Wingate, N.C.----The Wingate University Bulldogs capped a 3-0 week by picking up a 3-1 victory over Newberry College in South Atlantic Conference volleyball action Saturday afternoon in Cuddy Arena. Wingate won by scores of 25-20, 16-25, 25-20 and 25-17 to move to 10-1 overall and 3-0 in the SAC. The Wolves fall to 6-5 overall and 1-2 in league play.

KEY STATS

- Wingate had 50 kills and 17 errors in 140 attacks to hit .236
- Newberry had 45 kills and 22 errors in 138 swings, hitting .167
- Each team registered 64 digs
- The 'Dogs held a 14-5 advantage in blocks
- The Wolves had six of the 11 aces on the afternoon
- Wingate hit over .250 in three of the four sets; NC hit under .130 in two of four frames

KEY BULLDOGS

- Lorna Stacherski had 12 kills, five digs and two blocks to lead the offense
- Molly Lambillotte added eight kills, 12 digs, three assists and two blocks
- Emily Johnson hit .294 with seven kills, seven blocks, three digs and two aces
- Maggie Young added seven kills and five blocks
- Shannon Kasprak compiled 39 assists, 11 digs, six kills, four blocks and an ace
- Victoria Wilform added five kills, four digs and three blocks
- Maggie Mullen picked up 17 digs; Taryn Pryce added 10 digs

FIRST SET

- An Olivia Diggs kill gave Newberry a 10-6 lead
- A Kasprak kill and Young block cut the lead to two
- Kate Brown's kill put the Wolves back on top by three at 15-12
- Kills from Lambillotte and Kasprak sparked a 4-0 run that put WU on top 16-15
- A Diggs block gave Newberry a 17-16 advantage
- Wingate answered by scoring the next six points to take a 22-17 lead
- Young and Kasprak each had a kill and a block in the spurt; Johnson added an ace
- A Kasprak ace made it 24-18; Young ended it with a kill

SECOND SET

- A Lambillotte kill capped a 4-0 run that put WU on top 5-4
- A Baylor Herlehy block put NC on top 10-8, but a Wilform kill made it 10-9
- Newberry scored the next eight, taking an 18-9 lead on two Samantha Shaffer kills
- A kill and a block from Lambillotte capped a 4-0 WU run that made it 18-13
- A Paige Patrick ace made it 22-14, while a Herlehy kill made it 24-16
- An Avery Webb ace ended it

THIRD SET

- Kills from Lambillotte and Johnson gave Wingate a 9-6 lead
- A kill and a block from Johnson, followed by a Wilform kill made it 12-7
- Kills from Wilform and Gabby Saye made it 15-10, but a Brown kill cut the lead to three at 16-13
- A block and a kill from Kasprak gave the 'Dogs a 20-15 advantage
- Kills from Stacherski and Lambillotte made it 24-20; Johnson and Stacherski teamed for a block to end it

FOURTH SET

- Stacherski and Lambillotte notched two kills apiece to give Wingate a 10-7 lead
- A kill and an ace from Johnson, followed by a Young kill made it 15-9
- WU used a 5-0 run to take a 22-12 lead
- Stacherski had two kills and a block in the flurry; Johnson capped it with a block
- A Newberry error made it 24-14; another NC error ended the match

UP NEXT

- Wingate is back in action Friday, traveling to Catawba for a 7 p.m. start
- The 'Dogs travel to Belmont Abbey the following day to take on the Crusaders and Chowan