Pembroke, N.C.----The Wingate University Bulldogs kicked off the UNCP Invitational with an impressive 3-0 victory over a previously unbeaten Embry-Riddle team that is just outside the AVCA top 25, while capping day one with a 3-1 victory over East Stroudsburg. Wingate won the opener 25-19, 25-19, 25-21 against the Eagles, while prevailing 25-12, 25-6, 24-26, 25-18 against the Warriors to move to 5-1 on the year.

WINGATE 3 EMBRY-RIDDLE 0

KEY STATS

- Wingate had 42 kills and 11 errors in 105 attacks to hit .295
- Embry-Riddle had 31 kills and 18 errors in 112 attacks to hit .116
- The Bulldogs held a 47-46 advantage in digs
- The Eagles had six of the 10 blocks
- Each team had five blocks
- WU hit over .320 in each of the first two sets
- ERU hit below .100 in two of the three frames

KEY BULLDOGS

- Molly Lambillotte hit .385 with 12 kills, adding four digs, two aces and a block
- Lorna Stacherski had 10 kills and five digs
- Victoria Wilform contributed seven kills while hitting .333
- Maggie Young hit .385 with six kills
- Shannon Kasprak piled up 30 assists, 20 digs, three kills and three blocks

FIRST SET

- Two Lambillotte kills, along with a kill and a block from Young gave WU an early 5-1 lead
- Kills from Kasprak and Wilform made it 12-6
- Young and Lambillotte added kills to extend the advantage to eight
- A 4-0 run put the 'Dogs on top 19-8, highlighted by a Maggie Mullen ace and Emily Young block
- A kill and an ace from Lambillotte made it 24-13
- An Embry-Riddle error ended the frame

SECOND SET

- Kills from Lambillotte, Johnson and Stacherski, along with a Mullen ace put WU on top 9-2
- Another Stacherski kill capped a 7-0 run that gave the 'Dogs a nine-point lead
- A pair of kills from Wilform and Young gave Wingate an 18-8 advantage
- A Lambillotte ace and Johnson kill made it 22-12
- A Wilform kill ended the set

THIRD SET

- Two Stacherski kills and a Kasprak kill gave the 'Dogs an 8-6 advantage
- A Tamzen Wilson ace put Embry-Riddle on top 11-9
- WU scored the next three, taking a 12-11 lead on a Stacherski kill
- A Dana Gibbons kill capped a 3-0 Eagle run that made it 14-12
- A Jenna Bishop kill and block capped a 4-0 run that gave Embry-Riddle a 19-16 advantage
- Wingate scored the next five to regain the lead
- Kills from Stacherski and Lambillotte started the spurt, while a Johnson block tied it at 19
- Lambillotte's kill capped the flurry to make it 21-19
- A pair of Wingate errors tied it at 21
- An Embry-Riddle error and Wilform kill put WU on top 23-21; another ERU error made it 24-21
- A Block from Kasprak and Johnson ended the match

WINGATE 3 EAST STROUDSBURG 1

KEY STATS

- Wingate had 54 kills and 17 errors to hit .278
- East Stroudsburg had 32 kills and 25 errors to hit .052
- The 'Dogs held a 73-51 advantage in digs
- The Bulldogs had 10 of the 13 aces and 11 of the 17 blocks
- WU hit over .400 in the first two sets; ESU hit negative in the first two frames

KEY BULLDOGS

- Lambillotte had nine kills, nine digs, two blocks and an ace
- Young hit .375 with nine kills and five blocks
- Wilform added eight kills in 12 swings, hitting .667
- Kasprak contributed 32 assists, 10 digs, seven kills, two blocks and an ace
- Gabby Saye hit .500 with six kills, three digs and two blocks
- Stacherski added five kills and three digs
- Mullen piled up 23 digs, six aces and three kills

FIRST SET

- Kills from Young, Wilform and Rayah Givens gave Wingate a 10-5 lead
- Kills from Givens and Lambillotte pushed the lead to six at 16-10
- The 'Dogs ended the frame on an 8-0 run, starting with two Young kills and a Wilform kill
- Two Kasprak kills made it 24-12; an ESU error ended the frame

SECOND SET

- A block and a kill from Wilform put the 'Dogs on top 4-0
- Wingate went on a 13-0 run to go on top 18-3, with Mullen handling the serving
- Mullen had six aces and a kill in the flurry; Lambillotte and Young each added a kill and a block
- A block and a kill from Young made it 24-6; another Kasprak kill ended the frame

THIRD SET

- An Anna Coulter kill gave the Warriors a 7-3 lead
- WU scored eight of the next nine, getting two kills and a block from Lambillotte to go on top 11-8
- A Jasmin Perry block gave East Stroudsburg a 15-13 advantage
- Two Maddie Hoffman aces highlighted a 4-0 WU run that gave the 'Dogs an 18-16 lead
- A Coulter kill and two Wingate errors gave the Warriors a 22-19 lead
- Kills from Stacherski, Saye and Emma Ahrens tied it at 23
- A WU service error was followed by a Johnson kill to tie it at 24
- Back-to-back Wingate errors ended the frame

FOURTH SET

- Back-to-back Kaitlin Bruchhauser kills gave ESU an 8-3 lead in the fourth
- Kills from Lambillotte, Kasprak and Wilform cut the lead to two at 9-7
- WU added a 4-0 run, taking an 11-10 lead on kills from Wilform and Kasprak
- A Bulldog error tied the set at 15
- Lambillotte's ace capped a 3-0 run that gave Wingate an 18-15 advantage
- Kills from Young and Wilform capped another 3-0 spurt that made it 21-16
- A Givens block and Stacherski kill made it 24-18; an ESU error ended it

UP NEXT

- Wingate has two more matches Saturday in Pembroke
- The 'Dogs face Felician at 2 p.m. and UNCP at 6 p.m.