Hartsville, S.C.----The Wingate University Bulldogs made quick work of Coker University Tuesday night, cruising to a 3-0 victory in South Atlantic Conference volleyball action. Wingate won by scores of 25-14, 25-18 and 25-18 to improve to 24-2 overall and 16-1 in the SAC, while the Cobras fall to 5-17 overall and 4-12 in league play. The Bulldogs have now won 16 straight matches, while winning 31 of their last 32 sets. The victory gives Wingate its 18th outright regular season SAC title in the last 19 seasons. The Bulldogs are now 316-20 in league play over the last 19 seasons, adding 12 SAC Tournament titles during the stretch.

KEY STATS

- Wingate had 55 kills and 10 errors in 105 attacks, hitting .429
- Coker had 36 kills and 14 errors in 116 swings to hit .190
- The 'Dogs had five of the six aces and three of the five blocks
- The Bulldogs held a 52-34 advantage in digs
- WU had 19 kills in each of the first two sets, with 17 kills in the final frame
- The 'Dogs hit over .385 in all three sets, hitting .472 in the second with 19 kills and two errors

KEY BULLDOGS

- Emily Johnson piled up 14 kills in 19 swings in two sets of action to hit .737
- Sydney Morland hit .733 with 11 kills in 15 swings without an error
- Gabby Saye hit .444 with nine kills and a pair of blocks
- Maya Van Heyst had 30 assists, five digs, five kills and an ace
- Elsa Lamphere contributed five kills and nine digs in two sets of action
- Lorna Stacherski also had five kills, adding four digs and a block in two sets
- Katie Jamerson handed out 22 assists, adding six digs and an aces
- Maddie Hoffman picked up 10 digs in two sets, adding two aces and two assists

SET ONE

- Johnson and Lamphere had two kills each as the 'Dogs jumped out to a 5-0 lead
- Two Saye kills and a Lamphere kill made it 8-2
- Morland, Johnson and Stacherski each had a kill in a 3-0 spurt to make it 12-4
- A Taylor Hills kill cut the lead to four at 14-10
- Johnson answered with a kill and an ace to stretch the lead to six
- The Bulldogs ended the set by scoring the final seven points of the frame
- Morland started the flurry with a kill, while three Johnson kills made it 24-14
- A Hoffman ace ended the set

SET TWO

- Kills from Johnson, Saye, Van Heyst and Abby Mas put the 'Dogs on top 7-3
- Two Stacherski kills sparked a 5-0 run to make it 15-6
- Three straight Johnson kills gave the Bulldogs an 18-9 advantage
- Kills from Van Heyst and Stacherski made it 22-13; a Johnson kill made it 24-15
- Saye's kill ended the frame

SET THREE

- Kills from Morland and Grace Woodring gave Wingate a 5-3 advantage
- A Cayla Gilmore put the Cobras on top 6-5
- Kills from Lamphere and Morland, followed by two Van Heyst kills gave WU a 10-8 lead
- Gilmore's kill tied it at 12
- Morland made it 14-13 with a kill, but a Kailyn Ivey kill tied it at 14
- Wingate scored the next four, getting three Morland kills to go on top 18-14
- A pair of Alanna Vavao kills, along with a Woodring kill made it 21-16
- Kills from Saye and Morland made it 24-18; Saye's block ended the match

UP NEXT

- Wingate is back in action Friday, hosting Emory & Henry at 7 p.m. on Senior Night
- The Bulldogs will be the number one seed at next week's SAC Tournament
- The 'Dogs will host a quarterfinal match Tuesday night in Cuddy Arena