Charlotte, N.C.----The Wingate University Bulldogs stayed hot Thursday night, prevailing 3-1 at Queens University in South Atlantic Conference volleyball action. Wingate won by scores of 25-18, 18-25, 25-20 and 25-23 to improve to 21-3 overall and 14-3 in the SAC. The Royals fall to 15-12 overall and 9-8 in league play. The 'Dogs have won eight straight and 15 of their last 16. Wingate is now in position to clinch at least a share of the regular season SAC title with a victory Saturday against Catawba.
KEY STATS
- Wingate hit .230 on the night; Queens hit .144
- The 'Dogs had 60 kills and 20 errors in 174 swings
- The Royals had 48 kills and 24 errors in 167 attacks
- The Bulldogs held an 85-83 advantage in digs
- Each team had six aces; QU had a 10 blocks compared to WU's 8.5
- Wingate hit .317 in set one and .261 in the third
- The Bulldogs had at least 14 kills in every frame
- The Royals never had more than 13 kills in a set
KEY BULLDOGS
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Sophie Schaff hit .469 with 17 kills, adding three blocks
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Molly Lambillotte notched her third straight double-double with 15 kills and 16 digs
- She added three assists, three blocks and two key aces late in the fourth set
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Quin Sutphin hit .381 with 11 kills and four blocks
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Maggie Young had five kills, five digs, five blocks and an ace
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Reese Blackley also contributed five kills
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Shannon Kasprak piled up 49 assists, 17 digs, five kills, an ace and a block
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Taryn Pryce had 15 digs;
Maggie Mullen added 14 digs and two aces
FIRST SET
- Two Schaff kills gave Wingate an early 7-2 lead
- Kills from Blackley and Young pushed the lead to seven at 13-6
- Kills from Schaff and Kasprak put the 'Dogs on top 17-10
- A Grace Giunta kill pulled Queens within four, but a kill and a block from Lambillotte made it 21-15
- Kills from Lambillotte and Schaff made it 24-17; Kasprak's kill ended the frame
- WU hit .317 with 15 kills and just two errors in set one
SECOND SET
- Two kills and a block from Young gave the 'Dogs an early 4-1 lead
- A Schaff kill and Kasprak ace put Wingate on top 10-7
- Queens scored the next four, taking an 11-10 lead on two Kayla McDuffie blocks
- Young's kill put WU back on top, but a 3-0 Queens run gave the Royals a 14-12 lead
- Kills from Lambillotte and Schaff tied it at 16, but an Alleigh Johnson kill gave QU an 18-16 lead
- A 4-0 Queens run capped by a Giunta kill made it 22-17
- A Wingate error made it 24-18; another Bulldog error ended the frame
- Queens had 13 kills and two errors to hit .297 in the frame
- The 'Dogs had 14 kills and nine errors, hitting .111
THIRD SET
- Two early Lambillotte kills helped Wingate build a 6-2 lead in the third frame
- Kills from Lambillotte, Young and Kasprak made it 10-4
- The Royals scored the next six, tying it at 10 on a Lindsay Elmore kill
- WU scored four of the next five, with Sutphin and
Marianna Warren contributing two kills each
- Two Lambillotte kills and a Sutphin kill pushed the advantage to five at 18-13
- A block and a kill from Schaff gave WU a 21-15 lead
- Queens used a 4-1 run to make it 22-19 on a Johnson kill
- Two QU errors gave the 'Dogs a 24-20 advantage; Mullen's ace ended the frame
- Wingate hit .261 with 16 kills and four errors in the third set
FOURTH SET
- A 7-1 run gave Queens a 10-4 lead in the fourth set
- WU scored five of the next six, getting three Schaff kills to pull within three at 11-8
- Another Schaff kill cut the deficit to two at 12-10
- Elmore's kill gave the Royals a 14-11 lead, but Wingate scored the next five
- Sutphin had two kills in the spurt, while Mullen's ace made it 16-14
- Two Brooke Farley aces capped a 3-0 run that put QU back on top 17-16
- A kill and a block from Lambillotte, followed by a Sutphin kill gave the 'Dogs a 20-18 lead
- The Royals scored the next three, taking a 21-20 advantage on an Elmore block
- WU countered with a big 3-0 run, starting with a Schaff kill that tied it at 21
- Lambillotte followed with back-to-back aces, while another Schaff kill made it 24-22
- Blackley ended the match with a kill
UP NEXT
- Wingate wraps up the regular season Saturday, hosting Catawba at 7 p.m.
- A victory would guarantee at least a share of the SAC title for the 15th time in 16 years
- The Bulldogs will host a SAC Tournament quarterfinal match Tuesday night
