THE FACTS
Dickinson (14-7, 3-2 CC) 3, Gettysburg (12-8, 1-4 CC) 2
What: Centennial Conference (CC) volleyball match
When: Wednesday, Oct. 21
Where: Carlisle, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
Dickinson edged out a pair of set wins to defeat Gettysburg, 3-2.
THE LEADERS
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Emma Bradshaw (East Setauket, N.Y./Ward Melville) led the Bullets with 15 kills and three total blocks.
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Ellen Manke (Madison, N.J./Morristown Beard School) matched her with 15 kills while hitting .478 with two total blocks.
FOR THE FOES
• Mallie Thomas led the Red Devils with 21 kills.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• The first set started back and forth. Tied at 9-all, Mallie Thomas put down a kill to start a run of four straight points to open up a 13-9 Dickinson lead. Kylie Schner then capped the 25-19 win with three straight aces.
• Two kills each from
Emma Bradshaw and
Eliza Jauregui (Wallingford, Pa./Strath Haven) helped Gettysburg take an early 6-3 lead that it never gave back. Two
Halle Feth (Castle Rock, Colo./Douglas County) aces and a final kill from Bradshaw wrapped up the 25-19 win to tie the match at 1-all.
• The Red Devils opened up a lead as large as 16-10 on a Jessica Currie kill in the third set. Trailing 19-13, three
Ava Grall (Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla./Ponte Vedra) kills keyed a 9-3 run that gave the Bullets a 23-22 lead. Tied at 24-all, a Schner kill and Avery Butcher ace wrapped up a 26-24 win to give the hosts a 2-1 lead.
• Tied at 5-all in the fourth set, Gettysburg reeled off five straight points behind kills from four different players to open up a 10-5 lead en route to a 25-16 victory to force the deciding set.
• The fifth set featured eight ties and five lead changes. Tied at 12-all, a block from Schner and Emery Fishbach coupled with a Currie kill gave Dickinson match point. Grall and
Ellen Manke, however, put down back-to-back kills to retie the set at 14-all. Currie, though, put it back at match point before an Amanda Palo ace won it.
THE INSIDE STORY
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Nala Shearer (Lexington, Va./Rockbridge County) and
Ava Grall led the defense with 24 and 21 digs, respectively.
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Erin Gonzalez (Cincinnati, Ohio/Ursuline Academy) chipped in 12 kills and nine digs.
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Halle Feth added 31 assists, 10 digs and five aces.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at home against Muhlenberg and Stevenson on Saturday. The first match begins at 1 p.m.
