Salisbury, N.C.----Senior attack Adam Vodovnik piled up a career-high eight goals Wednesday night, as the eighth-ranked Wingate University Bulldogs hit the 20-goal mark for the fifth time this season, cruising a 21-7 victory at Catawba College in South Atlantic Conference men's lacrosse action. Wingate improves to 7-1 overall and 5-1 in the SAC, while the Indians fall to 4-4 overall and 3-2 in league play.

KEY STATS

- Wingate out-shot Catawba 57-41
- The Bulldogs held a 37-16 advantage in shots on goal
- The 'Dogs picked up 45 ground balls compared to Catawba's 24
- Wingate won 22 of 32 face-offs
- The Indians had 19 turnovers; the 'Dogs turned it over 16 times

KEY BULLDOGS

- Vodovnik had eight goals, an assist and five ground balls, taking 15 shots
- Danny Riley added four goals and two assists
- Willie Grieco contributed a goal and five assists
- Bobby Padden had two goals and two assists
- Gary Pierpont collected a goal and two assists
- James Kotcamp won 10 of 15 face-offs, adding a goal and nine ground balls
- Liam Johnson, Ronan Stenstrom, Mike DiLegge and Collin Fleming also contributed a goal apiece
- Noah Ehinger won 12 of 17 face-offs and picked up nine ground balls
- Reese Orman had four caused turnovers and five ground balls
- James Houston added three caused turnovers
- KC Carlson piled up nine saves on the night

FIRST PERIOD

- Wingate scored six of the first seven goals
- Riley scored two of the first three, with Fleming adding a goal
- Vodovnik struck twice to make it 5-1 with 4:39 left
- Vodovnik's goal with 18 seconds left gave the 'Dogs a 7-2 lead

SECOND PERIOD

- Vodovnik, Padden and Riley scored in the first four minutes to make it 10-2
- Catawba scored the last three goals of the period, cutting the lead to five at halftime

THIRD PERIOD

- Wingate scored the first six goals of the frame to take a 16-5 lead
- Riley, Pierpont and Johnson scored in the first four minutes to start the flurry
- Padden scored with 7:41 left to make it 14-5
- Vodovnik scored with a minute left; Kotcamp scored six seconds later to make it 16-5

FOURTH PERIOD

- Vodovnik started the scoring in the final frame less than three minutes in
- Grieco made it 18-6, while another Vodovnik goal pushed the lead to 13 with 5:55 left
- A goal from DiLegge at the 4:37 mark made it 20-7
- Vodovnik's eighth goal of the night capped the scoring with 4:30 to go

UP NEXT

- Wingate is back in action Sunday, hosting Lincoln Memorial at 3 p.m.