GETTYSBURG, Pa. – The Ursinus Women's Volleyball team was swept in straight sets by Gettysburg on Saturday afternoon in Centennial Conference action.
First-year
Madison Small had a team-high nine kills for the Bears while adding five digs. First-year
Nayda Bookman recorded six kills and sophomore
Lauren McGinn had a team-high 13 assists. Senior
Alexa Mazzeo had a team-high 10 digs along with adding two aces.
Ursinus battled back from a pair of early deficits to tie the first set at three and then later six. The Bears got back within two points at 12-10 before the Bullets won 11 of the next 16 points to take control of the first set for good. The Bears started strong in the second set by initially going up 4-2 and extending it out to 6-3. Gettysburg won nine of the next 12 points to go up 12-9 before the Bears won three straight points to tie the set at 12. The Bullets then won 10 of the next 13 points to go up 22-15 and Ursinus would get no closer than four points in the remainder of the set. The Bears won the first point of the third set but the Bullets won the next four points to go up 4-1 and extended their lead to 11-5. It was all Gettysburg from there as they built a lead by as many as 11 points to close out the match.
The Bears return to action on Wednesday, November 4
th as they will travel to face Muhlenberg at 7:00 p.m.
