Wingate, N.C.----The Wingate University Bulldogs hit .323 on the match Friday night en route to a 3-1 victory over Tusculum University in South Atlantic Conference volleyball action in Cuddy Arena. Wingate won by scores of 25-21, 20-25, 25-23 and 25-20 to improve to 16-2 overall and 9-1 in the SAC. The Pioneers fall to 12-6 on the season and 8-3 in league play.

KEY STATS

- Wingate had 57 kills and 16 errors in 127 attacks, hitting .323
- Tusculum had 48 kills and 13 errors in 142 swings to hit .246
- The Pioneers held a 6-5 advantage in blocks
- The Bulldogs piled up 74 digs compared to Tusculum's 47
- TU had nine aces and 17 service errors; WU had eight aces and 11 errors
- Wingate hit .531 with 21 kills in the opening set
- The 'Dogs hit .320 or better in three of the four frames
- Wingate held Tusculum to just nine kills and a .103 hitting percentage in the third set

KEY BULLDOGS

- Gabby Saye hit .391 with 12 kills, four digs and two blocks
- Amber Rowoldt hit .409 with 11 kills, 14 digs and four aces
- Lorna Stacherski collected nine kills, three digs and two blocks
- Maggie Young hit .429 with eight kills, four digs and three blocks
- Emily Johnson hit .375 with seven kills
- Sydney Morland also contributed seven kills on the night
- Clare Sheedy had 18 assists and nine digs
- Maya Van Heyst registered 14 assists, 11 digs and a kill
- Katie Jamerson added 12 assists, three digs and two kills
- Maggie Mullen picked up 14 digs to go along with five assists

FIRST SET

- A Martina Foster kill gave the Pioneers an 11-9 lead in set one
- Kills from Saye and Young tied it at 11
- An Aly Freeland kill put Tusculum back on top 14-13
- Two Rowoldt kills and two Johnson kills gave the 'Dogs a 17-15 lead
- A Foster block gave the Pioneers a 20-19 advantage
- Kills from Young and Stacherski put the 'Dogs back on top 22-20
- A WU service error cut the lead to one, but Wingate scored the last three points of the set
- Kills from Stacherski and Rowoldt made it 24-21; Van Heyst ended the frame with a kill

SECOND SET

- An Emiah Burrowes kill gave Tusculum a 6-1 lead
- Three kills from Saye cut the lead to three at 8-5
- A Madison Adkins kill stretched the lead to six at 14-8
- Back-to-back blocks from Young and Stacherski made it 15-13
- A Whitney Thompson kill pushed the lead back to five at 20-15
- A Rowoldt kill and Jamerson ace cut the lead to three at 22-19
- A Burrowes kill made it 24-20; a WU service error ended the set

THIRD SET

- A kill and a block from Saye gave the Bulldogs a 5-2 lead in the third
- Back-to-back aces from Burrowes put Tusculum on top 8-7
- An Olivia Crowl kill made it 14-11
- Wingate answered with an 8-0 run behind the serving of Rowoldt to take a 19-14 lead
- Rowoldt started the spurt with three aces; Saye added a kill and a block to cap it
- A Foster block pulled the Pioneers back within two at 20-18
- Kills from Saye and Young stretched the lead back to four at 23-19
- A Perri Wood ace made it 23-21, but a service error made it 24-21
- A Crowl kill and WU error cut the lead to one at 24-23; a TU service error ended it

FOURTH SET

- Kills from Morland, Johnson, Rowoldt and Saye gave the 'Dogs an 11-7 lead
- Kills from Rowoldt and Stacherski made it 14-9
- Young's kill stretched the lead to six at 16-10
- A Freeland kill pulled TU within two at 17-15
- WU scored the next four, getting two Young aces and a Rowoldt kill to go on top 21-15
- An Adkins kill pulled Tusculum back within three at 22-19
- A Tusculum error and Johnson kill made it 24-20
- Saye ended the match with a kill

UP NEXT

- Wingate is back in action Saturday, hosting Lincoln Memorial at 1 p.m.