Bison open York Invite with wins over King's and York

GETTYSBURG, Pa. (Sept. 22) – The Bethany College volleyball team earned a pair of 3-0 wins over King's College and York College to open play at the York Invitational Friday night.

THE MATCHUPS

• Match 1 Final: Bethany 3, King's 0 (25-15, 29-27, 25-17 | Box Score)
• Match 2 Final: Bethany 3, York 0 (27-25, 29-27, 25-20) | Box Score)
• Records: Bethany 8-5, King's 9-6, York 9-4
• Location: Wolf Gymnasium | York, Pennsylvania

BETHANY vs. KING'S MATCH NOTES

• The Bison cruised to a 25-15 win in the first set behind a .355 hitting percentage and 14 kills.
• King's pushed Bethany in the second set, but the Bison prevailed with a 29-27 win.
• Despite a .125 hitting percentage in the final set, Bethany closed out the match with a 25-17 victory.
• Sophomore Katie Sparks (Macedonia, Ohio/Trinity) was the top offensive player with 17 kills in the win.
• Freshman setter Jenna Scott (New Castle, Ind./Liberty Christian) helped the offense with 35 assists and added five digs.
• Junior Reilly Parker (North Huntington, Pa./Norwin) led three players with double-digit digs with 19 for the match.

BETHANY vs. YORK MATCH NOTES

• The Green & White battled to a 3-0 win over York to close the evening. Two of the three sets needed extra points to settle the scores.
• Sparks was the team's top player again, posting a kill-dig double-double with a team-high 10 kills to go with 11 digs.
• Scott posted 28 assists and added several digs to her final line, while Parker's 19 digs paced the defensive effort.

UP NEXT

• Bethany will conclude play at the York Invitational with matches against FDU-Florham and Albright tomorrow, Saturday, September 23 starting at 8 a.m.
• Live video of the matches is available here.