Greeneville, Tenn.----The 16th-ranked Wingate University Bulldogs picked up their second conference road win in three days, rolling to a 20-9 victory at Tusculum University in South Atlantic Conference women's lacrosse action. The Bulldogs improve to 6-2 overall and 4-0 in the SAC, while the Pioneers fall to 3-6 overall and 1-3 in league play.

KEY STATS

- Wingate held a 34-18 advantage in shots, with a 30-14 edge in shots on goal
- The Pioneers had 14 of the 25 turnovers
- The Bulldogs were 13-for-15 on clears; Tusculum was 12-for-15
- Wingate won 21 of the 30 draw controls
- The 'Dogs held a 16-10 advantage in ground balls

KEY BULLDOGS

- Nelida Watson piled up three goals and five assists, adding a CT and a ground ball
- Kaleigh Wilgeroth added three goals, three assists, a CT and two ground balls
- Leah Knowles collected four goals, eight draw controls, three CTs and a ground ball
- Meghan Higgins notched a pair of goals and two assists
- Nicolette Diedrich scored three goals
- Bree Solero registered two goals, two CTs and three ground balls
- Julia Garvin notched a goal and an assist
- Claire Fuchs handed out two assists, adding four draw controls
- Emily Blakely had a goal and four draw controls; Danielle Scarfogliero also scored a goal
- Megan Biase had three saves in 30 minutes; Riley Boone added two saves in 30 minutes

FIRST QUARTER

- Wilgeroth and Blakely scored in the first three minutes, with Watson notching an assist
- Goals from Knowles and Watson in a 50-second span put the 'Dogs on top 4-1
- Knowles scored off a Higgins assist at the 2:41 mark to make it 5-2
- Diedrich added a goal a minute later to push the lead to four

SECOND QUARTER

- Higgins scored off a Wilgeroth assist 90 seconds in to make it 7-2
- Wilgeroth added goal off a Higgins assist at the 11:36 mark, making it 8-3
- Garvin's goal with 7:55 to go pushed the lead to six
- Watson scored off Wilgeroth's assist 12 seconds later to make it 10-3
- Knowles struck again at the 5:35 mark to make it 11-4
- Solero scored off a Fuchs assist with just under two minutes remaining
- Scarfogliero scored off Watson's assist with eight seconds left, making it 13-5

THIRD QUARTER

- WU struck twice in 17 seconds, with Diedrich and Wilgeroth scoring off Watson assists to make it 15-5
- Watson's goal off Wilgeroth's assist with 8:18 remaining pushed the lead to 11
- Diedrich scored off a Megan Magill assist with a minute left to put the 'Dogs on top 17-6

FOURTH QUARTER

- Higgins opened the scoring in the final frame off a Fuchs assist at the 12:34 mark
- Knowles scored with five minutes left, making it 19-8
- Solero capped the scoring on the day off Garvin's assist with 31 seconds left

UP NEXT

- Wingate is back in action Wednesday, hosting #10 Rollins at 4 p.m.