Wingate, N.C.----The Wingate University Bulldogs were overpowering in the first conference contest of the season, hitting .551 to roll to a 3-0 victory over Coker University in South Atlantic Conference volleyball action in Cuddy Arena. The 'Dogs won by scores of 25-5, 25-12 and 25-10 to improve to 8-1 overall and 1-0 in the SAC. The Cobras fall to 3-5 overall and 0-2 in league play. The .551 hitting percentage ties a school record for highest hitting percentage in a match.

KEY STATS

- Wingate had 42 kills and just four errors in 69 swings to hit .551
- Coker hit -.151 with 10 kills and 21 errors in 73 attacks
- The 'Dogs held a 38-20 advantage in digs
- The Bulldogs had 11 of the 12 blocks and 10 of the 13 aces
- WU hit over .450 in every set, with no more than two sets errors in a frame
- Coker hit negative in all three sets, with no more than four kills in a set

KEY BULLDOGS

- Maggie Young hit .667 with eight kills in 12 swings, adding four blocks in two sets of action
- Molly Lambillotte added seven kills, seven digs, two blocks and two aces, hitting .385
- Lorna Stacherski contributed six kills, five digs and three blocks, hitting .667
- Victoria Wilform registered six kills in eight swings, hitting .625
- Shannon Kasprak piled up 29 assists, five kills five digs and five blocks
- Emily Johnson had three kills, four blocks and three aces, hitting .429
- Maddie Hoffman had seven digs, with Maggie Mullen adding six digs

FIRST SET

- Wingate scored the first 13 points and never looked back
- Johnson handled the serving, notching three aces in the early spurt
- Kasprak and Young each contributed two kills and two blocks in the flurry
- Kills from Young and Stacherski, along with a Mullen ace made it 21-3
- Lambillotte's kill made it 24-5; she ended the frame with an ace
- Wingate hit .786 with 11 kills and no error in 14 swings; Coker had four kills and six errors to hit -.100

SECOND SET

- Back-to-back Johnson kills gave Wingate a 7-5 lead
- Kills from Kasprak and Wilform highlighted a 5-0 run that gave WU a 13-7 advantage
- Two more Wilform kills made it 18-9
- Back-to-back Johnson blocks, along with a Wilform kill made it 24-12
- A Stacherski kill ended the frame
- Wingate had 14 kills and two errors, hitting .462; Coker had three kills and 10 errors to hit -.226

THIRD SET

- A 9-0 run gave the Bulldogs a 14-2 advantage, with Taryn Pryce handling the serving
- Young had three kills in the spurt, with Lambillotte adding two kills and Pryce notching two aces
- A Lambillotte kill, along with a kill and a block apiece from Johnson and Stacherski made it 18-4
- A kill and an ace from Lambillotte made it 22-7
- Kills from Young and Emma Ahrens made it 24-10; Ahrens ended it with a kill
- WU hit .517 with 17 kills and two errors in set three; Coker hit -.091 with three kills and five errors

UP NEXT

- Wingate hosts a pair of matches this weekend, starting with a Friday night SAC showdown
- The Bulldog host Anderson Friday at 7 p.m. in a matchup featuring two of the 2021 regular season co-champions
- Wingate wraps up the week Saturday, hosting Newberry at 3 p.m.