3-4 CC) 1
What: Centennial Conference women's volleyball match
When: Wednesday, October 25
Where: Carlisle, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg handily won the first set before playing three more back-and-forth sets with Dickinson, ultimately winning the match 3-1 to clinch a spot in the Centennial Conference playoffs.
THE LEADERS
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Alycen Radolovic (Willoughby, Ohio/The Beaumont School) led the Bullets offensively with a career-high 18 kills.
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Brooke Lauletta (Coatesville, Pa./Downingtown East) and
Chelsea O'Leary (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cumberland Valley) paced the defense with 29 and 25 digs, respectively. Lauletta's total was a career best
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Sophie Nasir (Covina, Calif./St. Lucy's Priory) and
Kendall Erpenbeck (San Jose, Calif./Prospect) tallied 22 and 21 assists, respectively.
FOR THE FOES
• Amelia Kim paced the Red Devils in kills with 13.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• Set one saw five ties before a Gettysburg 7-0 run made the score 17-11 in favor of the Bullets.
Olivia Biggs (Winchester, Va./James Wood) contributed two blocks in the stretch, including one solo. The Red Devils briefly broke up the scoring momentum with a kill, before Gettysburg tore off again on a 6-0 run to lead 23-12. The Bullets would surrender three more points before
Brooke Lauletta killed the ball to win Gettysburg the first set 25-15.
• Gettysburg was in a 10-4 hole early in the second set, but used two kills to battle within three points. Dickinson then scored four in a row to double up on the Bullets 14-7. A Gettysburg 4-0 run brought the score back within two points, and the teams stayed close until two straight Dickinson kills put them at set point, 24-18. Gettysburg got one more kill in before Amelia Kim spiked the set-ending ball to tie the match score 1-1.
• The third set held nine ties, the last at 16-all, before the Bullets used three 2-0 runs to make the score 22-18. Two of the points were Radolovic kills, and she killed the ball again for a 23-19 lead. Gettysburg allowed Dickinson to close within just one point, 23-22, but a Dickinson service error and block by Lauletta and Biggs ended set three.
• The final set began with the Red Devils holding a 14-6 lead before Gettysburg began to chip away. The Bullets went on an 12-4 run to tie the score 18-all. Radolovic and
Kylie Ulrich (Lancaster, Pa./Hempfield) each had three kills in the stretch. After an Emma Popham kill for Dickinson, Gettysburg scored four straight, including two big
Catherine Holtz (Chester, N.J./West Morris Mendham) blocks, to lead 22-19. Dickinson closed within one on two Gettysburg errors, but the Bullets took the final three points to win the match 3-1.
THE INSIDE STORY
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Kylie Ulrich was the other Bullet in double-figure kills with 14.
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Mary Huegel and
Catherine Holtz each put down six blocks, while
Olivia Biggs had four.
• With the win, the Bullets have officially clinched their spot in the Centennial Conference playoffs. The rest of conference regular season play will determine the seeding of the six playoff teams as well as which teams receiving hosting bids.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg will return to action on Saturday against Bryn Mawr. Match time is 1 p.m.
