Daytona Beach, Fla.----The 20th-ranked Wingate University Bulldogs picked up a pair of key early-season victories Saturday afternoon, taking down Augusta and Embry-Riddle to move to 4-0 on the season. Wingate rallied for a thrilling five-set victory over Augusta to start the day, winning 3-2 (23-25, 23-25, 25-19, 25-19, 25-11). The 'Dogs then swept past host Embry-Riddle (25-23, 25-17, 25-18) in a battle of two unbeaten teams through the first three matches.

MATCH ONE | #20 Wingate 3 Augusta 2

KEY STATS

- Wingate hit .271 with 70 kills and 21 errors in 181 attacks
- Embry-Riddle hit .220 with 59 kills and 22 errors in 168 swings
- Augusta held a slim 78-76 advantage in digs
- The Jaguars had 10 of the 19 blocks
- The 'Dogs held a 7-5 edge in aces
- WU hit .393 in the third set and .324 in set four
- The Bulldogs doubled up the Jaguars in kills in the fifth frame (12-6)

KEY BULLDOGS

- Gabby Saye piled up a career-high 18 kills, hitting .368
- Maggie Young hit .438 with 15 kills and five blocks
- Amber Rowoldt notched 14 kills, 18 digs and four aces
- Emily Johnson hit .348 with 10 kills and four blocks
- Lorna Stachershi added eight kills for the 'Dogs
- Katie Jamerson had 37 assists and 13 digs
- Maya Van Heyst handed out 26 assists, adding nine digs
- Maggie Mullen collected 18 digs

SET ONE

- A kill and a block from Stacherski gave the 'Dogs a 12-10 lead
- A Rowoldt kill extended the lead to three at 14-11
- Augusta scored the next five, taking a 16-14 lead on a Jada Suguturaga block
- Blocks from Young and Johnson tied it at 16
- Three straight Wingate errors gave the Jaguars a 21-17 advantage
- WU scored five of the next six, getting two Saye kills to tie it at 22
- Kayli Cleaver put AU on top 23-22, but a Young kill tied it
- Cleaver's kill gave Augusta a 24-23 lead; a WU error ended the frame

SET TWO

- Kills from Young and Rowoldt gave Wingate a 10-5 lead
- Augusta reeled off seven straight, taking a 13-11 lead on a Suguturaga block
- A kill and an ace from Rowoldt gave the 'Dogs a 16-15 lead
- Kills from Cleaver and Jazmyn Wheeler put the Jaguars on top 20-17
- Kills from Stacherski and Young tied it at 21
- Wheeler's kill gave Augusta a 24-22 advantage
- Johnson's kill pulled the 'Dogs back within one
- A Wingate error ended the frame, giving Augusta a 2-0 lead

SET THREE

- Young and Saye each had a kill and a block early to give WU a 6-2 lead
- Wheeler's kill cut the lead to two at 11-9
- Kills from Johnson, Young and Saye pushed the Wingate lead back to four
- Wheeler's kill cut the lead to two at 16-14
- Kills from Rowoldt and Johnson extended the lead back to five
- Saye's kill made it 23-18
- Another Saye kill made it 24-19; a Van Heyst ace ended the frame

SET FOUR

- Cleaver's kill gave the Jaguars a 6-2 lead
- Saye, Young and Stacherski answered with kills to tie it at six
- Two Savannah Davis aces sparked a 4-0 AU run that made it 11-7
- WU scored six of the next seven, getting two Rayah Givens kills to go on top 13-12
- Kills from Rowoldt and Saye, along with a Johnson block made it 19-14
- Kills from Saye and Young gave the Bulldogs a 22-16 advantage
- Young's kill made it 24-18; an Augusta error sent the match to a fifth set

SET FIVE

- Kills from Saye and Young gave WU an early 4-3 lead
- Wheeler's block tied it at four
- Kills from Stacherski, Young and Rowoldt gave the 'Dogs a 7-4 edge
- A Sophie Kruczko kill cut the lead to one at 7-6
- Rowoldt and Johnson answered with kills, while a block from Johnson and Rowoldt made it 10-6
- Rowoldt and Saye added two more kills to make it 12-7
- AU scored four straight, making it 12-11 on back-to-back Wheeler kills
- Saye answered with a kill to make it 13-11, while a Rowoldt ace set up match point
- Johnson's kill ended the match

MATCH TWO | #20 Wingate 3 Embry-Riddle 0

KEY STATS

- Wingate hit .235 with 42 kills and 15 errors in 115 attacks
- Embry-Riddle hit .068 with 31 kills and 23 errors
- The 'Dogs held a 10-5 advantage in blocks
- Wingate held a 53-50 edge in digs
- The Bulldogs had five of the eight aces
- WU piled up 35 kills the final two frames, holding E-R to 31 in the match

KEY BULLDOGS

- Rowoldt had 11 kills and nine digs to lead the attack
- Young had 10 kills in 19 swings without an error, hitting .526 while adding three blocks and two aces
- Johnson hit .357 with seven kills and six blocks
- Stacherski and Saye contributed six kills and four digs apiece
- Van Heyst handed out 19 assists, with Jamerson adding 17 assists
- Mullen and Taryn Pryce had 11 digs each

SET ONE

- A Jaden McBride kill gave the Eagles an early 5-2 lead
- McBride's ace stretched the lead to five at 10-5
- A Young ace and Givens block cut the lead to two at 11-9
- Grace Datil's ace pushed the advantage back to five at 14-9
- A Saye kill and Young block cut the lead to three
- A Dana Gibbons kill gave Embry-Riddle a 19-14 lead
- WU scored eight of the next nine to take a 22-20 advantage
- Young started the spurt with a kill and a block, while two Rowoldt kills tied it
- A Young ace and Rowoldt kill put the 'Dogs on top 22-20
- A Johnson kill made it 24-21, but Hunter Ackerman's kill cut the lead to one at 24-23
- Rowoldt finished the frame with a kill

SET TWO

- The Bulldogs raced out to a 13-3 lead in the second, getting three Young kills along with two kills and a block from Johnson
- Two more Johnson kills made it 19-9
- Two Isabella Rujano kills cut the lead to six at 21-15
- A Young kill and Van Heyst ace made it 23-15
- Young's kill made it 24-15; an Embry-Riddle error ended the frame

SET THREE

- Rowoldt's kill gave Wingate a 9-6 lead in the third
- A Rowoldt kill, followed by back-to-back Johnson blocks made it 12-7
- A Gibbons kill cut the lead to two at 16-14
- Kills from Stachershi, Rowoldt and Young made it 19-14
- Another Young kill pushed the lead to six
- WU scored the final four points of the match, starting with a Rowoldt kill
- Johnson made it 24-18 with a block, then finished the match with a kill

UP NEXT

- Wingate is back in action next weekend, traveling to Georgia for four more matches
- The 'Dogs face Southern Wesleyan and Francis Marion Friday
- WU wraps up the weekend against Eckerd and host Emmanuel on Saturday