Wingate, N.C.----The fourth-seeded Anderson University Trojans won the final two sets Saturday evening, rallying for a 3-2 victory over top-seeded Wingate University in the semifinals of the 2023 NCAA Southeast Regional volleyball tournament in Cuddy Arena. Anderson won by scores of 23-25, 25-16, 25-27, 25-22 and 15-12 to improve to 27-5 overall. The Bulldogs fall to 28-4 on the year.

KEY STATS

- Wingate had 71 kills and 21 errors in 179 attacks, hitting .279
- Anderson had 66 kills and 25 errors in 198 swings to hit .207
- The Bulldogs had 12 of the 17 blocks on the night
- The Trojans had eight aces and two service errors; WU had four aces and 16 errors
- Wingate held an 85-77 advantage in digs
- WU hit over .330 in three of the five sets, with over 15 kills in three different frames
- AU hit over .300 in sets two and five

KEY BULLDOGS

- Lorna Stacherski piled up 18 kills, hitting .412 while adding five digs and two blocks
- Gabby Saye hit .341 with 17 kills, five digs and three blocks
- Sydney Morland had 14 kills, seven digs and two blocks, hitting .480
- Emily Johnson hit .421 with eight kills and five blocks
- Amber Rowoldt contributed seven kills, five digs and five blocks
- Maggie Young registered six kills, four digs, four blocks and two aces
- Katie Jamerson piled up 33 assists, 21 digs and an ace
- Maya Van Heyst had 27 assists and five digs
- Maggie Mullen collected 19 digs, five assists and an ace

SET ONE

- A Jenna Long kill gave Anderson an 8-2 lead
- Hannah Neff's kill made it 11-4
- Kills from Rowoldt and Morland, along with two Young aces cut the lead to two
- Kills from Young and Stacherski pulled Wingate within one at 16-15
- A Tabitha Wheeler ace put Anderson on top 18-15
- Wingate scored the next six, getting two Young kills along with a kill and block from Morland to go on top 21-18
- Two Rowoldt kills gave the 'Dogs a 23-20 advantage
- Two Rylie Sargent kills cut the lead to one at 24-23
- Johnson and Saye teamed for a block to give Wingate the set

SET TWO

- A kill and a block from Young gave the Trojans an 11-6 lead
- Rowoldt's kill cut the lead to three at 12-9
- A Jaelyn Grimm kill pushed the lead to five at 17-12
- Kills from Sargent and Brantley Chipley made it 22-14
- Sargent's kill made it 24-16; a Wingate error ended the frame

SET THREE

- Sargent's kill gave Anderson a 4-1 lead in set three
- A kill and a block from Stacherski, along with a Saye kill put WU on top 5-4
- Kills from Young and Stacherski stretched the lead to three at 9-6
- A Morland kill and Johnson block made it 11-7
- Saye's kill pushed the lead to five, but a Chipley kill and three Wingate errors made it 15-14
- Two Stacherski kills and a Young kill gave the 'Dogs an 18-15 lead
- An ace from Long put the Trojans on top 21-20
- A Morland kill and Jamerson ace made it 22-21; Saye and Johnson teamed for a block to make it 23-21
- Johnson's kill made it 24-22, but kills from Wheeler and Sargent gave Anderson a 25-24 advantage
- Saye's kill tied it at 25, while a Mullen ace gave the Bulldogs a 26-25 lead
- Stacherski's kill ended the frame

SET FOUR

- Kills from Stacherski and Saye gave the Bulldogs a 9-7 lead
- Two Sargent kills put the Trojans on top 11-10
- Kills from Morland and Johnson gave Wingate a 13-11 advantage
- Another kill from Morland and Johnson made it 15-12
- Kills from Stacherski and Saye gave the 'Dogs a 20-15 lead
- Sargent's kill cut the lead to two, but Saye's kill made it 21-18
- AU scored the next five, taking a 23-21 lead on a Chipley kill
- Morland made it 23-22 with a kill, but two straight Wheeler kills ended the set

SET FIVE

- Wheeler's kill gave the Trojans a 6-1 lead in set five
- Wingate scored the next four, getting kills from Saye and Young to make it 6-5
- Back-to-back WU errors made it 8-5, but a Stacherski kill and Young block made it 8-7
- Sansbury gave the Trojans a 10-8 advantage, but Morland answered with a kill
- A kill and a block from Chipley put Anderson on top 13-9
- Saye's kill made it 13-10, but a Wingate service error made it 14-10
- Two straight Saye kills cut the lead to two at 14-12, but a WU error ended the match