GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Gettysburg will travel to Baltimore, Md. for one of the two first-round matches of 2026 Centennial Conference (CC) volleyball championship tournament on Wednesday. Match time is 7 p.m.

In the six-team format, the No. 3 and No. 4 seeds host the opening round. The sixth-seeded Bullets (18-8, 6-4 CC) travels to third-seeded Johns Hopkins (15-8, 7-3 CC) in one of the first-round matches. Fourth-seeded Haverford (16-7, 7-3 CC) hosts fifth-seeded Dickinson (17-9, 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 Swarthmore (19-4, 9-1 CC) in one semifinal on Friday. The lower-seeded remaining advances to top-seeded Franklin & Marshall (17-6, 10-0 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 2026 NCAA Division III tournament, slated to begin on Nov. 19. The NCAA field will be announced on Monday at 1 p.m.

The Bullets are seeking their 12th conference title and first since 2005. It is the 22nd tournament appearance for Gettysburg. The Bullets also in search of their 16th NCAA tournament bid.

In the regular-season meeting, Gettysburg defeated the Blue Jays 3-1 in Baltimore just last Wednesday.

Junior Clare Farrell (Livingston, N.J./Academy of Saint Elizabeth) leads the Bullet attack this season with 291 kills (3.31 kps) while senior Erin Gonzalez (Cincinnati, Ohio/Ursuline Academy) and sophomore Emma Bradshaw (East Setauket, N.Y./Ward Melville) are both averaging better than 2.50 kills per set. Gonzalez has 225 kills to go with 28 aces and 254 digs while Bradshaw has 195 kills and 43 blocks.

Senior Gianna Galli (Demarest, N.J./Northern Valley Demarest) and junior Ellen Manke (Madison, N.J./Morristown Beard School) lead the defense at the net with 74 and 64 total blocks, respectively. Manke also has 170 kills and is hitting a team-best .375.

Senior Halle Feth (Castle Rock, Colo./Douglas County) and freshman Kaitlyn Hedrich (Mokena, Ill./Lincoln Way) have contributed 530 and 401 assists, respectively, to the offense. Feth has added 17 aces while Hedrich has 25 aces. Feth has 210 digs.

Junior Nala Shearer (Lexington, Va./Rockbridge County) leads the defense with 505 digs while classmate Kierra Fox (Phoenix, Ariz./Rancho Solano Prep School) has added 250 digs. Fox leads the team with 43 aces while Shearer has 36.