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Wingate, N.C.----The Wingate University Bulldogs finished off an opening-weekend sweep Sunday afternoon, downing visiting West Georgia 8-5 in NCAA Division II baseball action at Ron Christopher Stadium and Plyler Athletic Field. Wingate improves to 3-0 on the year, while the Wolves fall to 0-3 overall.

THOUGHTS FROM JEFF GREGORY

"We played well all weekend long. We were solid in all three phases and it stated on the mound. We got three quality starts, then the bullpen did a good job all weekend. We were able to do things we wanted to because we pitched it really well. We also did a good job keeping the momentum. Anytime they scored, we scored behind them and never let the get into a rhythm. Three wins over a good team is a great way to start a season."

NOTES

- Second straight year Wingate has opened the season with a three-game sweep
- WU outscored the Wolves 23-10 on the weekend
- The 'Dogs are now 3-0 all-time against West Georgia and 8-6 against the Gulf South Conference
- WU moves to 26-8 at Ron Christopher Stadium since the start of last season
- The Bulldogs out-hit the Wolves 34-14
- Wingate pitching registered 23 strikeouts against seven walks, posting a 2.52 ERA
- The Bulldogs hit .340 on the weekend and drew 16 walks

KEY STATS

- Wingate out-hit West Georgia 13-6
- The Bulldogs had three extra-base hits (two doubles and a homer)
- UWG had two homers and a double
- WU pitchers had six strikeouts and four walks; UWG had eight strikeouts and three walks
- The Wolves committed three of the four errors on the day
- Wingate had three more multi-run innings on the day; six for the season

KEY BULLDOGS

- Tanner Forry had a homer and three RBI to lead the offense
- Zach Little was two-for-five with two RBI and a run scored
- McCann Mellett went three-for-five with an RBI and a run scored
- Justin Guy was two-for-two with a double, RBI and two runs scored
- Little and Guy each collected their third stolen base of the season Sunday
- Reece Daniel added an RBI
- David Nash allowed two runs on three hits in five innings
- Alex Rodriguez allowed two earned runs on three hits in three innings of work
- Lane Wildman tossed a scoreless inning, allowing one hit

SECOND INNING

- West Georgia took a 1-0 lead on Cade Marlowe's second homer of the weekend
- Wingate started a rally in the bottom of the frame with two outs and nobody on base with Hunter Dula's single
- Guy followed with an RBI double down the left field line to tie it
- Mellett and Forry followed with RBI singles to give Wingate a 3-1 lead

THIRD INNING

- Llewellyn led off the frame with a double off the fence, then scored on Daniel's sacrifice fly
- Little's two-out, two-run single to left center made it 6-1

FOURTH INNING

- The Wolves got within four on a solo homer from Jermond Williams

SIXTH INNING

- Forry blasted his second homer of the weekend to dead center, hitting the hitter's eye for the second straight day
- Forry has 20 homers in 52 games as a Bulldog

- SEVENTH INNING

- An error, passed ball and Dan Oberst RBI single got West Georgia within five at 8-3

- NINTH INNING

- An Oberst sacrifice fly and Brody Wortham RBI double made it 8-5
- Wildman induced a flyout and groundout to end the game

WRAPUP

- Nash struck out four and walked just one, throwing 74 pitches to move to 1-0
- Rodriguez had three strikeouts in his three innings of work
- Wildman notched his first save of the season

UP NEXT

- Wingate is back in action Tuesday, traveling to Belmont Abbey at 4 p.m.
- The 'Dogs are in Florida next weekend, taking on Florida Tech and Valdosta State
- WU returns home Feb. 15, opening a three-game series against Erskine at 4 p.m.