Wingate, N.C.----The 12th-ranked Wingate University Bulldogs rolled to their fifth double-digit victory of the season Thursday afternoon, prevailing 17-6 over Shippensburg University in NCAA Division II women's lacrosse action at Irwin Belk Stadium. Wingate improves to 5-2 overall, while the Raiders fall to 1-3 on the season.

KEY STATS

- The Bulldogs out-shot the Raider 39-19
- Wingate held a 30-15 advantage in shots on goal
- Shippensburg had 25 of the 46 turnovers on the day
- The 'Dogs converted 16-of-19 clear attempts; the Raiders were 14-for-22
- The Bulldogs held a 30-22 edge in ground balls
- Wingate won 18 of the 27 draw controls
- The 'Dogs piled up 22 caused turnovers

KEY BULLDOGS

- Paige Kamer had four goals and two assists, going over 150 career points
- Becca Ruiz had four goals, three draw controls and two caused turnovers
- Bella Pellet and Kaleigh Wilgeroth netted three goals apiece, with Pellet adding four draw controls and two CTs
- Danielle Scarfogliero handed out three assists
- Claire Fuchs, Julia Garvin and Katie Koroly registered a goal and an assist each
- Meghan Higgins notched a pair of assists
- Blake Clouser added an assist, CT and ground ball
- Leah Knowles had an assist, eight draw controls, four caused turnovers and three ground balls
- Koroly added two CTs and two ground balls on the day
- Krysta Churns piled up three caused turnovers and six ground balls
- Megan Biase had nine saves in 45 minutes of action

FIRST QUARTER

- The Bulldogs outscored the Raiders 9-2 in the opening 15 minutes
- Pellet started things with a goal nine seconds in
- Ruiz scored off a Scarfogliero assist at the 12:43 mark to make it 2-0
- The Raiders got on the board a minute later, but the 'Dogs answered with five straight goals
- Wilgeroth made it 3-1 with a goal off another Scarfogliero assist
- Kamer and Ruiz scored in a 28-second span to push the lead to four
- Garvin's goal at the 6:18 mark made it 6-1
- Garvin assisted on a Pellet goal to extend the lead to six
- Higgins assisted on goals from Kamer and Ruiz in the final 34 seconds to make it 9-2

SECOND QUARTER

- Kamer's goal two minutes into the second pushed the lead to eight
- Pellet scored with nine minutes left to make it 11-2
- Sara Vosburg's goal cut the lead to eight heading to halftime

THIRD QUARTER

- Wilgeroth scored off a Knowles assist 90 seconds into the half to push the lead back to nine
- Jill Hopkins cut the lead back to eight with a goal at the 5:51 mark

FOURTH QUARTER

- Goals from Ruiz and Fuchs gave Wingate a 14-4 lead with 12:41 to go
- Kamer scored off a Fuchs assist to extend the lead to 11 with 10 minutes left
- Goals from Koroly and Wilgeroth, off assists from Clouser and Koroly made it 17-5 with 4:23 to go

UP NEXT

- Wingate is back in action Wednesday, traveling to Catawba for a 4 p.m. start
- The 'Dogs are at LMU next Saturday at 1 p.m.
- WU returns home March 22 to host Newberry at 4 p.m.