Box Score Hartsville, S.C.----The Wingate University Bulldogs collected their 20th victory of the season Tuesday night, prevailing 3-0 at Coker University in South Atlantic Conference volleyball action. Wingate won by scores of 25-15, 25-13 and 26-24 to improve to 20-1 overall and 13-1 in the SAC. The Cobras fall to 5-13 overall and 2-12 in league play.
NOTES
- 15th straight year Wingate has won at least 20 matches
- The Bulldogs improve to 17-0 all-time against the Cobras; 7-0 at Coker
- The 'Dogs have never dropped a set against Coker
- The Bulldogs move to 397-36 overall since the start of the 2007 season
- The 'Dogs are 229-13 in league play since 2007
KEY STATS
- Wingate hit .241 with 42 kills and 16 errors
- Coker hit .099 with 30 kills and 19 errors
- The 'Dogs had 54 digs compared to Coker's 46 digs
- WU had six of the eight blocks in the match
- The Bulldogs had eight aces; the Cobras had five aces
KEY BULLDOGS
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Sophie Schaff had 11 kills and three blocks
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Reese Blackley added six kills, five digs and three blocks
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Rachel Alles contributed six kills, 16 assists, 11 digs and two blocks
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Maggie Young hit .625 with five kills
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Anne Abernathy hit .364 with five kills
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Molly Lambillotte collected three kills and 13 digs
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Shannon Kasprak handed out 11 assists
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Treslyn Ortiz added 10 digs
FIRST SET
- Kills from Schaff and Kasprak gave Wingate an early 9-4 lead
- Two Abernathy kills and a Schaff block pushed the lead to eight at 16-8
- Kills from Schaff and Lambillotte, followed by a
Kasey Eastland ace made it 22-13
- Two Coker errors made it 24-14; Young's kill ended the frame
SECOND SET
- The Cobras jumped out to a 7-1 lead on a Sierra Harvey kill
- Wingate used an 8-0 run to take an 11-9 advantage
- Schaff had two kills and a block in the flurry
- Kills from Lambillotte and Alles pushed the lead to five at 17-12
- A 6-0 run, capped by a kill and a block from Lambillotte made it 24-13
- Abernathy's kill ended the set
THIRD SET
- Back-to-back Schaff kills gave the Bulldogs a 12-9 lead in set three
- Taylor du Bray's kill tied it at 12
- Kills from Schaff, Young and
Lynnlee Mather put WU on top 18-14
- A block from Young and Alles gave the 'Dogs a 22-17 lead
- Coker scored the next five, tying it at 22 on a du Bray kill
- Kills from Alles and Blackley gave Wingate a 24-22 lead
- A du Bray kill tied it at 24, but Blackley answered with a kill
- Kasprak ended the match with an ace
UP NEXT
- Wingate is back home Thursday night, hosting Queens at 7 p.m.
- The Bulldogs host Catawba Saturday at 2 p.m.