Hartsville, S.C.----The Wingate University Bulldogs remained the lone unbeaten team in NCAA Division II volleyball Monday night, cruising to a 3-0 victory at Coker College in South Atlantic Conference volleyball action. Wingate won by scores of 25-17, 25-12 and 25-19 to improve to 22-0 overall and 15-0 in the SAC while the Cobras fall to 11-12 overall and 3-11 in league play.

THOUGHTS FROM COACH COLLIER

"It was great for our team to play so well in a road match tonight. We are working to develop some lineup combinations each week that can be successful for us and tonight we were able to do that really well. It was the first of four challenging matches for us this week, so it was good for us to start the week playing well and winning 3-0."

KEY STATS

- The Bulldogs had 45 kills and 11 errors, hitting .315
- Coker hit .045 with 25 kills and 20 errors
- Wingate had 55 digs, 11 more than the Cobras
- The 'Dogs piled up eight blocks compared to Coker's one
- Four different Bulldogs had an ace
- Wingate hit .571 in the second set
- The 'Dogs held Taylor du Bray, the league leader in kills, to four kills against nine errors (-.139)

KEY BULLDOGS

- All-American Anna Holmquist hit .435 with 12 kills and five blocks
- Anne Abernathy had nine kills in her first match back since early September
- Hannah Givens needed just two sets to collect seven kills; Reese Blackley had six kills
- Phoebe Havenaar hit .556 with five kills in two sets of action
- Rachel Alles had 37 assists, eight digs and two kills
- Kori Adams collected 24 digs

NOTES

- Wingate is the only undefeated team in NCAA Division II volleyball
- The Bulldogs have a nation's-best 28-match regular season win streak
- WU moves to 14-0 against the Cobras and 6-0 at Coker
- Best start since 2011, the only undefeated regular season in program history
- The 'Dogs are second in the nation in opponents' hitting percentage
- WU is third nationally in assists per set, fourth in kills per set and 11th in hitting percentage
- The Bulldogs have never lost a set against Coker
- Highest road hitting percentage of the year for WU; first time over .300 on the road
- 12th sweep of the season for the Bulldogs
- Wingate has held 12 opponents to a hitting percentage of under .100 this year
- Holmquist has 29 kills and just four errors in her two matches back after missing over a month
- Wingate moves to 367-32 overall since the start of the 2007 season
- WU has won 318 of its last 338 regular season matches
- The Bulldogs are 212-11 in league play over the last 12 seasons

SET ONE

- Wingate hit .229 with 18 kills and seven errors
- Coker had eight kills and four errors, hitting .067
- Two Olivia Cerick kills gave Coker a 10-7 lead
- Two Blackley kills spared a 4-0 run that put Wingate on top
- WU added a 5-0 run to take an 18-13 lead, getting two kills and a block from Holmquist
- A Givens kill and Coker error made it 24-17; Havenaar's kill ended the frame

SET TWO

- Wingate had 12 kills without an error to hit .571
- The Cobras hit .067 with nine kills and seven errors
- A kill and a block from Abernathy gave the Bulldogs a 5-1 lead
- Kills from Holmquist and Givens gave the 'Dogs a 12-5 advantage
- Kills from Abernathy and Alles put Wingate on top by 11
- Holmquist and Givens collected kills to make it 23-10; Coker error made it 24-11
- Havenaar and Givens teamed for a block to end the frame

SET THREE

- The 'Dogs hit .282 with 15 kills and four errors
- Coker had eight kills and nine errors, hitting -.026
- Two Abernathy kills helped Wingate jump out to a 6-2 lead
- A kill and a block from Holmquist made it 9-4
- Cerick's kill got the Cobras within two at 12-10
- Kills from Blackley and Holmquist pushed the advantage to six at 17-11
- Taylor Williams and Sophie Schaff had a kill and a block in a 4-0 run to make it 22-15
- A Blackley kill made it 24-16; Abernathy ended the match with a kill

UP NEXT

- The Bulldogs host Mars Hill Tuesday night at 7 p.m. on ESPN3
- Wingate is at Anderson Friday at 6 p.m.; travel to Newberry Saturday at noon