Newberry, S.C.----The Wingate University Bulldogs notched their 15th straight victory Saturday evening, cruising to a 3-0 victory at Newberry College in South Atlantic Conference volleyball action. Wingate won by scores of 25-11, 25-10 and 25-15 to improve to 23-2 overall and 15-1 in the SAC, while the Wolves fall to 7-13 overall and 4-11 in league play. Wingate has won 28 of its last 29 sets, while guaranteeing at least a share of the regular season SAC title for the 18th time in 19 seasons.

KEY STATS

- Wingate had 43 kills and eight errors in 120 attacks, hitting .292
- Newberry had 16 kills and 14 errors in 100 swings to hit .020
- The 'Dogs had eight of the 10 aces on the day
- Wingate held a 55-41 advantage in digs
- WU had at least 13 kills in each frame, hitting .400 in set two
- The Wolves never had more than six kills in a set, hitting .000 in set one and -.036 in the second

KEY BULLDOGS

- Maya Van Heyst had seven kills, 21 assists and 12 digs
- Emily Johnson hit .636 with seven kills in 11 swings
- Lorna Stacherski contributed seven kills, hitting .273
- Sydney Morland hit .500 with six kills
- Elsa Lamphere had six kills and seven digs, hitting .455
- Gabby Saye also had six kills, hitting .357
- Katie Jamerson had 12 assists, four digs and an ace
- Maddie Hoffman contributed eight digs, four aces and an assist

SET ONE

- Kills from Saye and Van Heyst gave Wingate a 6-1 lead
- WU used a 7-0 run to push the lead to 10, getting kills from Morland and Lamphere
- A kill and an ace from Lamphere made it 16-5
- Two Lamphere kills, along with kills from Johnson and Saye made it 24-10
- A Newberry error ended the set

SET TWO

- Kills from Stacherski and Johnson gave Wingate a 6-2 advantage
- A Lamphere kill made it 9-5
- Wingate used an 11-0 run to go on top 20-7 behind the serving of Hoffman
- Van Heyst and Stacherski had two kills each in the spurt, along with three Hoffman aces
- Kills from Van Heyst, Saye and Stacherski made it 24-9; a Johnson kill ended it

SET THREE

- Kills from Morland and Van Heyst gave the 'Dogs a 7-4 lead
- Two more Morland kills made it 10-5
- Kills from Saye and Stacherski made it 16-9
- Kills from Saye, Morland and Grace Woodring gave WU a 20-13 advantage
- Kills from Saye, Morland and Van Heyst made it 24-14; a Van Heyst kill ended it

UP NEXT

- Wingate is back in action Tuesday, traveling to Coker for a 7 p.m. start
- The Bulldogs wrap up the regular season at home Friday, hosting Emory & Henry at 7 p.m.