Greeneville, Tenn.----The eighth-ranked Wingate University Bulldogs picked up their second league road victory over the week Saturday afternoon, cruising to a 21-5 victory at Tusculum University in South Atlantic Conference men's lacrosse action. The Bulldogs improve to 6-2 overall and 3-0 in the SAC, while the Pioneers fall to 1-8 overall and 0-4 in league play.

KEY STATS

- Wingate out-shot Tusculum 63-25
- The Bulldogs held a 45-18 advantage in shots on goal
- The 'Dogs won 19 of the 29 face-offs, holding a 48-30 advantage in ground balls
- The Pioneers committed 29 of the 49 turnovers
- Wingate went 23-for-25 on clears while Tusculum was 24-for-31

KEY BULLDOGS

- Willie Grieco had a goal, seven assists and three ground balls
- Danny Riley added three goals, four assists and three ground balls
- Sean Clark poured in five goals on the day
- Luke Hickam added two goals and an assist
- Kyle Spence scored a pair of goals
- Matt Papach and Sam Goss each had a goal and an assist
- Graham Tillett, Matt Magyar, Joey Moran, Johnny Blakely, Owen McKenzie and Zach Samson each scored a goal
- Jaxon Grant, Aidan McMahon, Carter Moon and Ethan Schmidt each notched an assist
- Blakely added two caused turnovers and a ground ball
- Gavin Richards had a CT and a pair of ground balls
- Logan Spaeth won seven of 10 face-offs, picking up four ground balls
- Dylan Rupprecht won six-of-eight face-offs with four ground balls
- Brian McGarvey added six face-off wins and four ground balls
- Quad Williams piled up 13 saves in 49 minutes of action

FIRST PERIOD

- Riley scored off Grieco's assist three minutes in to start the scoring
- TU got on the board two minutes later, but Wingate answered with the final four goals of the frame
- Clark started the flurry off a Goss assist at the 8:56 mark
- Spencer scored off Grieco's assist with five minutes left, while Riley scored from Papach a minute later
- Papach scored off Riley's assist with 18 seconds left, putting the 'Dogs on top 5-1

SECOND PERIOD

- Hickam continued Wingate's run with his goal at the 13:41 mark
- Clark scored off Grieco's assist 35 seconds later to push the lead to six
- Clark's goal off Riley's assist at the 12:13 mark made it 8-1
- Moran and Goss scored off Grieco assists in a 54-second span to make it 10-2
- Hickam capped the scoring in the half off McMahon's assist with 4:35 to go

THIRD PERIOD

- Riley scored off a Grieco assist 32 seconds in to make it 12-2
- Tillett scored off a Hickam assist with 10 minutes left
- Spence scored off Grant's assist at the midway point of the frame, making it 14-3
- Riley set up goals for Samson and Clark in a two-minute stretch to push the lead to 13
- Clark's goal off Grieco's assist with seven second left gave Wingate a 17-3 advantage

FOURTH PERIOD

- Blakely's first goal came at the 11:37 mark to give WU a 14-goal lead
- Magyar's first goal came off Schmidt's assist with 9:53 to go, making it 19-4
- Grieco scored Wingate's 20th goal of the day off Moon's assist
- McKenzie capped the scoring in the final minute, making it 21-5

UP NEXT

- Wingate is back in action next Saturday, hosting #3 Lenoir-Rhyne at 7 p.m.