Wingate, N.C.----The Wingate University Bulldogs won the final two sets Friday evening, picking up a 3-2 victory over Flagler College in NCAA Division II volleyball action in Cuddy Arena. Wingate prevailed 20-25, 30-28, 23-25, 25-18 and 15-4 to improve to 12-2 overall. The Saints fall to 5-7 on the year.

KEY STATS

- Wingate had 62 kills and 21 errors in 171 attacks, hitting .240
- Flagler had 58 kills and 29 errors in 182 swings to hit .159
- The Saints held a 6-5 advantage in aces and 9-8 edge in blocks
- The 'Dogs held an 87-76 advantage in digs
- WU hit .318 with 18 kills in the fourth set and .643 with nine kills and no errors in set five
- The Saints were held to .094 in set two and .062 in the fifth, with just four kills in the final frame

KEY BULLDOGS

- Lorna Stacherski had 14 kills and 13 digs, hitting .353
- She had six kills in the final set
- Emily Johnson hit .379 with 14 kills, six digs and four blocks
- Gabby Saye collected 11 kills, four digs and three blocks
- Elsa Lamphere added 10 kills, 16 digs, two aces and two blocks
- Sydney Morland contributed six kills and four blocks
- Maya Van Heyst piled up 34 assists, 17 digs and seven kills
- Katie Jamerson had 17 assists and four digs
- Maddie Hoffman notched 25 digs and five assists

SET ONE

- A Cassidy Bloom kill gave Flagler a 10-6 lead
- Bloom's block pushed the lead to five at 13-8
- Two Morland kills and a Lamphere kill cut the lead to three at 16-13
- Bloom's kill pushed the lead back to five at 19-14
- A Stacherski kill and Lamphere block made it 21-18
- Back-to-back Molly Boyd kills made it 24-19; a Wingate error ended the frame

SET TWO

- A 5-0 run gave Wingate a 14-9 lead, getting two blocks and a kill from Johnson in the spurt
- Boyd's kill cut the lead to one at 17-16
- A Van Heyst kill put the 'Dogs on top 20-18
- Bloom's ace capped a 4-0 run that gave Flagler a 22-20 lead
- Morland's kill tied it at 23, but a Clare Sheedy kill gave the Saints a 24-23 advantage
- Back-to-back Flagler errors gave Wingate a 25-24 lead
- A Colby Stempkowski kill put the Saints on top 27-26
- Van Heyst answered with a kill, but a WU error gave FC a 28-27 lead
- Stacherski's kill tied it at 28, while a Flagler error gave the 'Dogs a 29-28 cushion
- Saye's kill ended the frame

SET THREE

- Kills from Johnson and Saye gave the Bulldogs a 13-10 lead
- Boyd's kill cut the lead to one at 17-16
- A Bloom kill and Stempkowski block gave Flagler a 19-17 advantage
- Two kills and a block from Johnson gave WU a 20-19 lead
- Back-to-back Wingate errors gave the Saints a 22-21 lead, but Johnson's kill tied it
- Boyd's kill gave Flagler a 24-23 advantage; another Boyd kill ended the frame

SET FOUR

- Three Lamphere kills gave Wingate a 9-4 advantage
- Two Stacherski kills made it 12-7
- Boyd's kill cut the lead to three at 15-12
- Three Johnson kills put the 'Dogs on top 21-14
- Back-to-back Saye kills made it 23-15, another Johnson kill made it 24-16
- A Flagler error ended the set

SET FIVE

- A Saye kill and Johnson ace gave Wingate a 4-1 lead
- Berglin's kill cut the lead to two at 5-3
- Kills from Van Heyst and Stacherski, along with Lamphere's ace made it 9-3
- Wingate scored the final six points of the frame
- Stacherski had five kills in the flurry, including each of the final two points

UP NEXT

- Wingate is back in action Tuesday, hosting Coker at 7 p.m.