THE FACTS
Gettysburg (15-8, 3-4 CC) 3, McDaniel (8-12, 1-6 CC) 0
What: Centennial Conference (CC) volleyball match
When: Wednesday, Oct. 28
Where: Gettysburg, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg rallied for a 26-24 win in the first set and went on to sweep McDaniel, 3-0.
THE LEADERS
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Clare Farrell (Livingston, N.J./Academy of Saint Elizabeth) led the Bullets with 13 kills and two blocks.
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Gianna Galli (Demarest, N.J./Northern Valley Demarest) added seven kills without an error to hit .700 while adding four total blocks.
FOR THE FOES
• Mariya Carson led the Green Terror with eight kills and two blocks.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• Tied at 2-all in the first set, a block from Kaitlyn Saidat and Mariya Carson gave McDaniel the lead and the Green Terror gradually opened up a 14-7 lead. Gettysburg clawed back to within two four times before a
Clare Farrell kill made it 17-16. Back-to-back Carson kills, however, pushed the lead out to 19-16. Back-to-back blocks with
Gianna Galli and
Emma Bradshaw (East Setauket, N.Y./Ward Melville) teaming for the stuff tied the set at 22-all before McDaniel reached set point. A Bradshaw kill made it 24-23 before
Nala Shearer (Lexington, Va./Rockbridge County) put down an ace to tie the set for the fourth time. Kills from
Ellen Manke (Madison, N.J./Morristown Beard School) and Farrell gave the hosts a 26-24 win and the 1-0 lead.
• Three aces by the first four Gettysburg servers in the second set helped the Bullets race out to a 10-3 lead.
Elle Lang (South Setauket, N.Y./Saint Anthony's) knocked down consecutive kills to make it 18-7 before she and Galli helped put away a 25-13 win.
• The third set started as a back-and-forth affair with six ties. Tied for the final time at 9-all, Bradshaw and Galli made it 10-9 and the Bullets did not trail again. Two
Kaitlyn Hedrich (Mokena, Ill./Lincoln Way) aces around a Farrell knockdown stretched the lead to 20-13. Manke then put away the match with three kills on the final four points for a 25-14 victory.
THE INSIDE STORY
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Nala Shearer led the defense with 14 digs to go with three aces.
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Ellen Manke added eight kills, two aces and three blocks.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at home against Ursinus on Saturday. Match time is 1 p.m.
