THE FACTS
Gettysburg (13-3, 1-0) 3, Muhlenberg (10-5, 0-1) 1
What: Centennial Conference women's volleyball match
When: Friday, September 29
Where: Allentown, Pa.

THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg and Muhlenberg traded two close sets before the Bullets won set three and four to take a 3-1 victory in their first Centennial Conference matchup of the season.
 
THE LEADERS
• Sophie Nasir (Covina, Calif./St. Lucy's Priory) racked up 28 assists to go with 17 digs.
• Erin Gonzalez (Cincinnati, Ohio/Ursuline Academy) and Kylie Ulrich (Lancaster, Pa./Hempfield) led the attack with 15 and 14 kills, respectively.
 
FOR THE FOES
• Christina Marcin paced the Mules' attack with 15 kills.

THE REST OF THE STORY
• Three straight Muhlenberg errors staked Gettysburg to a 3-0 lead which they increased to 8-2 on kills by four different Bullets. Muhlenberg strung four points together to close within two, and the teams remained within two or three points until two Mules errors and a Kylie Ulrich kill staked the Bullets to a 16-11 lead. A kill and ace by Brooke Lauletta (Coatesville, Pa./Downingtown East) helped Gettysburg to a 22-17 advantage, but Muhlenberg grabbed three straight points on Gettysburg errors on a kill to close within one point again. From there, the teams notched ties at 23, 24, and 25-all before an Ulrich kill and Mules error ended set one in Gettysburg's favor.
• Set two saw three early ties, the last at 5-all, and the teams remained within two or three points until Muhlenberg made it 18-14 on several kills and a string of Gettysburg errors. Gettysburg brought it back within three points on kills by Gonzalez and Ulrich to trail 20-17, but four straight Gettysburg errors and a kill gave Muhlenberg the 25-17 set two win to tie the match 1-1.
• A Gettysburg 9-3 lead early in the third set swelled to 15-9 on the backs of kills by five different Bullets. The visitors continued to pull away, going 4-2 on the hosts to get up 19-11 and force a Muhlenberg timeout. Out of the break, the Mules used an ace and two kills, a well as a few Gettysburg errors, to close within 22-17, but Gettysburg ended set three on a solo block by Olivia Biggs (Winchester, Va./James Wood) and a set point block by Biggs and Alycen Radolovic (Willoughby, Ohio/The Beaumont School).
• The final set again saw several ties, the latest at 8-all. From there, the Bullets went 7-2 with the Mules to notch a 15-10 lead, capped by an Ulrich kill. Muhlenberg came within two points four more times in the set, the last at 20-18, before Gettysburg rattled off four straight to get to match point. Muhlenberg grabbed two more points on the match off an error and a block before committing a service error to notch a 25-20 Gettysburg set four win.

THE INSIDE STORY
• Gettysburg held narrow edges in kills (50-48), blocks (8-6), and digs (86-82).
• Mary Huegel (Marlboro, N.J./Colts Neck) put up five blocks.
 
NEXT UP
Gettysburg will return to action on Wednesday against Johns Hopkins. Match time is 7 p.m.
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