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ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. – With its win at Gettysburg on Wednesday night, the Susquehanna women's volleyball team has now won 11 of its last 13 matches and improves to 14-3 on the season.

The Crusaders defeated Gettysburg 3-1 by 25-23, 25-22, 18-25, 25-18 scores, marking the first win over the Bullets (7-8) since 2008.

Jessica Holm (Montvale, N.J./Pascack Hills) and Erin Byrne (San Diego, Calif./Scripps Ranch) had 13 kills apiece with Byrne also adding in eight service aces, including a stretch of four-straight aces toward the end of the match. Sarah Paluck (Nesquehoning, Pa./Tamaqua Area) had 14 digs and Maggie O'Hearn (Mountville, Pa./Hempfield) racked up 34 assists, six service aces, eight digs and four kills.

SU jumped out a 5-0 lead in the first set and led by as many as seven (19-12) before the Bullets closed to within one (23-22). The set ended with back-to-back kills from Holm and Bryne to hand Susquehanna the first-set win.

The second set was a back-and-forth battle with the action tied at nine following a Hayley Dunkel (Pottsville, Pa./Pottsville Area) kill. It was again a two-point game late in the set (22-20) before Bryne closed out the win with a kill.

Gettysburg went on to take the third set to force a fourth where the Crusaders never once trailed. They were up by five (17-12) more than midway through the action and Dunkel came up with the match-clinching kill for a 25-18 fourth-set win.

Susquehanna is back in action on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 27-28 at the Stevens Tech Tournament.