Wingate, N.C.----Rollins College sophomore midfielder Kallie German (Centreville, Md.) led all scorers with three goals to boost the sixth-ranked Tars to a 9-3 non-conference victory over the Wingate University Bulldogs in NCAA Division II women's lacrosse action from Graham Gill Field at the Irwin Belk Track Complex Sunday afternoon.
 
Wingate is now 1-1 overall in the early season, while Rollins improves to 2-2 overall. The Tars complete their two-game road N.C. road trip with a 1-1 record after falling to ninth-ranked Queens University of Charlotte 6-3 Friday afternoon. The Wingate Bulldogs remain at home Wednesday afternoon for a non-conference encounter versus Pfeiffer University at 4 p.m. Rollins hosts Wheeling Jesuit Friday, March 3 at 7 p.m.
 
WU senior midfielder Paulena Dempsey (Jarrettsville, Md.) led the Bulldogs with two unassisted goals to bring her team-leading season total up to seven tallies. Redshirt junior attack Shannon O'Neal (Severna Park, Md.) finished with one unassisted score for her second of the season.
 
Rollins freshman midfielder Hannah Ashton (Berwyn, Pa.) and sophomore attack Paige Brock (Winter Springs, Fla.) tallied two goals each. Sophomore defender Lindsay Van Beck (Atlanta, Ga.) and senior midfielder Claire Block (Bethesda, Md.) each finished with one tally. Van Beck's goal was the first of her RC career.
 
The Bulldogs jumped out to the early 1-0 advantage on an unassisted goal from Dempsey with 26:52 left in the opening half, but the Tars responded with back-to-back goals from Ashton and German to grab the 2-1 lead with 8:21 in the half. Neither team would score for the remainder of the first frame with Rollins maintaining the 2-1 advantage at the halftime intermission.
 
A game-tying goal from Dempsey knotted the score up 2-2 at the 29:13 mark of the second half; however, the Rollins Tars answered with five unanswered goals to take a commanding 7-2 lead with 17:44 to go in the second stanza.
 
O'Neal broke the Tars' scoring run to make it a 7-3 game at the 13:37 plateau, but Rollins added two more insurance tallies to extend its advantage to 9-3 with 3:35 remaining in regulation. The visiting Tars held on for the six-goal triumph.
 
Rollins junior goalkeeper Malorie Olin (Skaneateles, N.Y.) posted 14 saves and got the win, improving her overall record to 1-1. She went the distance Sunday. Wingate sophomore goalie Arion Pierre (Haymarket, Va.) tallied a career-high 18 saves and took the loss. She also played the full 60 minutes.
 
Rollins outshot Wingate 34-21, while forcing 23 WU turnovers compared to the Tars' 14 total mistakes. Both teams tied at 20-20 in ground balls. Rollins converted only one goal on 10 free-position shots, while Wingate also tallied one score on three free-position opportunities. The Tars narrowly won 8-6 in draw controls.
 
(Wingate University athletic media relations/sports network student assistant Jackson Kaplan contributed this article. A sophomore from Raleigh, Kaplan is a Communication Studies major at Wingate.)