Charlotte, N.C.----For the 16th consecutive season, the Wingate University Bulldogs are off to a 2-0 start. One of the nation's top defenses last season, Wingate held Mount Olive and Lee to a combined hitting percentage of -.021 Friday afternoon en route to a pair of sweeps in NCAA Division II volleyball action on day one of the Queens Classic. Wingate downed Mount Olive 25-21, 25-15 and 25-23 in the opener before rolling to a 25-11, 25-10, 25-12 victory over Lee in the afternoon to move to 2-0 on the year.

WINGATE 3, MOUNT OLIVE 0

KEY STATS

- Wingate hit .182 with 41 kills and 21 errors in 110 attacks
- Mount Olive hit .019 with 25 kills and 23 errors in 108 swings
- The Bulldogs held a 48-39 advantage in digs
- WU had five of the nine aces on the day, while each team had eight blocks
- Wingate held UMO below a .060 hitting percentage in every frame, never allowing over 10 kills

KEY BULLDOGS

- Shannon Kasprak had 28 assists, 11 digs, nine kills, two blocks and an ace, hitting .438
- Lorna Stacherski added seven kills and seven digs in two sets of action
- Emily Johnson hit .400 with five kills and four blocks in two sets
- Rayah Givens hit .364 with five kills in two sets
- Emma Ahrens collected five kills in her two sets of action
- Maggie Mullen picked up 11 digs in two sets
- Clare Sheedy had six assists and two digs in her one set of play

FIRST SET

- A kill and a block from Maggie Young gave Wingate a 9-5 advantage
- Kills from Lambillotte and Kasprak, followed by a Johnson block made it 15-7
- A Johnson kill and Kasprak block pushed the lead to eight
- UMO countered with a 9-2 run, making it 20-19 on a Neza Pec kill
- Kills from Stacherski and Kasprak highlighted a 3-0 run that put WU on top 24-20
- Johnson capped the frame with a kill

SECOND SET

- Two Ahrens kills and a Johnson kill put the 'Dogs on top 9-5
- Johnson's kill pushed the lead to six at 13-7
- Back-to-back WU errors trimmed the lead to four at 16-12
- The 'Dogs scored five straight to take a 22-13 lead, getting two kills each from Givens and Stacherski
- An Ahrens kill and UMO error made it 24-15; another Trojan error ended the set

THIRD SET

- Back-to-back kills from Gabby Saye put the Bulldogs on top 7-3
- An Amara Eziakonwa ace capped a 4-0 run that tied it at seven
- Kasprak's kill capped a 3-0 run that put WU on top 12-8
- A Camryn Huber kill got Mount Olive back within a point at 16-15
- WU scored the next three, highlighted by a block from Givens and Saye to make it 19-15
- Kasprak's kill made it 23-19, but a 3-0 UMO run cut the lead to one at 23-22
- Kasprak made it 24-22 with a kill, but Huber answered with a kill to make it a one-point game
- Young capped the match with a kill

WINGATE 3 LEE 0

KEY STATS

- Wingate hit .457 with 43 kills and six errors in 81 attacks
- Lee hit -.074 with 16 kills and 22 errors in 81 swings
- The Bulldogs held a 38-28 advantage in digs
- WU had nine of the 10 aces and 9 of the 11 blocks on the day
- The 'Dogs hit over .390 in every set; Lee hit negative in each of the first two frames

KEY BULLDOGS

- Young hit .385 with eight kills in two sets of action
- Stacherski hit .700 with seven kills, four digs and two blocks in two sets
- Johnson hit .636 with seven kills, six blocks and an ace in two sets
- Givens hit .667 with six kills and three blocks in two sets
- Molly Lambillotte added four kills in seven swings in her two sets, with five digs and two blocks
- Victoria Wilform contributed four kills while hitting .333
- Saye had three kills in four swings, adding four digs and an ace
- Kasprak piled up 28 assists, five digs, three blocks, two kills and two aces
- Sheedy added four assists and four digs
- Mullen collected six digs on the match

SET ONE

- Three kills and a block from Johnson gave Wingate an early 7-0 lead
- Kills from Stacherski and Wilform made it 12-3
- A 5-0 run pushed the lead to 13, with Stacherski and Wilform each notching a kill
- Kills from Johnson and Lambillotte gave the Bulldogs a 21-8 advantage
- Kills from Johnson and Kasprak made it 24-11; a Lee error ended the set
- WU hit .394 with 16 kills and just three errors; Lee hit -.062 with five kills and seven errors

SECOND SET

- Two Stacherski kills put the 'Dogs on top 9-5 in set two
- A 4-0 run pushed the lead to seven, with Johnson registering a pair of blocks
- A Kasprak kill and Maddie Hoffman ace made it 21-9
- Kills from Wilform and Givens, along with a Johnson ace made it 24-10
- A Givens kill ended the frame
- WU hit .400 with 11 kills and one error; Lee hit -.231 with five kills and 11 errors

THIRD SET

- Kills from Young and Saye put Wingate on top 8-4 in the final set
- A 4-0 run highlighted by two Young kills made it 13-7
- An Ahrens kill put the 'Dogs on top by eight
- Another 4-0 run made it 20-9, capped by a Saye kill
- A kill and a block from Givens made it 24-12; Lambillotte ended it with an ace

UP NEXT

- Wingate has two more matches in Charlotte Saturday to cap the opening weekend
- The Bulldogs face defending national champion Tampa at noon
- WU wraps things up at 4 p.m. against Concord