Wingate, N.C.----The #21 Wingate University Bulldogs won their 21st straight match Saturday afternoon, cruising to a 3-0 victory over Lincoln Memorial University in South Atlantic Conference volleyball action in Cuddy Arena. Wingate won by scores of 25-16, 25-14 and 25-13 to improve to 23-1 overall and 14-0 in the SAC, while the Railsplitters fall to 6-15 overall and 4-9 in league play. Wingate now has 18 sweeps on the season.

KEY STATS

- Wingate piled up 47 kills against just seven errors in 88 attacks to hit .455
- LMU had 20 kills and 16 errors in 88 swings, hitting .045
- The Bulldogs held a 47-26 advantage in digs
- Wingate had six of the nine aces
- The 'Dogs held a 5-2 advantage in blocks
- WU hit over .420 in every set, with 13 or more kills in each frame
- LMU hit under .095 in each frame, with no more than 10 kills in any set

KEY BULLDOGS

- Victoria Wilform hit .375 with nine kills
- Emily Johnson had eight kills in 12 swings, hitting .667 while adding five digs and three blocks
- Gabby Saye had seven kills in 12 swings, hitting .583 while adding two blocks
- Maggie Young had five kills in seven swings to hit .714 with four aces and a block
- Lorna Stacherski, Rayah Givens and Emma Ahrens added four kills apiece
- Shannon Kasprak had 26 assists and six digs
- Maggie Mullen picked up 12 digs

FIRST SET

- A Maggie Sanderson kill gave LMU an 11-9 lead
- A kill and a block from Young tied it at 11
- Young's serving sparked a 9-0 run that put Wingate on top 21-12
- Young had a kill and two aces in the spurt; Saye added a pair of kills
- Kills from Wilform and Maya Walker made it 24-16; Johnon's ace ended it

SECOND SET

- Wingate jumped out to an 8-1 lead in the second frame
- Young had two kills and two aces in the spurt; Johnson added a kill and two blocks
- Ahrens and Stacherski had two kills each in a 4-0 run that made it 16-5
- Kills from Saye and Rayah Givens put Wingate on top 22-9
- Kills from Saye and Johnson made it 24-11; A Johnson kill ended it

THIRD SET

- Kills from Wilform and Stacherski gave the Bulldogs a 9-5 lead in the third set
- Another Wilform kill made it 13-8
- A 5-0 run put Wingate on top 19-10, with Johnson contributing a kill and a block to the spurt
- Kills from Ahrens, Givens and Clare Sheedy made it 24-13; Wilform's kill ended it

UP NEXT

- Wingate is back in action Saturday at Lenoir-Rhyne at 7 p.m.
- That is followed by a trip to Anderson and Newberry Oct. 28 and 29
- The 'Dogs wrap up the regular season at home Nov. 4 against Catawba