Wingate, N.C.----The Wingate University Bulldogs defeated visiting Newberry College 16-7 Saturday afternoon in South Atlantic Conference men's lacrosse action at Graham Gill Field.

KEY STATS
 
- Wingate out-shot Newberry 48-26
- The 'Dogs won 18 of the 25 face-offs
- The Wolves committed 21 of the 39 turnovers
- The Bulldogs caused 13 turnovers on the afternoon
- Wingate collected 44 of the 78 ground balls
- Newberry had 10 saves; Wingate had seven

KEY BULLDOGS
 
- Adam Vodovnik scored four goals, setting the Wingate single-season record for goals 
- Willie Grieco had three goals and five assists, setting the MLAX single-season assist record
-* Dominic Piazza added three goals on four shots
- Bobby Padden contributed two goals, three assists and five ground balls
- Noah Ehinger, Marc Cottage and Reese Orman had a goal each
- Ronan Stenstrom registered a goal and two assists
- Ehinger also won 18-of-25 face offs and piled up 10 ground balls
- Orman added three caused turnovers and seven ground balls
- Mark Taccard also had three caused turnovers; Nick Guarino contributed two CTs
 
FIRST PERIOD
 
- The contest went scoreless for the first 11 minutes
- Wingate's first goal of the game came with 3:57 left in the first period from Piazza
- The next goal came when Vodovnik scored a man-up opportunity, making it 2-0 with one minute remaining in the period
 
SECOND PERIOD 
 
- Piazza scored Wingate's third goal of the game with 9:43 remaining in the second period 
- A Cottage goal extended the lead to 4-0 
- Brock Strong got Newberry on the board with 7:58 remaining in the period
- Two additional goals from Vodovnik came within 10 seconds of each other 
- Kyle Dunklee scored off a Sunderland assist to pull Newberry within four with 4:23 remaining
*- Wingate got goals from Padden and Grieco in the final four minutes to make it 8-2 at halftime
 
THIRD PERIOD 
 
- Newberry scored the first two goals of the second half to cut the lead to four
- Orman answered with a goal to make it 9-4
- Grieco scored twice in less than a minute to make it 11-4 with 6:39 remaining
- A Newberry man-up goal from Bukta and Ryan to make it 11-6
- Stenstrom capped the scoring in the frame to give the 'Dogs a six-goal lead heading to the fourth
 
FOURTH PERIOD

- Wingate scored the first three goals of the final frame
- Ehinger scored off the opening face-off eight seconds in to make it 13-6
- Goals from Piazza and Vodovnik pushed the lead to nine with 10 minutes left
- Padden's goal from Liam Johnson capped the scoring, making the final margin 16-7

UP NEXT

- Wingate is back in action Wednesday, traveling to Lenoir-Rhyne at 7 p.m.