THE FACTS
Gettysburg (11-1) 3, Messiah (6-5) 0
Gettysburg (12-1) 3, Cortland (9-3) 0
What: Non-conference volleyball match
When: Saturday, Sept. 21
Where: Grantham, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg finished up a 3-0 weekend at the Messiah Invitational without dropping a set, capturing a 3-0 win over the host Falcons and a 3-0 win over SUNY Cortland.
THE LEADERS
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Alycen Radolovic (Willoughby, Ohio/Beaumont School) led the Bullets with 23 kills on the day, recording 11 against Messiah and 12 against Cortland.
FOR THE FOES
• Chayney Barnhart led the Falcons with nine kills.
• Anna Pilkey paced the Red Dragons with 11 kills.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• Gettysburg jumped out an 8-1 lead in the first set against Messiah. A
Kendall Erpenbeck (San Jose, Calif./Prospect) ace stretched the lead to 16-7 en route to a 25-13 win in set one.
• Trailing 16-9 in the second set,
Clare Farrell (Livingston, N.J./Academy of St. Elizabeth) knocked down a kill to start a run of five straight points, closing the deficit to 16-14.
Ellen Manke (Madison, N.J./Morristown Beard School) put down a kill to make it 20-18 and start a 4-0 run that made it 21-20. The teams then traded points until Farrell finished the set with back-to-back kills for a 25-23 win.
• Trailing 4-3 in the third set, four Radolovic kills keyed a 6-0 run to give Gettysburg an 8-4 lead. The Bullets put together another trio of mini-runs to complete the sweep, 25-16.
• Against Cortland, the teams were back-and-forth to start the first set before a 4-1 run that included points from four different Gettysburg players opened up an 11-9 lead. Two more 4-1 stretches extended the lead to 16-12 and then 20-14. The Red Dragons worked the score back to even at 24-all but
Erin Gonzalez (Cincinnati, Ohio/Ursuline Academy) capped a 27-25 win with a kill.
• Gettysburg scored the first four points of the second set and opened up a lead as large as 18-9 before a late Cortland run closed the deficit to 23-21 but Radolovic and Manke finished off the 25-21 win.
• Cortland jumped out to an 11-4 lead in the third set before four straight Bullet points closed the margin to 11-8. A
Catherine Holtz (Chester, N.J./West Morris Mendham) kill made it a 15-14 score before a service error gave the Red Dragons a two-point edge. Gonzalez started a run of eight straight points to build a 22-16 lead en route to a 25-20 victory.
THE INSIDE STORY
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Nala Shearer (Lexington, Va./Rockbridge County) led three defenders in double-digit digs with 16 against Messiah.
• Shearer then added another 16 against Cortland.
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Mary Huegel (Marlboro, N.J./Colts Neck) added five kills and six blocks against the Red Dragons.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at home against Catholic on Wednesday. Match time is 7 p.m.
