Wingate, N.C.----The 24th-ranked Wingate University Bulldogs pushed their home-court winning streak to a nation's-best 46 matches Saturday afternoon, prevailing 3-0 over Carson-Newman University in South Atlantic Conference volleyball action in Cuddy Arena. Wingate won by scores of 25-23, 25-20 and 25-17 to move to 14-0 overall and 7-0 in the SAC. The Eagles fall to 7-4 overall and 5-3 in league play.

KEY STATS

- Wingate hit .350, piling up 52 kills against just 10 errors
- CN hit .193 with 30 kills and eight errors
- The 'Dogs had four aces and 13 service errors; the Eagles had three aces and six errors
- Each team had two blocks
- WU piled up 72 digs compared to Carson-Newman's 51

KEY BULLDOGS

- Sophie Schaff hit .684 with 14 kills in just 19 swings, adding two blocks
- Marianna Warren added 10 kills, hitting .292
- Anne Abernathy registered eight kills on the day
- Lynnlee Mather needed just 10 swings to notch seven kills, hitting .600
- Molly Lambillotte contributed seven kills and nine digs
- Rachel Alles piled up five kills, 25 assists and 24 digs
- Shannon Kasprak added 16 assists and nine digs
- Treslyn Ortiz picked up 19 digs

FIRST SET

- The first frame saw 10 ties and three lead changes
- Back-to-back Megan Oldenburger kills gave CN a 7-3 lead
- Kills from Warren, Lambillotte and Schaff tied it; an Alles kill put WU on top 9-8
- Kills from Lambillotte and Warren pushed the Bulldog lead to three at 13-10
- Back-to-back Schaff kills made it 16-12
- A kill and a block from Katie Parnell tied it at 18; an Erin Edwards kill gave CN a 23-22 lead
- A Warren kill tied it at 23, while a Carson-Newman error gave WU a 24-23
- Abernathy ended the frame with a kill
- Wingate piled up 21 kills and hit .419 in the set; CN hit .371 with 14 kills and an error

SECOND SET

- A Mather kill put Wingate on top 10-8, but an Edwards kill tied it at 12
- WU scored the next four, with Alles and Schaff each contributing a kill and a block to make it 16-12
- Kills from Abernathy and Warren made it 19-15
- CN scored the next five points, taking a 20-19 advantage on a Marnie Streeter kill
- The 'Dogs scored the next six points to take the set
- An Abernathy kill and Ortiz ace put WU on top, while a CN error made it 22-20
- A Schaff kill and Ortiz ace made it 24-20; Schaff's kill ended the frame
- Wingate hit .234 with 15 kills in the set; CN had 10 kills and four errors, hitting .122

THIRD SET

- Wingate used a 5-0 run to take a 12-6 lead on kills from Mather, Abernathy and Lambillotte
- Two Schaff kills made it 17-10
- Kills from Schaff and Alles pushed the lead to nine at 20-11
- Kills from Abernathy and Mather made it 24-16; a Warren kill ended the match

UP NEXT

- Wingate is back in action Friday, hosting Mars Hill at 7 p.m.
- WU wraps up a six-match home stand Saturday at 2 p.m. against Lenoir-Rhyne