Wise, Va.----The nation's second-ranked team in hitting percentage had its most efficient match of the season Friday night, hitting .430 to cruise to a 3-0 victory at UVA Wise in South Atlantic Conference volleyball action. Wingate won by scores of 25-10, 25-17 and 25-13 to move to 7-1 overall and 7-1 in the SAC. The Cavs fall to 0-5 overall and 0-5 in league play.

THOUGHTS FROM MARIANNA WARREN

"A great on the road win for the team tonight! Something that we have been working on as a team is making this team have some great depth and talent from each person and tonight was a great team win with all 18 players contributing what they needed! I am proud of each person on this team for showing their abilities to travel five hours, get off the bus, and give each other what we needed to pull off the win. We have had some really challenging practices the past couple of weeks and the team has absolutely dominated those challenges! We have been grinding really hard to prepare for the final push of the season and I'm excited to see all of the hard work everyone has been doing pay off. It was so awesome to have Quin back out on the court with us finally. I know she has been working hard to get cleared and out on the court with us and she finally was able to do that. I'm proud of this team for the work we've been putting in and showing it on the court during matches. A win never comes easy and I'm proud of how our team has handled the adversity and challenges in each game!"

KEY STATS

- Wingate hit .430 on the night; UVA Wise hit .141
- The 'Dogs piled up 55 kills against 12 errors; Wise had 17 kills and six errors
- The Bulldogs had 10 of the 11 aces on the night
- Wingate had a 48-26 advantage in digs
- The 'Dogs had three of the four blocks
- WU hit over .500 in two of the three sets
- The Bulldogs had at least 16 kills in each frame

KEY BULLDOGS

- Marianna Warren piled up 12 kills and four aces to lead the offense
- Quin Sutphin hit .368 with nine kills in her WU debut
- Emma Ahrens hit .417 with seven kills in two sets of action
- Sophie Schaff had four kills in four swings, playing just one set on the night
- Anne Abernathy had four kills in seven swings, hitting .571
- Lorna Stacherski hit .500 with four kills in one set
- Reese Blackley added four kills in one set, hitting .429
- Rayah Givens and Caroline Pour each hit .500 with three kills in six swings
- Taylor VandenBerg handed out 27 assists in two sets of action
- Shannon Kasprak piled up 17 assists, four digs and two kills in just one set
- Maggie Mullen collected a match-high 14 digs

FIRST SET

- Two Kasprak kills and a Sutphin kill gave the 'Dogs an early 6-2 lead
- Wingate added a 6-0 run, getting two kills and a block from Schaff to take a 14-4 advantage
- Three straight Warren kills gave the Bulldogs a 19-7 lead
- Three Sutphin kills and a Blackley kill made it 23-8
- Blackley's kill made it 24-10; Givens ended the set with a kill
- Wingate hit .548 with 20 kills and three errors in 31 attempts

SECOND SET

- A kill and an ace from Stacherski gave Wingate an 8-6 lead in the second set
- A 5-0 run made it 13-9, with Warren notching two kills and Kari Bogen adding two aces
- The 'Dogs added a 6-0 run to make it 22-12, getting two Maggie Young aces
- Kills from Ahrens and VandenBerg made it 24-15; Sutphin ended the frame with a kill

THIRD SET

- Back-to-back Sutphin kills gave the Bulldogs an 8-2 lead in the third set
- A kill and a block from Pour, along with a Warren kill made it 15-7
- Two Abernathy kills highlighted a 5-1 run that put the 'Dogs on top 20-9
- A kill and two aces from Warren made it 23-10
- An Ahrens kill made it 24-11; another Ahrens kill ended the match
- The Bulldogs hit .531 with 19 kills and two errors in 32 attacks in set three

UP NEXT

- Wingate is back in action Tuesday, traveling to Queens for a 7 p.m. start