GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Gettysburg will travel to Swarthmore, Pa. for one of the two first-round matches of 2025 Centennial Conference (CC) volleyball championship tournament on Wednesday. Match time is 7:30 p.m.

In the six-team format, the No. 3 and No. 4 seeds host the opening round. The fifth-seeded Bullets (18-9, 7-3 CC) travels to fourth-seeded Swarthmore (17-11, 7-3 CC) in one of the first-round matches. Third-seeded Haverford (18-8, 7-3 CC) hosts sixth-seeded Dickinson (18-10, 6-4 CC) in the day's other match at 7 p.m.

The field will be reseeded for the semifinals. The higher-seeded remaining team will travel to second-seeded Franklin & Marshall (21-5, 9-1 CC) in one semifinal on Friday. The lower-seeded remaining advances to top-seeded Johns Hopkins (23-4, 9-1 CC) in the other semifinal. Both matches will begin at 7 p.m.

The semifinal winners will advance to Sunday's championship game, which will be played at the site of the highest remaining seed. Match time will be 1 p.m.

Tickets will be sold for each round of the CC tournament and will be available soon on the Centennial ticketing homepage. Admission is $10 for adults, $5 for students age 6 through high school and senior citizens. Children five and under as well as students and staff from conference institutions are free.

The tournament's champion will earn the CC's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA Division III tournament, slated to begin on Nov. 20. The NCAA field will be announced on Monday at 1 p.m.

The Bullets are seeking their conference-record 12th conference title and first since 2005. It is the 21st tournament appearance for Gettysburg. The Bullets also in search of their 16th NCAA tournament bid after earning an at-large bid each of the last two seasons.

In the regular-season meeting, Gettysburg's dropped a 3-1 decision at Swarthmore on Oct. 11.

Senior Alycen Radolovic (Willoughby, Ohio/Beaumont School) leads the Bullets attack this season with 240 kills (2.82 kps) while junior Erin Gonzalez (Cincinnati, Ohio/Ursuline Academy) and senior Mary Huegel (Marlboro, N.J./Colts Neck) are both also averaging better than 2.00 kills per set. Gonzalez has 198 kills to go with 29 aces and 221 digs while Huegel has 169 kills and 26 aces.

Senior Kendall Erpenbeck (San Jose, Calif./Prospect), junior Halle Feth (Castle Rock, Colo./Douglas County) and freshman Reece Benner (Royersford, Pa./Pope John Paul II) all have time this season as setters. Erpenbeck has contributed team bests of 524 assists and 42 aces while Feth has 269 helpers and 18 aces. Benner has chipped in 122 assists in nine matches. Erpenbeck also has 163 digs.

Sophomore Nala Shearer (Lexington, Va./Rockbridge County) leads the defense with 335 digs while classmate Kierra Fox (Phoenix, Ariz./Rancho Solano Prep School) has added 247 digs. Shearer also has 32 aces and Fox also 28.
Huegel leads the team with 97 blocks. Junior Gianna Galli (Demarest, N.J./Northern Valley Demarest) has added 51 blocks to go with 67 kills.