Wingate, N.C..----Five different players scored Wednesday night, with Elliot Cutts and Paul Ngongo scoring two goals apiece to lead the 15th-ranked Wingate University Bulldogs to a dominant 7-0 victory over the visiting Catawba College Indians in South Atlantic Conference men's soccer action at Pride Park. The Bulldogs improve to 10-2-3 on the season and 6-2-1 in the SAC, while the Indians finish the season 6-9 overall and 2-8 in conference play.
 
THOUGHTS FROM COACH GARY HAMILL

"I thought we were very good tonight, it was nice to score some goals. We are disappointed from last weekend, we didn't get the result we wanted. We can only take care of what we can take care of. It was good to see a couple guy score some goals, nice to see Elliot get to double figures this season and of course get Paul on the scoresheet again. We have a lot to be proud of with eight starting freshmen."
 
THOUGHTS FROM ELLIOT CUTTS

"It was unreal, the team has so much confidence coming off a 2-2 draw at Carson-Newman. To then put seven past an opponent in conference, last game of the regular season, it was a great feeling. We knew once one and two went in the flood gates would open."

KEY STATS

- Wingate outshot Catawba 24-2
- The Bulldogs had 11 shots on goal
- WU took seven corner kicks, while the Indians took two
- Cutts and Ngongo led the way with two goals each
- Soren Nygaard and Mattia Dittommaso had a goal a piece
- Jackson Hollenbach registered his first career goal
- Seven different Bulldogs notched assists on the evening
- Jens Bergendorff collected the shut out

NOTES

- Wingate moves to 19-15-2 all time against Catawba
- The 'Dogs are 11-5-1 when facing the Indians at Pride Park
- Wingate finishes the regular season 7-0-2 at home
- WU has gone unbeaten at Pride Park the last two years
- Ngongo leads the Bulldogs with 15 goals this season
- Ngongo leads the SAC in goals and points
- Most goals by a Bulldog since All-American Luke Mulholland had 17 in 2009
- Ngongo has five multi-goal games this year; 10 goals last six games
- Cutts is tied for second in the league with 11 goals
- Bergendorff is first in goals-against average in the conference
- Bergendorff has a league-best six shutouts
- The Wingate defense has a league-high eight shutouts
- The Bulldogs are first in the league in goals, assists and points
- Hollenbach nets his first collegiate goal
- Joshua Ochsenbein registers his first assist of the season
- The 'Dogs end the regular season third in the league standings
- Wingate was picked to finish fourth in the preseason poll
- The Bulldogs will be the three seed in the SAC Tournament
- Wingate is ranked seventh in the NCAA Southeast Region poll
 
FIRST HALF

- 28 minutes into play the Bulldogs would start the scoring
- Mikkel Fahlen Bruun sent a long cross, finding Cutts darting down the right sideline
- Cutts evaded two defenders and slotted the ball to the left of the keeper
- Wingate added another in the final minute of the first frame
- Stuart Hendry laid the ball off for Ngongo
- Ngongo finished on the first touch, burying it between the keeper and the near post

SECOND HALF

- The Bulldogs start the scoring in the 62nd minute
- Niclas Wittur played the ball from the midfield past the back line
- Ngongo settled it and popped the ball over the keeper for his 15th goal of the season
- Daniel Kuper won the ball in the attacking third in the 70th minute of play, finding Mattia Dittommaso in the center of the pitch
- Dittommaso lined the ball from just outside the box, finishing it towards the near post
- Three minutes later Cutts scored his second goal of the night
- Nygaard sent the through ball to the far corner, connecting with Ochsenbein
- Ochsenbein drove it to the end line, laying it off for Cutts who, who finished with a sliding effort
- In the 80th minute Hendry delivered the ball into the box and Jack Wlodyka tapped the ball over to Nygaard
- Nygaard drilled the ball into the left side of the net for his second goal of the year
- With three minutes remaining Dylan O'Kane sent a corner kick into the box
- Hollenbach who headed the ball into the right corner of the goal to cap the scoring

Up Next

- Wingate is the number three seed in the SAC Tournament
- The Bulldogs will host a SAC Tournament quarterfinal match this Saturday
- WU hosts Lincoln Memorial Saturday at 4 p.m.
- The winner advance to the SAC Tournament semifinals next Friday in Matthews
- The winner faces the winner of the Queens vs. Newberry contest
- The SAC championship match is Sunday, Nov. 17 at 1 p.m. in Matthews