Jefferson City, Tenn.----The 24th-ranked Wingate University Bulldogs won the fourth and fifth sets Friday night, rallying for a 3-2 victory at Carson-Newman University in South Atlantic Conference volleyball action. Wingate won by scores of 23-25, 25-15, 25-27, 26-24 and 15-8 to improve to 13-2 overall and 6-1 in the SAC. The Eagles fall to 8-9 overall and 6-3 in league play.

KEY STATS

- Wingate piled up 71 kills against 17 errors in 218 attacks, hitting .248
- Carson-Newman had 63 kills and 29 errors in 220 swings to hit .155
- The Eagles held a 116-107 advantage in digs
- The Bulldogs had 12 of the 15 blocks
- C-N had 10 of the 13 aces on the night
- WU hit .441 in the second set and .455 with 10 kills and no errors in the final frame
- The Eagles hit below .200 in the final four frames, hitting .107 in set five

KEY BULLDOGS

- Gabby Saye had a career-high 19 kills, hitting .375 while adding four digs and four blocks
- Amber Rowoldt had 15 kills, 17 digs and four blocks
- Maggie Young hit .355 with 14 kills, four digs and four blocks
- Lorna Stacherski added eight kills, nine digs and three blocks
- Emily Johnson contributed seven kills and six blocks
- Katie Jamerson had 31 assists, 11 digs, two kills and an ace
- Maya Van Heyst had 28 assists and 10 digs
- Maggie Mullen piled up a career-high 31 digs, adding six assists and two kills

SET ONE

- Two Julia Wheeler kills gave C-N an early 8-3 lead
- Kills from Young and Sydney Morland cut the lead to two at 9-7
- A Blair Cherry ace put the Eagles on top 14-8
- Two Saye kills and a Johnson block sparked a 6-1 run that tied it at 15
- The teams traded points until a Saye kill and C-N error gave Wingate a 22-21 lead
- A Taylor Adams kill and Emmagrace Cobb ace gave the Eagles a 24-22 advantage
- Saye answered with a kill to make it 24-23
- Taylor Keeran finished the set with a kill

SET TWO

- Two Saye kills and a Young kill, along with a Mullen ace gave the 'Dogs a 7-1 advantage
- Back-to-back Wheeler kills cut the lead to one at 8-7
- Kills from Stacherski, Rowoldt and Morland put the Bulldogs on top 12-9
- Two kills and a block from Saye gave Wingate a 17-11 advantage
- A Young kill and Rowoldt block made it 21-14
- A Johnson block and back-to-back C-N errors made it 24-15; Rowoldt finished it with a kill

SET THREE

- An Adams kill put Carson-Newman on top 6-1
- Two Rowoldt kills and a Morland kill cut the lead to one at 8-7
- Kills from Rowoldt and Saye, along with a Jamerson ace put the 'Dogs on top 11-9
- A McKenna Hall ace tied it at 12
- Wingate scored the next five, getting a kill and a block from Stacherski to take a 17-12 lead
- Kills from Wheeler and Cherry tied it at 19
- Rowoldt put the 'Dogs back on top 21-20 with a kill
- Two more Wheeler kills put Carson-Newman back on top by one
- A Rowoldt kill and back-to-back C-N errors gave the Bulldogs a 24-22 advantage
- A Wingate error and back-to-back Hall aces put Carson-Newman on top 25-24
- Saye tied it at 25 with a kill
- A Wingate error put C-N back on top; a Wingate error ended the frame

SET FOUR

- Two Rowoldt kills and a Saye kill gave the Bulldogs a 9-7 advantage
- WU used a 6-0 run to go on top 15-9, getting four blocks from Johnson in the spurt
- Two Wheeler kills pulled Carson-Newman within one at 17-16
- Kills from Young, Rowoldt and Johnson gave the 'Dogs a 21-19 lead
- Wheeler tied it at 23 with a kill
- Saye answered with a kill, but a Wheeler kill tied it at 24
- Young's kill put Wingate back on top 25-24; Young and Morland teamed for a block to end the set

SET FIVE

- Kills from Johnson and Saye gave Wingate an early 3-0 lead
- Adams got Carson-Newman on the board with a kill, but the 'Dogs had the answer
- Kills from Johnson and Saye gave the Bulldogs a 6-1 advantage
- Kills from Young and Mullen made it 9-3
- An Adams kill pulled the Eagles within four at 10-6, but Johnson's kill pushed the lead to five
- Wheeler made it 12-8 with a kill, but Wingate scored the last three points of the match
- A service error and attack error made it 14-8; Saye and Young teamed for a block to end it

UP NEXT

- Wingate is back in action Saturday, traveling to LMU for a 2 p.m. start
- The Bulldogs return home Tuesday, hosting Catawba at 7 p.m.