Hartsville, S.C.----The Wingate University Bulldogs capped a perfect opening weekend with two more sweeps Saturday afternoon, rolling past West Virginia Wesleyan and USC Aiken to move to 4-0 on the season, sweeping all four matches at the Coker Cobras Classic. Wingate opened the day by prevailing 25-11, 25-20, 25-13 over the Bobcats, then posted a 25-14, 25-14, 25-22 win over the Pacers.
MATCH ONE | Wingate 3 West Virginia Wesleyan 0
KEY STATS
- Wingate had 43 kills and 13 errors in 104 attacks, hitting .288
- WVWC notched 20 kills and 14 errors in 95 swings to hit .063
- The Bulldogs had 10 of the 14 aces and six of the 10 blocks
- The 'Dogs held a 42-30 advantage in digs
- WU had 15 kills in each of the first two sets, hitting .464 in the opening frame
- West Virginia Wesleyan never hit double-digit kills in a set, hitting -.059 in the final frame
KEY BULLDOGS
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Sydney Morland had eight kills in 11 swings, hitting .727 while adding three blocks
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Abby Mas also notched eight kills, hitting .353 while adding six digs
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Maya Van Heyst hit .467 with seven kills, 15 assists, eight digs and three blocks
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Gabby Saye contributed six kills;
Emily Johnson added five kills, two digs and a block
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Elsa Lamphere had four kills, four aces, a block and two digs
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Lorna Stacherski added three kills and seven digs
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Katie Jamerson registered 14 assists, three digs and two aces
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Maddie Hoffman collected 11 digs, eight assists and an ace
SET ONE
- Wingate used a 7-0 run to take a 12-5 lead
- Van Heyst had a kill and two blocks in the spurt with Lamphere adding an ace
- Two Saye kills, along with kills from Johnson and Van Heyst sparked a 5-0 run to make it 19-8
- Two more Saye kills made it 22-9
- Kills from Lamphere and Van Heyst made it 24-11; a Lamphere ace ended the frame
SET TWO
- Two Mas kills and a Jamerson ace gave Wingate an 8-4 lead in set two
- An Alauna Wilson kill cut the lead to one at 11-10
- Kills from Johnson and Van Heyst, along with Lamphere's ace pushed the lead to three at 15-12
- Kills from Saye and Morland extended the lead to four
- Kills from Mas and Lamphere, along with a Van Heyst ace put the 'Dogs on top 24-19
- Lamphere's kill ended the frame
SET THREE
- Kills from Mas and
Jordan Griffin gave the Bulldogs an 8-4 advantage
- An Emily Denison ace cut the lead to one at 9-8
- The 'Dogs scored 12 of the next 13 to go on top 21-9
- Morland had three kills in the flurry, with Van Heyst adding a pair of kills
- A kill from Mas made it 24-13; another Mas kill ended the match
MATCH TWO | Wingate 3 USC Aiken 0
KEY STATS
- Wingate had 43 kills and 13 errors in 132 attacks, hitting .227
- USC Aiken had 25 kills and 18 errors in 134 swings to hit .052
- The 'Dogs had four of the six aces and eight of the 14 blocks
- The Bulldogs held a 69-52 edge in digs
- WU hit .333 in set two, while piling up 18 kills in the final frame
- USCA had just 10 kills through two sets, with three kills and 11 errors in set one to hit -.178
KEY BULLDOGS
- Stacherski had 10 kills, six digs and two blocks to lead the offensive attack
- Morland hit .571 with nine kills and five blocks
- Van Heyst piled up eight kills, 17 assists, 17 digs, two blocks and an ace
- Johnson had seven kills without an error, hitting .412 while adding two blocks
- Lamphere added six kills, 19 digs, two aces and two blocks
- Jamerson collected 19 assists, five digs, a kill and an ace
- Hoffman picked up 20 digs to go along with four assists
SET ONE
- Wingate used an 8-0 run to take an 11-4 lead, getting two kills and two blocks from Morland
- A kill and an ace from Van Heyst sparked a 5-0 run that was capped by a Lamphere ace, making it 17-7
- Two more kills and two more blocks from Morland sparked another 5-0 run that made it 24-13
- Morland's kill ended the frame
SET TWO
- A kill and a block from Stacherski highlighted a 5-0 run that put the 'Dogs on top 9-3
- Two Lamphere kills, along with a kill and a block from Johnson made it 15-7
- A Johnson kill and two Lamphere aces pushed the lead to 10
- Two Stacherski kills and a Morland kill made it 24-14; a Van Heyst kill ended the set
SET THREE
- Kills from Van Heyst, Jamerson and Saye gave the Bulldogs a 9-6 advantage
- Three straight Stacherski kills made it 13-8
- Two straight Lexi Rogers kills tied it at 15
- Two more kills from Rogers gave the Pacers a 17-16 lead
- Kills from Johnson and Stacherski, along with a Johnson block put WU on top 20-18
- An Anna Sommer block pulled USC Aiken back within one at 22-21
- A Pacer error and Van Heyst kill made it 24-21
- A USC Aiken attack error ended the match
UP NEXT
- Wingate heads to Florida next weekend for four more matches
- The 'Dogs will be playing in the Outback Invitational hosted by West Florida Friday and Saturday
- WU takes on West Florida and Northwest Missouri State Friday
- The Bulldogs wrap up the weekend Saturday against Florida Tech and Spring Hill
