THE FACTS
Stevenson (2-2) 3, Gettysburg (3-2) 0
What: Non-conference women's volleyball match
When: Wednesday, September 6
Where: Owings Mills, Md.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg played Stevenson to three back-and-forth sets, but the Mustangs used long consecutive point runs in all three sets to earn the 3-0 match win.
THE LEADERS
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Kylie Ulrich (Lancaster, Pa./Hempfield) led the Bullets' attack with nine kills and three blocks.
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Sophie Nasir (Covina, Calif./St. Lucy's Priory) put up 15 assists and eight digs, while
Halle Feth (Castle Rock, Colo./Douglas County) contributed 12 assists to go with two aces.
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Chelsea O'Leary (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cumberland Valley) led the team defensively with 20 digs and had four assists.
FOR THE FOES
• Rileigh Kimball tallied nine aces, two blocks, and 13 digs.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• Gettysburg took the early 4-2 lead over the Mustangs in the first set, using three Stevenson errors, before a five-point Mustangs run quickly gave them the 7-4 advantage. The Bullets grabbed another point on an error before Stevenson countered with three consecutive points, all coming from Gettysburg errors. The teams went point for point to make the score 12-7 in Stevenson's favor before Gettysburg responded with four straight off the backs of kills by
Izzy Lugar (Wilmington, Del./Charter School of Wilmington),
Kylie Ulrich, and
Mary Huegel to close within one. A 5-3 run by Gettysburg gave them their first lead since the beginning of the set, 16-15, but Stevenson killed and aced the ball in succession to regain the advantage. A
Brooke Lauletta (Coatesville, Pa./Downingtown East) kill brought the Bullets back within one point again, before Stevenson hit a key 5-0 run to bring them to set point. Lauletta killed the ball once more before Stevenson notched the final point of set one, winning it 25-19.
• Two three-point Mustangs runs sandwiched one Bullets point to begin the first set as Stevenson got up to an early 6-1 lead. Three Gettysburg points started to chip away at the deficit before the Mustangs hit an 8-3 run to double up on the Bullets, 14-7. The teams went back and forth to notch a 20-14 second set score, with Gettysburg finding their offense form Ulrich, Huegel, Gonzalez, and Lugar. However, Stevenson held off Gettysburg with a key five point stretch which finished off the set, 25-14.
• Stevenson quickly went up 3-0 in the final set, with all of their points coming from Bullets errors. A 4-2 run by the Mustangs made it a 7-2 final set score, but Gettysburg used several Mustangs service errors to close within three, 10-7. Two blocks and a kill, along with a Bullets' service error, pushed Stevenson's lead back out to five, and another block and ace made it 18-11 in the Mustangs' favor. Gettysburg tried to chip away via blocks by
Kylie Ulrich and
Gianna Galli (Demarest, N.J./Northern Valley Demarest) and a kill by Ulrich, going on a 4-0 run to make the score 18-15, and the teams traded points before Stevenson scored three in a row to bring them two points from winning the set and the match. Gettysburg scored two more on an
Erin Gonzalez (Cincinnati, Ohio/Ursuline Academy) kill and Stevenson error to close within four before a kill by Kyle DesLauriers brought the Mustangs to set point. Gettysburg scored three more on a service error and two Ulrich kills to stay in the set a little longer, but ultimately a Mustangs kill ended the match with a 25-22 third set score.
THE INSIDE STORY
• Stevenson had a narrow 35-34 edge in kills, while Gettysburg led in digs, 62-59.
• The Mustangs tallied 12 aces to Gettysburg's two, and had six blocks, while Gettysburg put up three.
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Catherine Holtz (Chester, N.J./West Morris Mendham) contributed five kills.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg will return to action at the Kean Invitational this weekend. The Bullets' first match is against Manhattanville on Friday, September 8, at 7:30 p.m.
