Hickory, N.C.----The Lenoir-Rhyne University Bears won the final two sets Tuesday night, rallying for a 3-2 victory over visiting Wingate University in South Atlantic Conference volleyball action. The Bears won by scores of 16-25, 25-21, 5-25, 25-6 and 15-12 to improve to 3-2 overall and 1-0 in the SAC. The Bulldogs fall to 5-2 overall and 1-2 in league play.

KEY STATS

- Wingate hit .172 on the night, Lenoir-Rhyne hit .125
- WU had 52 kills and 24 errors in 163 attacks; LR had 41 kills and 22 errors in 152 attacks
- The Bulldogs piled up 13 blocks; the Bears had four
- Lenoir-Rhyne held a 76-75 advantage in digs
- Wingate had 11 of the 19 aces on the night
- The Bulldogs hit .556 in the third set; LR hit -.167
- LR hit .444 in the fourth frame; the 'Dogs hit -.065
- Lenoir-Rhyne hit .091 in the fifth; Wingate hit -.027

KEY BULLDOGS

- Sophie Schaff had 11 kills and 10 blocks; her second straight 10-block match
- Molly Lambillotte added 10 kills, nine digs and five blocks
- Quin Sutphin contributed 10 kills for the Bulldogs
- Maggie Young had seven kills and three blocks
- Reese Blackley added six kills, three digs and two blocks
- Shannon Kasprak had 31 assists, 20 digs and a block
- Katie Jamerson added 12 assists, seven digs and three aces
- Taryn Pryce picked up 15 digs and two aces; Maggie Mullen added 11 digs and three aces
FIRST SET

- A Lambillotte kill and Schaff block gave Wingate an early 6-2 lead
- A kill and an ace from Lambillotte, along with kills from Schaff and Kasprak made it 10-4
- An Alannah Thomas kill pulled LR to within three at 14-11
- WU scored the next five, getting two Sutphin kills to take a 19-11 advantage
- Back-to-back Schaff blocks made it 24-15; a Lorna Stacherski kill ended the set

SECOND SET

- A Parkley Hennings ace gave the Bears a 9-4 advantage
- A Mullen ace and Sutphin kill trimmed the lead to three at 12-9
- Two Lambillotte kills and Young ace made it 14-12
- A Colette Romp kill put Lenoir-Rhyne on top 17-14, but a Schaff block and Pryce ace made it 17-16
- A Thomas block pushed the lead back to three, but a Young block made it 19-18
- LR scored the next three, taking a 22-18 lead on a Braelyn Faust ace
- A Sutphin kill pulled WU within two at 23-21, but kills from Thomas and Hulsey ended the frame

THIRD SET

- Wingate scored the first 12 points of the third set, getting three Sutphin kill, two Lambillotte kills and two Young aces
- Two kills and a block from Schaff made it 16-1
- Two Katie Jamerson aces and a Schaff block put the 'Dogs on top 21-2
- Kills from Stacherski and Emma Ahrens made it 24-4; Stacherski and Young ended it with a block

FOURTH SET

- LR jumped out to a 17-2 lead on a Taylor Prall kill
- Kills from Schaff and Blackley made it 18-5, but the Bears scored the next six
- A Wingate service error ended the frame

FIFTH SET

- Three straight Wingate errors gave the Bears a 7-2 lead in set five
- A Prall kill made it 8-3, but a Pryce ace and Stacherski kill made it 8-6
- Two more WU errors, along with a Prall kill gave Lenoir-Rhyne an 11-6 advantage
- The 'Dogs scored four straight, getting two blocks from Lambillotte and Young to make it 12-11
- A Thomas block was answered by a Lambillotte kill to make it 13-12
- An Emma Clark kill made it 14-12; Prall ended the match with a kill

UP NEXT

- The 'Dogs are back in action Friday, traveling to Mars Hill at 7 p.m.
- Wingate hosts Queens next Thursday at 7 p.m.