Hartsville, S.C.----Wingate University middle blockers Sophie Schaff and Maggie Young combined for 21 kills without an error Tuesday night, leading the Bulldogs to a 3-0 victory at Coker University in South Atlantic Conference volleyball action. Wingate won by scores of 25-22, 25-17 and 25-12 to improve to 5-0 and 1-0 in the SAC, while the Cobras fall to 0-1 overall and 0-1 in league play.

KEY STATS

- Wingate hit .340 on the night; Coker hit .050
- The Bulldogs had 43 kills and just eight errors in 103 attacks
- The Cobras had 24 kill and 19 errors in 100 swings
- Wingate held a 41-31 advantage in digs
- The 'Dogs had seven of the eight blocks on the night
- Each team had four aces
- Wingate hit over .400 the last two frames; Coker hit .000 or less the final two sets

KEY BULLDOGS

- Schaff had 13 kills in 21 swings, hitting .619 while adding four blocks
- Young had eight kills in 12 swings, hitting .667 while adding two blocks
- Molly Lambillotte contributed seven kills and nine digs
- Quin Sutphin added six kills for the Bulldogs
- Shannon Kasprak registered 28 assists, four digs, three kills and two aces
- Taryn Pryce piled up 15 digs on the night

NOTES

- Wingate improves to 19-0 all-time against the Cobras
- The Bulldogs have won all 57 sets against Coker
- Wingate is 8-0 all-time in Hartsville, winning all 24 sets
- The 'Dogs are now 423-39 overall since the start of the 2007 season
- Wingate is 247-14 in league play during that time span
- The Bulldogs have held four of their five opponents to a hitting percentage under .100 this season
- Second highest hitting percentage of the season for Wingate
- Schaff's 13 kills are her most ever in a match with zero errors
- Sixth time in her career hitting over .450 with double-digit kills
- Seventh time in Young's career she has had at least seven kills while hitting .500 or better
- Career-high tying 15 digs for Pryce

FIRST SET

- Kills from Emily Everton and Alyssa Lake gave Coker a 13-7 lead in the opening frame
- A Sutphin kill and Kasey Eastland ace pulled Wingate within three at 13-10
- A Kasprak kill, followed by back-to-back Young kills made it a one-point set at 15-14
- The 'Dogs used a 4-0 run to take a lead, getting kills from Sutphin and Emma Ahrens
- A Parker kill trimmed the lead to one at 21-20
- Schaff and Sutphin teamed for a block, while a block from Schaff and Kasprak made it 24-22
- Lambillotte ended the frame with a kill

SECOND SET

- A Reese Blackley block and Lambillotte kill gave Wingate an early 8-4 lead
- An Everton ace capped a 3-0 run that put the Cobras on top 11-10
- WU scored the next four, taking a 14-11 lead on a pair of Schaff kills
- A kill and a block from Lambillotte made it 16-12
- A Schaff kill and two Kasprak aces pushed the Wingate lead to five at 21-16
- Back-to-back Coker errors made it 23-16; a Blackley kill put the 'Dogs on top 24-17
- Blackley ended the frame with a kill

THIRD SET

- Wingate jumped out to a 9-2 lead in the third, getting three kills and a block from Schaff
- A Blackley kill and back-to-back Young kills made it 14-5
- Kills from Sutphin and Schaff put the Bulldogs on top 17-6
- WU added a 4-0 run, taking a 21-7 advantage on back-to-back Lorna Stacherski kills
- Young's kill gave Wingate a 24-9 lead
- The 'Dogs won the match on a Coker error

UP NEXT

- Wingate is back in action Saturday, playing its first home match of the season
- The 'Dogs welcome Tusculum to Cuddy Arena at 2 p.m.