Salisbury, N.C.----The Wingate University Bulldogs hit a season-high .407 Tuesday night, cruising to a 3-0 victory at Catawba College in South Atlantic Conference volleyball action. Wingate won by scores of 25-16, 25-15 and 25-11 to improve to 15-2 overall and 7-1 in the SAC. The Indians fall to 3-11 overall and 1-6 in league play.

KEY STATS

- Wingate had 37 kills and a season-low four errors in 81 attacks, hitting .407
- Catawba had 26 kills and 22 errors in 90 swings to hit .044
- The Bulldogs had 11 of the 12 aces on the night
- The 'Dogs had all eight blocks in the match
- Catawba held a 38-37 edge in digs
- WU did not have more than two errors in a set, hitting .478 in set one and .393 in the third
- Catawba had at least seven errors in each frame, hitting .000 in the final two sets

KEY BULLDOGS

- Sydney Morland had nine kills in 14 swings, hitting .643 while adding four blocks
- Elsa Lamphere had seven kills, seven digs, an ace and a block
- Gabby Saye hit .500 with six kills and five blocks
- Maya Van Heyst hit .857 with six kills in seven swings, adding 15 assists and four digs
- Lorna Stacherski contributed four kills, three digs and a block
- Emily Johnson registered two kills, four digs, six aces and three blocks
- Katie Jamerson notched 16 assists, three digs and two aces
- Maddie Hoffman picked up 10 digs on the night

SET ONE

- A Lillie Kate Rogers kill gave Catawba an early 8-4 lead
- WU scored the next six, getting kills from Lamphere, Stacherski and Van Heyst to go on top 10-8
- A Rogers kill tied it at 13
- A Johnson ace and Morland block sparked a 3-0 run to put the 'Dogs on top 16-13
- The Bulldogs used a 7-0 run to take a 23-14 lead behind the serving of Jamerson
- Lamphere had two kills in the flurry; Van Heyst added a kill
- A Van Heyst kill made it 24-15; Morland's kill ended the set

SET TWO

- A Johnson block and Lamphere kill gave Wingate a 7-2 advantage
- A 7-0 run stretched the lead to 11, with Morland notching two blocks and a kill in the spurt
- Three Morland kills and a Van Heyst kill made it 20-6
- Stacherski's kill made it 24-12; Saye ended the frame with a kill

SET THREE

- A block and a kill from Morland gave the Bulldogs an 8-3 lead
- A kill and an ace from Van Heyst, along with Johnson's block put the 'Dogs on top 14-5
- Two Saye kills and three Johnson aces made it 20-8
- A Morland kill and Jamerson ace made it 22-10, while an Abby Mas kill made it 24-10
- Jordan Griffin's kill ended the match

UP NEXT

- Wingate is back in action Friday, traveling to Tusculum for a 7 p.m. start