Wise, Va.----The 23rd-ranked Wingate University Bulldogs notched their 14th sweep of the season Friday night, rolling to a 3-0 victory at UVA-Wise in South Atlantic Conference volleyball action. Wingate won by scores of 25-13, 25-15 and 25-20 to move to 17-0 on the year and 10-0 in the SAC. The Cavaliers fall to 1-13 overall and 0-10 in league play.

NOTES

- Wingate starts a season 17-0 for the fourth straight year
- The Bulldogs move to 394-35 overall since the start of the 2007 season
- The 'Dogs are 226-12 in league play since 2007
- 14th sweep of the season for WU, who has lost just three sets all year
- The Bulldogs are one of five remaining undefeated teams in Division II volleyball
- First-ever meeting between Wingate and UVA-Wise
- The Cavs hit .000 on the night, marking the fourth time WU has held an opponent to .000 or below
- The 'Dogs have held 12 opponents to a hitting percentage of under .100 this year
- Wingate leads the nation in opponents' hitting percentage
- WU ranks third nationally in aces, fifth in blocks, sixth in assists and seventh in kills

KEY STATS

- The Bulldogs had 40 kills and 14 errors to hit .260 on the night
- UVA-Wise had 22 kills and 22 errors, hitting .000
- Wingate had nine blocks while Wise had just one rejection
- The 'Dogs had 42 digs compared to 36 from the Cavs
- The Bulldogs had five of the eight aces on the night

KEY BULLDOGS

- Marianna Warren had 10 kills, three digs, two blocks and two aces
- Lynnlee Mather hit .412 with seven kills and four blocks
- Sophie Schaff had five kills in two sets of action
- Reese Blackley added four kills and five digs
- Rachel Alles piled up six kills, 14 assists, 10 digs and four blocks, hitting .667
- Shannon Kasprak handed out 13 assists; Treslyn Ortiz had 11 digs

FIRST SET

- A pair of Schaff kills gave Wingate a 10-6 lead in the opening frame
- Kelsey Green's kill got UVA-Wise within two at 13-11
- The 'Dogs scored the next seven points to take a 20-11 advantage
- Anne Abernathy had three kills and a block in the flurry
- A block and a kill from Warren made it 24-13; an Alles kill ended the set

SECOND SET

- A Warren kill and Maggie Mullen ace put WU on top 9-6 in set two
- Back-to-back Mather kills pushed the advantage to five at 12-7
- WU used a 5-0 run to go up 19-10, getting a kill and ace from Warren along with an Alles kill and block
- An Alles kill and Kasprak block made it 24-15; a UVA-Wise error ended the set

THIRD SET

- Two kills and a block from Mather, along with a Warren ace gave WU a 7-3 lead
- Kills from Schaff and Maggie Young made it 11-6
- Kills from Warren and Ortiz, along with an Alles block put the 'Dogs on top 15-8
- Kills from Alles and Emma Ahrens pushed the advantage to nine at 20-11
- A Mather block made it 24-18; Kasprak ended it with a kill

UP NEXT

- Wingate continues a five-match road trip Saturday at Tusculum at 2 p.m.
- The 'Dogs are at LMU and Carson-Newman next weekend
- The road trip ends Oct. 22 at Coker
- Wingate's next home match is Oct. 24, hosting Queens at 7 p.m.