THE FACTS
Gettysburg (21-4) 3, No. 25 Salisbury (21-4)
What: Non-conference volleyball match
When: Sunday, Nov. 3
Where: Gettysburg, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
After Salisbury, ranked 25th in the latest AVCA Div. III coaches' poll, took the opening set, Gettysburg rallied to win the final three and notch a 3-1 win.
THE LEADERS
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Erin Gonzalez (Cincinnati, Ohio/Ursuline Academy) led the Bullets with a season-high 15 kills to go with 12 digs for her third double-double of the season. She also had two aces and a block.
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Catherine Holtz (Chester, N.J./West Morris Mendham) added 11 kills and just one error, hitting .417 on the day to lead the team to a .257 hitting percentage.
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Alycen Radolovic (Willoughby, Ohio/Beaumont Academy) added 13 kills and three blocks while
Clare Farrell (Livingston, N.J./Academy of St. Elizabeth) rounded out a balanced attack with 11 kills and two blocks.
FOR THE FOES
• Gwen Eustace led the Sea Gulls with 12 kills.
• Jackie Mitchell added nine kills, 18 digs, two aces and two blocks.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• The first set featured nine ties and seven lead changes and neither team led by more than three points until Jackie Mitchell keyed a run of four straight points with two aces that gave Salisbury a 19-14 lead. Back-to-back
Alycen Radolovic kills, however, cut the deficit to three.
Gianna Galli (Demarest, N.J./Northern Valley Demarest) knocked down a kill to make it 20-18 but that's as close as Gettysburg could get. Mitchell put away the first set, 25-21.
• The second set was once-again back-and-forth with neither team holding a lead of larger than two until
Kierra Fox (Phoenix, Ariz./Rancho Solano Prep School) painted the first of her four aces in the match for an 11-8 lead. The Sea Gulls drew back even at 12-all but a service error and kills from
Catherine Holtz and
Erin Gonzalez put the hosts in front for good, 15-12. Fox wrapped up the 25-16 win with back-to-back aces.
• There were another nine ties and two lead changes in the third set. Tied at 12-all, Natalie Uibel got a kill to start a 5-1 run that opened up a 17-13 lead and forced a Gettysburg timeout. Trailing 18-15, Gonzalez knocked down a kill before a block and
Mary Huegel (Marlboro, N.J./Colts Neck) ace drew the set even at 18-all. The teams traded points before Holtz and Gonzelez bookended a
Kendall Erpenbeck (San Jose, Calif./Prospect) ace for a 22-19 lead en route to a 25-21 victory.
• Behind three attack errors, the Bullets jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the fourth set and never trailed. A Grace Rail ace made it a 9-7 score. After the teams traded points, Gonzalez powered down a kill to start a 6-1 run that opened up a 17-10 advantage before Gettysburg finished off the four-set win, 25-15.
THE INSIDE STORY
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Kendall Erpenbeck contributed 26 assists and 14 digs.
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Nala Shearer (Lexington, Va./Rockbridge County) added a match-high 19 digs to go with eight assists.
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Mary Huegel finished with four blocks while
Gianna Galli had three.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at home against Washington (Md.) on Saturday. Match time is 1 p.m.
