INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Gettysburg will travel to Huntingdon, Pa., for the 2024 NCAA Division III women's volleyball regional, beginning on Thursday.
The Bullets (23-5) earned an at-large bid into the field of 64 after falling to Johns Hopkins 3-0 in the Centennial Conference (CC) semifinal on Friday in Baltimore.
Gettysburg is making its 15th NCAA tournament appearance and second straight at-large appearance.
Playing at the Kennedy Sports and Recreation Center on the campus of Juniata, Gettysburg, the second seed in the regional, will play seventh-seeded Manhattanville. The Valiants (25-3) defeated Merchant Marine Academy on Saturday to win the Skyline championship. Match time is 2 p.m.
The winner of that match will face the winner of the day's first first-round matchup between Salisbury and Middlebury on Friday. Virginia Wesleyan takes on Springfield in the third match of the day at 4:30 p.m. while top-seeded Juniata squares off with Penn State-Altoona in the final match of the day. Those two winners will meet in the other regional semifinal on Friday with the winners meeting on Saturday.
The regional champion will advance to the championship round at the Cregger Center at Roanoke College in Salem, Va., on Dec. 4-7.
Admission to the regional is $10 for general admission, $8 for students and $5 for children under the age of 12 for single-session tickets. Tickets will be cash only at the door.
Junior
Alycen Radolovic (Willoughby, Ohio/Beaumont School) leads the Bullets attack this season with 275 kills (2.89 kps) while sophomore
Erin Gonzalez (Cincinnati, Ohio/Ursuline Academy) and freshman
Clare Farrell (Livingston, N.J./Academy of St. Elizabeth) are both also averaging better than 2.00 kills per set. Gonzalez has 199 kills to go with 31 aces and 216 digs while Farrell has 173 kills, 70 digs and 21 total blocks.
Junior
Kendall Erpenbeck (San Jose, Calif./Prospect), sophomore
Halle Feth (Castle Rock, Colo./Douglas County) and senior
Sophie Nasir (Covina, Calif./St. Lucy's Priory) have split time this season as setters. Erpenbeck has contributed team bests of 424 assists and 44 aces while Feth has 294 helpers and 21 aces. Nasir has chipped in 278 assists and 17 aces. Erpenbeck also has 130 digs while Nasir has 112.
Freshman
Nala Shearer (Lexington, Va./Rockbridge County) leads the defense with 365 digs while classmate
Kierra Fox (Phoenix, Ariz./Rancho Solano Prep School) has added 207 digs. Fox also has 22 aces and Shearer has 14. Junior
Mary Huegel (Marlboro, N.J./Colts Neck) leads the team with 110 blocks. Senior
Catherine Holtz (Chester, N.J./West Morris Mendham) has added 67 blocks to go with 175 kills.
-Go Bullets-