CAMBRIDGE, MASS. – The Cortland women’s volleyball team advanced to the NCAA Division III tournament second round for the third straight year with a 25-20, 25-22, 25-21 victory over Gettysburg College in a match as part of an eight-team regional hosted by Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Cortland (26-3), the third-highest team among “others receiving votes” in the latest AVCA Division III Top 25, will face MIT, ranked 19th nationally, in the second round Friday at 7 p.m. MIT swept Alfred University in Thursday’s final match. Salisbury and nationally eighth-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps won Thursday’s first two matches and will face each other Friday at 4:30 p.m.
Anna Pilkey (Ballston Spa) led Cortland with 14 kills and was second on the team with 14 digs. Alexa Guedez (Mamaroneck/Rye Neck) recorded nine kills and no errors in 13 attempts for a .692 attack percentage and added two blocks. Giovanna Rossi (Nichols/Tioga) finished with nine kills, a .333 attack percentage and two blocks, Allie Sturgess (Stony Brook/Ward Melville) had nine kills and 10 digs, and Kira Pirrera (Hauppauge/Smithtown West) had eight kills.
Ryan Hinshaw (Aurora, IL/Joliet Catholic Academy) led Cortland with 26 assists and three aces and Samantha Rodriguez (Camarillo, CA/Adolfo Camarillo) had 21 assists and 13 digs. Mikenzie Martens (Carthage) led the Red Dragons with 21 digs and Lexy Bloss (York, PA/Dallastown Area) added three blocks and four kills.
Gettysburg (23-6) was led by Kylie Ulrich’s eight kills and six kills each from Catherine Holtz and Erin…
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