VIDEO | Interview with Sophie Schaff & Anne Abernathy

Wingate, N.C.----In a battle featuring the top two teams in the league, defending SAC and region champion Wingate University held Anderson to a .050 hitting percentage en route to an impressive 3-0 victory in South Atlantic Conference volleyball action in a packed Cuddy Arena Friday night. Wingate won by scores of 25-16, 25-19, 25-20 to improve to 6-0 overall and 1-0 in league play. Anderson fall to 2-2 overall and 0-1 in league play.

NOTES

- The Bulldogs move to 383-35 overall since the start of the 2007 season
- Wingate has won 146 of its last 152 matches in Cuddy Arena
- The 'Dogs are 175-7 overall at home since 2007
- WU has won 39 straight matches in Cuddy Arena; 44 straight SAC home victories
- Wingate is 25-4 all-time vs. Anderson; 16-0 at home against the Trojans
- WU is 38-3 in league play last three years; AU is 36-5
- Wingate leads the nation in blocks; ranks fourth nationally in opponents' hitting percentage
- Rachel Alles and Shannon Kasprak each notched their fourth double-double of the season
- Fifth sweep of the season after sweeping 19 matches last year

KEY STATS

- Wingate hit .194 with 45 kills and 20 errors in 129 attacks
- Anderson had 25 kills and 19 errors in 119 attacks to hit .050
- The 'Dogs had 12 blocks on the night; the Trojans had eight
- WU had 68 digs while AU had 56
- Wingate had seven service aces; Anderson did not have an ace on the night

KEY BULLDOGS

- Sophie Schaff had a season-high 14 kills, hitting .300 while adding four blocks
- Marianna Warren added 10 kills, five digs and three blocks
- Molly Lambillotte contributed seven kills, 12 digs and two blocks
- Rachel Alles piled up six kills, 20 assists, 11 digs and five blocks
- Maggie Young registered four kills and seven blocks; Anne Abernathy also had four kills
- Kasprak compiled 18 assists and 11 digs
- Treslyn Ortiz led all players with 16 digs, adding three assists

FIRST SET

- Three Schaff kills and two Abernathy kills gave Wingate an early 9-3 lead
- Back-to-back Maya Learmonth kills got the Trojans within one at 11-10
- A kill and an ace from Lambillotte pushed the lead back to five at 15-10
- Learmonth's kill got AU back within four, but kills from Schaff and Lambillotte made it 22-14
- A Lambillotte kill put the 'Dogs on top 24-16; Warren's kill ended the frame
- Wingate hit .243 with 16 kills and seven errors; AU hit .107 with six kills and three errors

SECOND SET

- Two Taylor Weber kills gave Anderson a 9-5 lead
- Two kills and a block from Alles got the Bulldogs back within one
- Back-to-back Learmonth kills pushed the AU lead back to three
- Wingate scored six of the next seven, getting three Warren kills to take a 16-14 lead
- Two blocks and a kill from Young sparked a 4-0 run that put the 'Dogs on top 21-16
- Another Young block made it 24-18; Young's kill ended the set
- Wingate hit .205 with 14 kills and five errors; Anderson hit .038 with 11 kills and nine errors

THIRD SET

- Two Schaff kills and a Lambillotte kill put Wingate on top 8-6
- A Hannah Worsham kill tied it at 12
- The 'Dogs scored six of the next seven points, getting two kills and two blocks from Schaff to take an 18-13 lead
- An Emily Conlin kill got Anderson back within three at 20-17
- A kill and an ace from Alles, followed by a Lambillotte kill made it 24-17
- Lambillotte ended the match with a kill

UP NEXT

- Wingate hosts Newberry Saturday at 2 p.m.
- The 'Dogs wrap up their four-match home stand Tuesday at 7 p.m. against Coker