Wingate, N.C.----The 10th-ranked Wingate University Bulldogs continued their torrid run through league play Saturday afternoon. Scoring 10 goals in the opening 10 minutes en route to a dominant 20-1 victory over UVA Wise in South Atlantic Conference women's lacrosse action at Irwin Belk Stadium. The Bulldogs improve to 11-2 overall and 7-0 in the SAC, while UVA Wise falls to 8-5 overall and 4-3 in league play.

KEY STATS

- Wingate out-shot UVA Wise 32-6
- The Bulldogs held a 31-5 advantage in shots on goal
- The 'Dogs won 19 of the 24 draw controls
- The Cavs had 22 turnovers compared to Wingate's 19; WU registered 14 caused turnovers
- The Bulldogs converted 19-of-22 clear attempts; the Cavs were 13-for-20
- Wingate doubled up UVA Wise 24-12 in the ground ball department
- The 'Dogs had 16 assists on the afternoon

KEY BULLDOGS

- Paige Kamer piled up three goals and five assists for her second eight-point effort of the week
- Leah Knowles had three goals, four assists, 10 draw controls, three CTs and a ground ball
- Kaleigh Wilgeroth added three goals and a ground ball
- Nelida Watson and Claire Fuchs contributed two goals and an assist apiece
- Danielle Scarfogliero contributed a goal and two assists, adding a CT and two ground balls
- Blake Clouser scored a pair of goals to go along with a CT and a ground ball
- Bella Pellet had a goal, assist, five draw controls and a caused turnover
- Becca Ruiz added a goal, assist, two draw controls and a ground ball
- Madi Caldwell and Kirsten Chalmers contributed a goal each
- Emily Blakely handed out an assist
- Julia Garvin and Julia Piazza each collected two CTs and two ground balls
- Megan Biase had four saves, four ground balls and a caused turnover on the day

NOTES

- Wingate moves to 3-0 all-time against UVA Wise and 2-0 at home
- The 'Dogs are outscoring SAC opponents 139-34 in seven games this season
- Sixth time the Bulldogs have hit the 20-goal mark this year
- All 11 wins have come by double digits; seventh win of at least 13 goals
- WU leads the SAC in goals, assists, points, ground balls, draw controls, CTs, scoring margin and goals-against average
- The Bulldogs lead the nation in caused turnovers with 15.69 per game
- Wingate is second in the nation in points and assists per game; fourth in draw control percentage, scoring margin and scoring offense
- The 'Dogs rank fifth nationally in scoring defense and sixth in save percentage
- Two-time SAC Coach of the Year Abby Wiley now has 49 wins in her Wingate career (49-23)
- Ruiz notched her 200th career point in the victory
- Sixth time this season Kamer has had at least seven points in a game; fifth game with at least four assists
- Eighth time this season Knowles has had at least five points in a game
- Third game with double-digit draw controls; eight time she has had at least three CTs
- Second straight multi-goal game for Clouser, scoring five goals in two games this week
- Seventh time this season Wilgeroth has had at least three points in game; third straight three-point effort
- Third time in the last four games Watson has had at least three points in a contest
- Eighth straight double-digit point effort for Pellet; season-high tying five draw controls
- Second career goal for Chalmers
- Biase ranks third in the nation in save percentage and fourth in goals-against average
- Ninth time this season she has allowed for or fewer goals in a game

FIRST QUARTER

- The 'Dogs scored all 10 goals of the first frame, scoring the first 12 goals of the contest
- Wilgeroth started the scoring off a Knowles assist, while a Kamer goal 35 seconds later made it 2-0 at the 12:02 mark
- Ruiz and Watson scored in a 27-second span, with Watson assisting on the Ruiz goal and Kamer adding an assist
- Fuchs scored off a Blakely assist with 8:56 to go to make it 5-0
- Clouser scored off a Scarfogliero assist at the midway point to push the advantage to six
- Scarfogliero then set up another Clouser goal a minute later
- Wilgeroth's goal at the 5:24 mark made it 8-0
- Pellet scored 22 seconds later off a Kamer assist
- Kamer's goal off a Pellet assist with 4:48 remaining put the 'Dogs on top by 10

SECOND QUARTER

- Knowles scored off Kamer's assist just over a minute into the second frame
- Watson's goal at the 11:14 mark made it 12-0
- Grace Golatt got the Cavs on the board with 7:46 remaining in the half
- Fuchs found the back of the net off a Knowles assist with 29 seconds left to make it 13-1

THIRD QUARTER

- Knowles got the scoring started in the second half off a Kamer assist two minutes in
- Caldwell scored off a Fuchs assist two minutes later to put WU on top 15-1
- Chalmer went coast-to-coast for her goal with seven minutes to go
- Wilgeroth scored off a Knowles assist at the 2:42 mark to make it 17-1
- Kamer scored in the final minute of the frame off another Knowles assist

FOURTH QUARTER

- Scarfogliero scored three minutes into the final frame off a Ruiz assist
- Knowles scored off a Kamer assist with 8:31 remaining to make it 20-1

UP NEXT

- Wingate is back in action Saturday, hosting Anderson at 3 p.m.