Wingate, N.C.----The nation's stingiest defense, Wingate University piled up a season-high 106 digs and 15.5 blocks Thursday night, holding visiting Queens University to a season-low .026 hitting percentage in a 3-1 victory in South Atlantic Conference volleyball action in Cuddy Arena. Wingate won by scores of 26-24, 25-20, 22-25 and 25-11 to move to 21-1 overall and 13-1 in the SAC, while the Royals fall to 15-5 overall and 12-3 in league play, seeing their eight-match winning streak come to an end.

NOTES

- The 'Dogs have won an NCAA-best 49 consecutive home matches
- The Bulldogs have won 50 straight SAC matches in Cuddy Arena
- The Bulldogs move to 398-36 overall since the start of the 2007 season
- The 'Dogs are 230-13 in league play since 2007
- WU has won 154 of its last 160 matches in Cuddy Arena
- Wingate is 183-7 at home since the 2007 season
- The 'Dogs move to 34-7 against Queens, with a 19-1 mark in Cuddy Arena
- WU leads the nation in opponents' hitting percentage and ranks second in blocks
- The Bulldogs have now held 15 opponents to a hitting percentage of under .100 this year

KEY STATS

- The Bulldogs hit .131 with 51 kills and 27 errors in 183 attacks
- Queens hit .026 with 38 kills and 33 errors in 191 attacks
- Wingate piled up 106 digs; Queens had 93
- The 'Dogs had 15.5 blocks compared to the Royals' eight blocks
- Queens had six aces on the night while Wingate had five
- The match featured 30 ties and 10 lead changes
- Four different Bulldogs had at least 18 digs

KEY BULLDOGS

- Sophie Schaff had 12 kills and six blocks on the night
- Anne Abernathy hit .321 with 11 kills and six blocks
- Lynnlee Mather hit .529 with nine kills and four blocks in three sets
- Maggie Young added five kills and five blocks in two sets
- Rachel Alles contributed four kills, 24 assists, 19 digs and five blocks
- Shannon Kasprak added 18 assists and 21 digs
- Treslyn Ortiz piled up 30 digs; Molly Lambillotte picked up 18 digs

FIRST SET

- Set one featured 11 ties and five lead changes
- Kills from Young and Abernathy put WU on top 10-7
- Queens used a 5-0 run to take a 14-13 lead on a Logan Witt kill
- An Eastland ace and Schaff block put the 'Dogs on top 17-14
- A Casey Tarvin kill and JayCee Jones ace gave Queens a 21-20 lead
- Mather's kill tied it at 21, while kills from Abernathy and Schaff made it 24-22
- Tarvin's kill tied it at 24, but Abernathy's kill put WU back on top by one
- Alles ended the set with a kill

SECOND SET

- A Brooke Farley ace gave the Royals an 8-5 lead
- Wingate scored the next five, getting three blocks from Young to take a 10-8 advantage
- Two Young blocks and a Schaff block made it 14-11
- Two Lindsey Elmore kills and a Tarvin kill tied it at 18, but Wingate scored the next four points
- Lambillotte and Young started the spurt with kills, while two Queens errors made it 22-18
- A Young kill made it 24-20; a Queens error ended the frame

THIRD SET

- A Tarvin kill and Elmore ace gave the Royals a 10-4 lead in set three
- Schaff's kill got WU within two at 14-12, but a Tarvin kill put QU back on top by three
- A block and a kill from Schaff tied it at 15, but the Royals scored the next three to take an 18-15 lead
- The 'Dogs used a 5-1 run to take the lead, getting a kill and two blocks from Mather
- Reese Blackley's kill put the Bulldogs on top 22-21, but Queens scored the next four points
- A Tarvin kill and WU error made it 24-22; Mallory Swarts ended the frame with a kill

FOURTH SET

- Wingate hit a match-high .417 with 11 kills and one errors
- Queens had eight kills and 10 errors, hitting -.050
- Schaff and Alles teamed for a block to give the 'Dogs a 7-2 lead
- Tarvin's kill got Queens within two, but WU scored the next six points
- Mather had a kill and a block in the spurt that made it 14-6
- Three more Mather kills gave the 'Dogs a 20-9 advantage
- An Emma Ahrens kill and Kasprak ace made it 24-11; Ahrens ended it with a kill

UP NEXT

- Wingate is back home Saturday afternoon, hosting Catawba at 2 p.m.
- The 'Dogs are back on the road next weekend, traveling to Anderson Friday at 7 p.m.