Charlotte, N.C.----The Bulldogs wrapped up a perfect opening weekend by picking up a pair of victories Saturday on day two of the Queens Fall Classic in NCAA Division II volleyball action. Wingate defeated Converse 3-1 (25-16, 23-25, 25-18, 25-21) Saturday morning, while sweeping past Augusta (25-22, 25-20, 25-12) in the afternoon to finish off a 4-0 weekend in Charlotte.

MATCH ONE | #25 Wingate 3 Converse 1

KEY STATS

- Wingate had 49 kills and 26 errors, hitting .164
- Converse hit -.038 with 27 kills and 32 errors
- Wingate piled up 15 blocks compared to Converse's four
- The 'Dogs had seven aces and 12 service errors; the Valkyries had six aces and nine errors
- WU picked up 69 digs while Converse had 54
- Converse hit negative in the first two sets and .000 in set three

KEY BULLDOGS

- Anne Abernathy had 11 kills and four blocks to lead the attack
- Rachel Alles piled up eight kills, 22 assists, 13 digs and seven blocks
- Marianna Warren added seven kills, three digs and a block
- Maggie Young hit .545 with seven kills and four blocks
- Molly Lambillotte contributed six kills and nine digs; Sophie Schaff had five kills and four blocks
- Shannon Kasprak compiled 18 assists and 11 digs
- Lynnlee Mather tied for a match high with seven blocks
- Treslyn Ortiz picked up 15 digs

SET ONE

- Elizabeth Coffey's kill gave Converse an 8-4 lead
- An Abernathy kill and Young block tied it at 10
- The 'Dogs used a 7-0 run to take an 18-12 advantage
- Emma Ahrens started it with a kill; Mather had a kill and three blocks in the spurt
- A kill and an ace from Alles made it 24-16; another Alles ace ended the frame
- WU hit .250 with 11 kills and four errors in the set; Converse hit -.094 with six kills and nine errors

SET TWO

- A Sydney Allen ace gave the Valkyries an 8-5 advantage
- A Kasey Eastland ace and two more Mather blocks got the 'Dogs within one; a Maggie Mullen ace tied it at 13
- A Mather block and Warren kill put WU on top 19-18
- A Lauren Tharrington ace and three Wingate errors put Converse on top 23-20
- Kills from Abernathy and Alles made it 24-23; another WU error ended the set
- Wingate had nine kills and eight errors, hitting .033 while Converse had six kills and nine errors (-.088)

SET THREE

- Kills from Lambillotte and Abernathy gave the Bulldogs a 9-7 advantage
- A Brittany Tepedino block put Converse on top 11-10
- Wingate countered with a 4-0 run to take a 14-11 lead, Abernathy had two blocks in the spurt while Schaff added two kills
- A kill and two blocks from Young highlighted a 5-0 run that put the 'Dogs on top 22-16
- Kills from Alles and Abernathy made it 24-18; Lambillotte's kill ended the frame
- WU hit .139 with 13 kills and eight errors; Converse hit .000 with seven kills and seven errors

SET FOUR

- Kills from Lambillotte, Abernathy and Young put Wingate on top 10-7
- Kills from Abernathy and Young stretched the lead to four at 15-11
- Two more kills from Young gave the Bulldogs a 20-14 advantage
- An Elizabeth Yohe kill got the Valkyries within two at 21-19
- Three Converse errors gave WU a 24-20 lead; Warren ended it with a kill
- Wingate hit .217 with 16 kills and six errors; Converse hit .027 with eight kills and seven errors

MATCH TWO | #25 Wingate 3 Augusta 0

KEY STATS

- Wingate hit .230 with 43 kills and 20 errors
- Augusta had 19 kills and 23 errors, hitting -.040
- The Jaguars had seven blocks compared to the Bulldogs' five rejections
- WU had an ace and five service errors; AU had six aces and eight errors
- The 'Dogs piled up 52 digs compared to just 25 from the Jaguars
- Wingate hit .428 in the final frame; Augusta hit below zero the final two sets

KEY BULLDOGS

- Schaff had 10 kills and four blocks to lead the way
- Lambillotte added nine kills and 11digs
- Warren contributed eight kills while Abernathy hit .286 with seven kills
- Alles registered six kills, 17 assists and seven digs
- Kasprak also had 17 assists, added seven digs
- Ortiz piled up a match-high 18 digs

SET ONE

- An 8-3 run gave the Bulldogs an early 8-5 edge; Schaff had three kills in the spurt
- Two Lambillotte kills and an Alles kill pushed the lead to five at 13-8
- Back-to-back Schaff rejections gave the 'Dogs an 18-11 advantage
- Augusta scored 10 of the next 13 points to get within one at 22-21 back-to-back Kassie Till aces
- Young answered with a huge kill to make it 23-21, while an Abernathy kill made it 24-22
- An Augusta error ended the first set
- WU hit .194 with 15 kills and eight errors; Augusta hit .057 with nine kills and seven errors

SET TWO

- The set had 15 ties and six lead changes
- A Lambillotte kill and Young block gave WU an early 9-7 edge
- Three straight Wingate errors put the Jaguars on top 15-14
- Back-to-back Abernathy kills put the 'Dogs back on top, while a Warren kill made it 21-19
- A WU error got Augusta back within a point at 21-20
- The Bulldogs responded by scoring the final four points of the set
- Two Warren kills and an Augusta error made it 24-20; Schaff and Warren teamed for a block to finish it
- Wingate hit .122 with 14 kills and nine errors
- Augusta hit -.027 with seven kills and eight errors

SET THREE

- An Alles kill, Warren ace and Schaff block gave the 'Dogs an early 7-3 advantage
- Holland Martin's back-to-back aces got the Jaguars within a point at 9-8
- WU responded with a 5-0 run, getting kills from Mather and Lambillotte to take a 14-8 lead
- The Bulldogs blew things open with a 7-0 run, getting two kills each from Warren and Schaff to go on top 23-11
- A Hanna Knaley kill made it 24-12; an Augusta error ended it

UP NEXT

- Wingate has its home opener Tuesday night, hosting Limestone at 7 p.m. on ESPN3
- The Bulldogs are at home again Friday night, opening SAC play at 7 p.m. against Anderson on ESPN3
- The 'Dogs cap the week Saturday afternoon, hosting Newberry at 2 p.m.