THE FACTS
Gettysburg (14-1) 3, Stockton (10-2) 0
What: Non-conference volleyball match
When: Saturday, Sept. 28
Where: Gettysburg, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg captured a pair of two-point wins in the first two sets before capping a sweep of Stockton with a 25-18 third-set victory.
THE LEADERS
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Kendall Erpenbeck (San Jose, Calif./Prospect) led the Bullets with 13 assists and a season-high 12 digs. The setter also had one kill.
FOR THE FOES
• Jaylah Rolle led the Ospreys with a match-high 11 kills and rounded out a double-double with 10 digs.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• The first set featured 12 ties and five lead changes. Neither team was able to open up a lead of more than two points until
Erin Gonzalez (Cincinnati, Ohio/Ursuline Academy) knocked down back-to-back kills to give Gettysburg a 12-9 edge and force a Stockton timeout. The Ospreys battled back to draw the set even at 15-all on a Kate Louer kill. Trailing 21-19,
Catherine Holtz (Chester, N.J./West Morris Mendham) and
Alycen Radolovic (Willoughby, Ohio/Beaumont School) put together consecutive knockdowns to retie the set. Even at 23-all, Radolovic finished off a 25-23 win with a pair of kills.
• The Ospreys opened up a lead as large as four early in the second set. Trailing 17-13, a
Mary Huegel (Marlboro, N.J./Colts Neck) ace keyed a 5-0 run that put the Bullets in front by one. Kills from five different Bullets down the stretch allowed the hosts to pull out a 25-23 win and take a 2-0 lead in the match.
• After a Regan Mendick ace to start the third set for Stockton, Gettysburg registered seven of the next nine points to take a 7-3 lead. Holtz recorded four of her seven kills in the final set during the opening run and the Bullets did not trail the rest of the way. The lead grew as large a 21-13 before the visitors made a mini-run that closed the margin to 23-18 but a service errors and Huegel's final kill finished off the sweep.
THE INSIDE STORY
• No Gettysburg player reached double-digit kills but five hitters had between six and eight knockdowns.
Erin Gonzalez,
Catherine Holtz and
Alycen Radolovic all had eight while
Mary Huegel and
Clare Farrell (Livingston, N.J./Academy of St. Elizabeth) had six each. Gonzalez added 10 digs while Huegel had both of the team's aces and three blocks.
• Helle Feth (Castle Rock, Colo./Douglas County) chipped in 15 assists while
Nala Shearer (Lexington, Va./Rockbridge County) established a career high with seven to go with her 12 digs.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at home in the Centennial Conference opener against Muhlenberg on Saturday. Match time is 1 p.m.
