Rock Hill, S.C.----The third-seeded Anderson University Trojans knocked off second-seeded Wingate University 3-2 in the semifinals of the 2021 South Atlantic Conference volleyball tournament. Anderson won by scores of 25-23, 20-25, 25-16, 20-25 and 15-10 to improve to 22-6 overall. The Bulldogs fall to 23-4 on the season.

KEY STATS

- Wingate hit .189 for the match; Anderson hit .168
- The 'Dogs had 62 kills and 28 errors in 180 attacks
- The Trojans had 51 kills and 23 errors in 167 swings
- Each team had 10 blocks on the night
- AU had an 82-79 advantage in digs
- Anderson had 10 aces and two service errors on the night
- Wingate had 11 aces and 10 errors

KEY BULLDOGS

- Quin Sutphin hit .400 with 16 kills, adding eight digs and two blocks
- Sophie Schaff added 13 kills and three blocks
- Reese Blackley had 13 kills, four blocks and two digs
- Maggie Young contributed 11 kills, seven blocks and two aces, hitting .348
- Molly Lambillotte had six kills and 13 digs on the night
- Shannon Kasprak had 50 assists, 13 digs, three blocks and two kills
- Maggie Mullen collected 20 digs, two assists and two aces
- Taryn Pryce added 16 digs and an ace

FIRST SET

- A Noelle Knutsen kill and block gave Anderson an early 13-5 lead
- Kills from Schaff and Lambillotte cut the lead to six at 16-10
- A Knutsen kill put the Trojans on top 19-10
- Two Sutphin kills and a Young block cut the lead to six
- Tabitha Wheeler's kill gave Anderson a 20-13 advantage
- WU scored the next five, getting four kills and a block from Blackley to make it 20-18
- The 'Dogs added another 5-0 run, getting two kills and a block from Schaff to put WU on top 23-21
- Back-to-back Regan Duty kills gave AU a 24-23 lead; a Jaelyn Grimm block ended the set

SECOND SET

- A Sadie Kluner kill put the Trojans on top 13-5 in the second set
- Kills from Young and Lambillotte cut the lead to four at 13-9
- Two Sutphin kills and a Young kill made it 16-14
- Kills from Blackley and Schaff, along with a Pryce ace tied it at 17
- A Kluner kill gave the Trojans a 20-18 advantage
- Wingate answered by scoring the final seven points of the frame
- A kill and a block from Lambillotte tied it at 20; while kills from Young and Sutphin made it 22-20
- Another Sutphin kill made it 24-20; an Anderson error ended the set

THIRD SET

- A Kluner kill put Anderson on top 12-7 in the third
- Two Young kills pulled the 'Dogs within two at 12-10
- Two Grimm aces gave Anderson an 18-11 advantage
- A Blackley kill cut the lead to six, but Alexandra Petrelli's ace made it 24-15
- A Wingate error ended the frame

FOURTH SET

- Two kills and a block from Young gave the Bulldogs an 11-8 lead in set four
- WU added a 6-1 run, getting a kill and a block apiece from Blackley and Sutphin to make it 17-10
- Two kills from Knutsen pulled Anderson within a point at 19-18
- A Young black and Mullen ace put WU on top 22-18
- A Maya Learmonth kill made it 22-20, but a Young kill and Kasprak ace put the 'Dogs on top 24-20
- An Anderson error ended the set

FIFTH SET

- A Knutsen block gave the Trojans a 5-2 lead
- Kills from Sutphin and Schaff made it 6-4, but AU scored the next five to go up 11-4
- A Young kill and Kasprak ace pulled the 'Dogs within four at 12-8
- Kluner's kill made it 14-9, but a Sutphin kill made it 14-10
- Duty's kill ended the match

UP NEXT

- Wingate will learn its postseason fate Monday, Nov. 22 when the NCAA bracket is announced
- The second-ranked team in the region, the Bulldogs will be making their 16th straight NCAA tourney appearance