Wingate, N.C.----The Wingate University Bulldogs pushed their NCAA-best home court winning streak to 50 Saturday afternoon, rolling to a 3-0 victory over Catawba College in South Atlantic Conference volleyball action in Cuddy Arena. Wingate won by scores of 25-19, 25-18 and 25-15 to improve to 22-1 overall and 15-1 in the SAC. The Indians fall to 5-14 overall and 4-12 in league play.

NOTES

- The 'Dogs have not lost a home match since 2016, when they lost to the defending national champs
- The Bulldogs have won 51 straight SAC matches in Cuddy Arena
- The Bulldogs move to 399-36 overall since the start of the 2007 season
- The 'Dogs are 231-13 in league play since 2007
- WU has won 155 of its last 161 matches in Cuddy Arena
- Wingate is 184-7 at home since the 2007 season
- The 'Dogs move to 47-18 all-time against Catawba and 22-6 at home
- WU has won 26 straight against the Indians
- WU leads the nation in opponents' hitting percentage and ranks second in blocks
- The Bulldogs have now held 16 opponents to a hitting percentage of under .100 this year

KEY STATS

- Wingate hit .263 with 50 kills and 19 errors
- Catawba hit .052 with 19 kills and 14 errors
- WU had 56 digs compared to Catawba's 39
- The 'Dogs had eight blocks while the Indians collected six rejections
- Wingate had eight aces while Catawba had just one

KEY BULLDOGS

- Molly Lambillotte had 13 kills and nine digs, hitting .273
- Reese Blackley added 11 kills on the day
- Lynnlee Mather had seven kills in 10 swings, adding five blocks
- Sophie Schaff contributed seven kills and two blocks
- Anne Abernathy hit .364 with five kills in two sets
- Rachel Alles registered three kills, 22 assists, eight digs and three blocks
- Shannon Kasprak had 18 assists and seven digs
- Treslyn Ortiz piled up 17 digs, adding five assists and three aces
- Maggie Mullen added 10 digs

FIRST SET

- Two kills and a block from Mather gave Wingate a 13-6 lead
- A Lambillotte kill and Alles block made it 18-12
- The Bulldogs used a 6-0 run to take a 24-14 advantage
- Alles had a kill and two aces in the spurt, while Lambillotte added two kills and a block
- Mather ended the set with a kill

SECOND SET

- A Claire Kellum kill gave Catawba a 12-9 lead
- An Abernathy kill tied it at 14, while kills from Schaff and Lambillotte made it 17-15
- The 'Dogs used a 7-0 run to take a 24-16 advantage
- Maggie Young had two kills and a block in the flurry
- Lambillotte ended the frame with a kill

THIRD SET

- Two Schaff kills and a Blackley kill gave the 'Dogs a 6-2 lead
- Wingate used a 4-0 run, getting a kill and a block from Mather to take a 15-8 lead
- Back-to-back Lambillotte kills gave Wingate a 20-12 advantage
- Two Blackley kills made it 24-15; Blackley ended the match with a kill

UP NEXT

- Wingate is back on the road next weekend, traveling to Anderson and Newberry
- The 'Dogs are at Anderson Friday at 7 p.m.