Wingate, N.C.----Wingate University freshman middle blocker
Grace Woodring needed only 13 swings to pile up a career-high 11 kills Tuesday night, as the Bulldogs hit a season-high .500 in a sweep over Newberry College in South Atlantic Conference volleyball action in Cuddy Arena. Wingate won by scores of 25-12, 25-8 and 25-13 to improve to 19-2 overall, pushing the winning streak to 11. The Wolves fall to 6-11 overall and 3-9 in league play.
KEY STATS
- Wingate had 46 kills and just four errors in 84 attacks to hit .500
- Coker had 19 kills and 20 errors in 94 swings, hitting -.011
- The Bulldogs had nine of the 11 blocks on the night
- The 'Dogs had five of the eight aces
- Wingate held a 43-26 advantage in digs
- WU hit .522 in set one and .577 in the second, with 30 kills and three errors in 49 swings
- The 'Dogs had 16 kills and one error in the final frame to hit .429
- The Bulldogs compiled a side-out percentage of 82 percent, going 29-for-35 on the night
- Coker had seven kills and 10 errors in set one, with just three kills and six errors in set two
- The Cobras hit a combined -.098 in the first two frames
KEY BULLDOGS
- Woodring hit .846 on her error-free night while also piling up eight blocks
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Elsa Lamphere hit .400 with 10 kills, nine digs, a block and an assist
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Maya Van Heyst had 18 assists, six kills, six digs and a block, hitting .750
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Gabby Saye hit .545 with six kills, three digs and two blocks
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Lorna Stacherski hit .357 with six kills, three blocks and two digs
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Sydney Morland and
Emily Johnson combined for five kills in 11 swings
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Katie Jamerson had 18 assists, two digs, a kill and an ace
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Maddie Hoffman registered 16 digs, five assists and three aces
SET ONE
- A block and a kill from Woodring, along with a Hoffman ace gave the 'Dogs a 10-5 lead
- A kill and two more blocks from Woodring, along with a Saye kill made it 16-6
- Kills from Lamphere and Morland, along with a Van Heyst block made it 21-11
- Kills from Morland and Woodring made it 24-12; Stacherski and Woodring teamed for a block to end it
SET TWO
- Two Van Heyst kills, along with kills from Lamphere and Stacherski put WU on top 12-5
- Two more Van Heyst kills, along with a Stacherski kill and Hoffman ace made it 17-6
- The 'Dogs scored the final eight points of the set, starting with kills from Stacherski and Saye
- A Van Heyst kill and back-ot-back Woodring blocks made it 24-8; Saye's kill ended the set
SET THREE
- A kill and a block from Lamphere put the 'Dogs on top 5-1
- Kills from Woodring, Lamphere and Stacherski made it 11-5
- The 'Dogs got kills from Lamphere and Woodring, along with a Woodring block to take a 19-11 lead
- Two more Woodring kills and a
Taylor Robertson ace made it 22-11
- Hoffman's ace made it 24-12;
Alanna Vavao ended the match with a kill
UP NEXT
- Wingate is back in action Friday, traveling to Anderson for a 7 p.m. match