Box Score Harrogate, Tenn.----The 22nd-ranked Wingate University Bulldogs hit a season-high .358 Friday night while committing a season-low six errors, cruising to a 3-0 victory at Lincoln Memorial University in South Atlantic Conference volleyball action. Wingate won a tight 25-23 first set, then took control by winning set two and three by an identical 25-8 margin to move to 19-0 overall and 12-0 in the SAC. The Railsplitters fall to 5-12 overall and 4-6 in league play.

NOTES

- Wingate starts a season 19-0 for the third straight year
- The Bulldogs move to 396-35 overall since the start of the 2007 season
- The 'Dogs are 228-12 in league play since 2007
- 14th sweep of the season for the Bulldogs
- WU has dropped just four sets this year (two in 12 SAC matches)
- Wingate has won 22 consecutive regular season matches  
- The Bulldogs are one of four remaining undefeated teams in Division II volleyball
- WU moves to 30-1 all-time against LMU and 12-1 in Harrogate
- LMU hit .000 on the night, marking the fifth time WU has held an opponent to .000 or below
- The 'Dogs have held 14 opponents to a hitting percentage of under .100 this year
- Wingate leads the nation in opponents' hitting percentage
- The Bulldogs rank third nationally in blocks, seventh in kills and aces and 14th in assists

KEY STATS

- Wingate had 35 kills and six errors to hit .358
- LMU had 24 kills and 24 errors to hit .000
- The Railsplitters had 10 kills and 20 errors the final two frames, hitting -.169
- The 'Dogs piled up 13 blocks compared to Lincoln Memorial's two
- Wingate had 11 of the 13 aces on the night
- WU collected 40 digs compared to LMU's 38 digs

KEY BULLDOGS

- Sophie Schaff hit .636 with seven kills in 11 swings, adding six blocks
- Anne Abernathy had seven kills and eight blocks, hitting .368
- Rachel Alles contributed five kills, 16 assists, 11 digs and a block, hitting .400
- Emma Ahrens had four kills in seven swings, hitting .571
- Reese Blackley added four kills and three blocks
- Molly Lambillotte contributed three kills, eight digs, five aces and a block
- Shannon Kasprak added 10 assists and three digs
- Treslyn Ortiz registered 11 digs and six aces on the night

SET ONE

- Kills from Lambillotte and Lynnlee Mather put Wingate on top 8-6
- A Lindsey Nartker block gave LMU a 9-8 lead, but WU scored the next four points
- Lambillotte had a pair of aces in the spurt that put the 'Dogs on top 12-9
- Two Abernathy kills made it 14-11, but a Cate Hosenfeld kill got the Railsplitters within one at 18-17
- Kills from Lambillotte, Mather and Blackley put Wingate on top 21-18
- An Emily Walter kill got LMU back within one at 22-21, but a Schaff kill made it 23-21
- Back-to-back Hosenfeld kills tied it at 23, forcing a Bulldog time out
- Schaff answered with a kill, while Lambillotte followed with a kill to finish the set
- WU hit .317 with 17 kills and four errors in set one; LMU had 14 kills and four errors to hit .270

SET TWO

- A Lauren Lask ace gave the Railsplitters a 2-1 lead in the second set
- The Bulldogs had the emphatic response, scoring the next 17 points to take an 18-2 advantage
- Ortiz was at the service line, piling up six aces in the flurry
- Schaff had a kill and four blocks in the spurt while Abernathy added six blocks
- Three kills from Ahrens put the 'Dogs on top 21-4
- An Alles kill and LMU error made it 24-7; Abernathy ended the frame with a kill
- Wingate hit .421 with eight kills and zero errors; LMU had five kills and 10 errors (-.161)

SET THREE

- A kill and a block from Alles gave Wingate an early 8-4 lead
- The Bulldogs used a 13-0 run to take control of the final frame, taking a 21-5 lead
- It was Lambillotte at the service line this time, collected three aces in the spurt
- Maggie Young had four blocks in the flurry, with Blackley adding two kills and two blocks
- Kills from Abernathy and Ahrens put the Bulldogs on top 24-7
- Schaff ended the match with a kill
- WU hit .381 with 10 kills and two errors in the set; LMU hit -.179 with five kills and 10 errors

UP NEXT

- Wingate has two more matches to go on its five-match road trip
- The Bulldogs are at Carson-Newman Saturday at 2 p.m.
- WU wraps up the road trip Tuesday at Coker at 7 p.m.
- The 'Dogs return home Thursday night, hosting Queens at 7 p.m. on ESPN3