Wingate, N.C.----Wingate University All-American right-side hitter Gabby Saye needed just 22 swings to pile up 15 kills Tuesday night, leading the Bulldogs to a 3-0 victory over Coker University in South Atlantic Conference volleyball action in Cuddy Arena. Wingate won by scores of 25-21, 25-20 and 25-16 to improve to 13-2 overall and 5-1 in the SAC. The Cobras fall to 3-9 overall and 2-5 in league play.

KEY STATS

- Wingate had 51 kills and 11 errors in 121 attacks, hitting .331
- Coker had 34 kills and 16 errors in 127 swings to hit .142
- The Bulldogs held a 7-6 advantage in blocks and 5-2 edge in aces
- The 'Dogs had 67 digs compared to Coker's 54
- Wingate had at least 16 kills in each frame, hitting .417 with 18 kills in set two
- It is the most kills and assists in a sweep this year for Wingate, and the second-most digs

KEY BULLDOGS

- Saye hit .682 with 15 kills and no errors in 22 swings, adding two digs and a block
- Highest hitting percentage by a Bulldogs this year with a minimum of 12 kills
- Most kills in a three-set match by a WU player this year and second-most kills over this season
- Emily Johnson had 10 kills, four digs and two blocks
- Sydney Morland hit .368 with seven kills and five blocks
- Zelasia Edwards hit .312 with six kills and nine digs in two sets of action
- Maya Van Heyst piled up 29 assists, 11 digs, six kills and four blocks
- Lorna Stacherski hit .400 with five kills
- Katie Jamerson registered 14 assists, two digs and an ace
- Maddie Hoffman collected 23 digs and two assists
- Maggie Fillauer had 10 digs and two aces

SET ONE

- A kill and a block from Morland, along with a Saye kill gave the 'Dogs a 7-3 lead
- An Alyssa Carey block put the Cobras on top 9-8
- Back-to-back Johnson kills, along with a Van Heyst ace gave WU a 13-10 advantage
- A Kailyn Ivey trimmed the lead back to one at 13-12
- Two Saye kills, along with kills from Morland and Johnson stretched the lead back to three
- Coker climbed back to within one at 19-18 on a McKay Kasper kill
- Kills from Van Heyst and Saye made it 22-19
- Two Wingate errors cut the lead back to one at 22-21
- A Coker error made it 23-21, while Saye's kill made it 24-21
- Another Saye kill ended the frame

SET TWO

- Ivey's kill gave the Cobras an 11-7 advantage in set two
- Wingate used a 5-0 run to take a 13-12 lead, getting two kills and a block from Johnson
- Back-to-back Saye kills put the 'Dogs on top 15-13
- The Cobras cut the lead back to one at 19-18 on an Ivey block
- Kills from Van Heyst, Saye and Edwards, along with Fillauer's ace made it 23-19
- Saye's kill gave Wingate a 24-20 cushion; Morland's kill ended the set

SET THREE

- Two Johnson kills gave the Bulldogs a 10-6 lead in the third frame
- Kills from Edwards, Van Heyst and Saye made it 14-8
- Carey's kill cut the lead to four at 19-15
- Wingate used a 5-0 run to take a 24-15 lead, getting kills from Edwards and Van Heyst along with two Morland blocks
- A Coker error ended the match

UP NEXT

- Wingate is back in action Friday, hosting Carson-Newman at 7 p.m.