Box Score Anderson, S.C.----The Anderson University Trojans won the fourth and fifth sets Friday night, prevailing 3-2 over #20 Wingate University in South Atlantic Conference volleyball action. Anderson won by scores of 25-23, 20-25, 21-25, 25-15, 17-15 to improve to 19-4 overall and 12-3 in the SAC. The Bulldogs fall to 24-2 overall and 15-1 in league play.

KEY STATS

- Wingate had 59 kills and 19 errors in 143 swings, hitting .280
- Anderson had 69 kills and 26 errors in 168 attacks to hit .256
- The Bulldogs held a 64-56 advantage in digs
- Wingate had 11 of the 17 blocks on the night
- The Trojans had eight of the 11 aces

KEY BULLDOGS

- Emily Johnson hit .450 with 12 kills and three blocks
- Gabby Saye hit .296 with 12 kills, four blocks and four digs
- Molly Lambillotte added 11 kills and 11 digs
- Maggie Young hit .476 with 10 kills and six blocks
- Victoria Wilform contributed six kills and a pair of blocks
- Shannon Kasprak had 45 assists, eight digs, five kills and two blocks
- Taryn Pryce picked up 14 digs; Maggie Mullen added 10 digs

FIRST SET

- A Noelle Knutsen block gave Anderson a 12-4 lead
- WU scored the next five, getting two Johnson aces along with kills from Young and Lambillotte
- Kills from Lambillotte and Young pulled the 'Dogs within one at 14-13
- Ryle Sargent's kill pushed the AU lead back to three at 16-13
- Wingate scored the next four, getting two Saye kills to take a 17-16 lead
- Kills from Sadie Kluner and Knutsen put the Trojans on top 21-19
- Young's kill cut the lead to one, but Sargent's kill made it 24-21
- A kill and a block from Young made it 24-23, but a Liliana Kinder kill ended it

SECOND SET

- Two kills and an ace from Lambillotte gave the Bulldogs an 8-4 lead
- A Knutsen kill pulled the Trojans within one at 12-11
- Wingate went on a 4-0 run, taking a 19-13 lead on a kill and a block from Johnson
- Jaelyn Grimm's kill cut the lead to three, but two blocks and a kill from Johnson made it 22-16
- Kills from Kasprak and Lorna Stacherski made it 24-18; Young's kill ended it

THIRD SET

- Two Young kills and a Saye kill put the 'Dogs on top 7-3
- Kinder's kill tied it at eight
- WU scored six of the next seven, getting a kill and a block from Kasprak to go on top 15-10
- Sargent's kill pulled Anderson within one at 16-15
- A kill and a block from Young sparked a 3-0 run that put Wingate on top 19-15
- Kills from Johnson and Wilform gave WU a 23-20 lead, but a Sargent kill cut the lead to two
- Kasprak's kill made it 24-21; Lambillotte ended it with a kill

FOURTH SET

- A Knutsen kill put the Trojans on top 8-4, while Grimm's kill made it 12-6
- Kills from Saye and Johnson pulled the Bulldogs within four
- A 4-0 run capped by a Hannah Neff ace gave Anderson an 18-10 advantage
- A Sargent kill made it 24-14; another Sargent kill ended it

FIFTH SET

- Sargent's kill capped a 3-0 run that put Anderson on top 10-7
- Stacherski's kill cut the lead to one at 10-9, but Kluner's kill gave AU a two-point lead
- Kills from Lambillotte and Young helped WU cut the lead to one at 12-11
- A Saye kill and back-to-back Johnson kills put the Bulldogs on top 14-13
- Kinder's kill tied it, while a WU error gave Anderson a 15-14 lead
- Saye's kill tied it, but a Grimm kill and Wingate error ended the match

UP NEXT

- The Bulldogs are back in action Saturday, traveling to Newberry for a 3 p.m. start