THE FACTS
William Smith (5-2) 3, Gettysburg (8-1) 2
Gettysburg (9-1) 3, St. John Fisher (4-4) 0
What: Non-conference volleyball trimatch
When: Saturday, Sept. 14
Where: Geneva, N.Y.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg dropped its first match of the year in its fourth five-set match against Williams Smith before rebounding to sweep St. John Fisher, 3-0.
THE LEADERS
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Mary Huegel (Marlboro, N.J./Colts Neck) led the Bullets with 15 kills and hit .538 on the day. She also had four aces, six digs and five blocks in the two matches.
• Huegel and
Erin Gonzalez (Cincinnati, Ohio/Ursuline Academy) led the way against William Smith with 11 kills each.
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Alycen Radolovic (Willoughby, Ohio/Beaumont School) paced the team against St. John Fisher with 10 kills.
FOR THE FOES
• Hope Von Dohlen led the Herons with 20 kills and two blocks.
• Lydia Fraser paced the Cardinals with 13 kills.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• William Smith jumped out to a 5-1 lead in the first set before Gettysburg rallied back to draw the set even at 7-all. The teams traded points before a
Catherine Holtz (Chester, N.J./West Morris Mendham) kill and Herons error gave the Bullets an 11-9 edge. Tied at 12-all, an
Erin Gonzalez ace keyed a 4-0 run that opened up a 16-12 lead for Gettysburg. The remainder of the set was back and forth until William Smith scored the final three points, capped by a Cydney Fernandez) ace for a 27-25 win.
• Back-to-back
Alycen Radolovic kills started a 4-0 run in the second set to open up a 5-2 lead for the Bullets. Gettysburg then reeled off another five in a row to take an 11-4 advantage and the Herons got no closer than three the rest of the way before the Bullets knotted the match at 1-all with a 25-19 victory.
• Two
Mary Huegel kills and a block assist fueled a 7-2 start to the third set. It was a 4-0 stretch midway through the set that got William Smith back in it, closing to within 17-16 on an Emily Fulton knockdown. A Malya Sayre kill knotted the set at 20-all. After four more ties,
Kendall Erpenbeck (San Jose, Calif./Prospect) put the set away with an ace for a 27-25 win.
• Neither team had a lead larger than two points in the fourth set until a block gave the Herons a 22-19 lead and ultimately forced the fifth set, 25-22.
• Tied at 5-all in the deciding set, kills from three different William Smith players gave the hosts an 8-5 edge. The Bullets got back to within one three times, including a Holtz kill that made it 10-9 but a Delainy Williams had a kill and ace in a 4-0 run that gave the Herons match point. Gettysburg closed back within 14-12 but Sayre put it away with a kill, 15-12.
• Two
Clare Farrell (Livingston, N.J./Academy of St. Elizabeth) aces helped stake the Bullets to a 3-0 lead against St. John Fisher. The lead swelled to 6-1 before four straight Cardinal points closed the margin to 6-5 before
Ione Pedersen (Avon, Colo./Eagle Valley) and Holtz bookended a 3-0 burst to push the lead to 9-5. Two Erpenbeck aces keyed a 5-0 run that opened up a 19-9 lead en route to a 25-12 victory in the opening set.
• St. John Fisher jumped out to a 12-5 advantage in the second set. Back-to-back Radolovic kills and a Farrell ace closed the margin to 14-11 and keyed an 11-2 run that gave Gettysburg an 18-16 lead. A
Halle Feth (Castle Rock, Colo./Douglas County) ace gave the Bullets the lead before
Gianna Galli (Demarest, N.J./Northern Valley Demarest) had a kill to open up the two-point edge. Six straight points from the Cardinals put them back in front 23-20 but another Erpenbeck ace capped a 4-1 counter to tie the set at 24-all. Galli then capped a 29-27 win with a block.
• Huegel knocked down back-to-back aces to take a 4-1 lead in the third set. Tied at 4-all, the Bullets reeled off four in a row for an 8-4 advantage that they never relinquished. Four points late took a 20-16 edge to a 24-16 lead before Erika Edholm and Pedersen traded kills to end it, 25-17.
THE INSIDE STORY
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Nala Shearer (Lexington, Va./Rockbridge County) chipped in 23 digs against William Smith and 16 against St. John Fisher.
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Kendall Erpenbeck had five aces to go with her 16 assists and six digs against the Cardinals.
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Clare Farrell had five aces of her own with 11 digs in the three-set win.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action against Rowan on the first day of the Messiah Quad on Friday. Match time is 5 p.m.
