Mars Hill, N.C.----The 20th-ranked Wingate University Bulldogs picked up another conference road victory Friday night, sweeping past Mars Hill University in South Atlantic Conference volleyball action. Wingate won by scores of 25-20, 25-23 and 25-19 to improve to 20-1 overall and 13-0 in league play. Mars Hill falls to 7-9 overall and 4-7 in the SAC.

KEY STATS

- Wingate had 44 kills and 12 errors in 129 attacks, hitting .248
- Mars Hill had 38 kills and 22 errors in 142 swings to hit .113
- The Bulldogs had five of the seven blocks in the match
- The Lions had a 6-5 edge in aces
- The 'Dogs held a 70-65 advantage in digs
- WU hit .333 with 15 kills in set one, while piling up 17 kills and hitting .325 in the third

KEY BULLDOGS

- Emily Johnson hit .346 with 11 kills, five digs, three assists, a block and an ace
- Sydney Morland added 10 kills and four blocks
- Gabby Saye hit .333 with eight kills
- Abby Mas contributed seven kills
- Alanna Vavao added four kills on the night
- Maya Van Heyst piled up 36 assists, 13 digs, three aces and two kills
- Rylee Tanner picked up 15 digs, adding a pair of kills
- Maggie Fillauer collected 16 digs; Maddie Hoffman and Hailey Green had 10 digs apiece

SET ONE

- Two Johnson kills, along with kills from Saye and Morland gave Wingate a 4-1 lead
- A Selma Vassdal kill gave the Lions a 10-8 advantage
- WU scored the next four, taking a 12-10 lead on back-to-back Van Heyst aces
- Mars Hill scored the next seven, taking a 17-12 lead on an Ioana Poenaru kill
- The 'Dogs scored five of the next six, getting a Saye kill and Morland block to cut the lead to one
- Brooke Hoffman's kill gave the Lions a 20-18 advantage
- The Bulldogs responded by scoring the final seven points of the set
- Tanner and Morland started the spurt with kills to tie it; another Morland kill made it 22-20
- Kills from Mas and Morland put the 'Dogs on top 24-20; Mas ended the set with a kill

SET TWO

- Hoffman's kill gave Mars Hill a 7-4 lead
- WU scored five of the next six, getting a Morland block and Johnson kill to go on top 9-8
- MHU used a 7-2 run to take a 16-12 lead on a Megan Prezio kill
- A kill and a block from Vavao sparked a 4-0 Wingate run, tying it at 16
- Kills from Vavao and Mas put the 'Dogs on top 19-17
- The Lions scored four of the next five, taking a 21-20 lead on a Skylar Ogden kill
- Kills from Johnson and Saye sparked a 3-0 run, giving the Bulldogs a 23-21 advantage
- Kills from Ogden and Poenaru tied it at 23
- Johnson answered with a kill to make it 24-23; a Mars Hill error ended the frame

SET THREE

- A Prezio kill gave the Lions a 10-7 lead in the third set
- WU scored five of the next six, getting three kills and a block from Morland to take a 12-11 lead
- Hoffman's ace made it 15-13, but Ogden's kill pulled Mars Hill back within one
- A Johnson kill and Van Heyst ace gave the Bulldogs an 18-14 cushion
- A Mas kill made it 20-15
- A Vassdal block cut the lead to three at 20-17, but the 'Dogs scored the next three
- Saye had two kills in the flurry; Vavao added a kill
- Saye's kill made it 24-18; a Morland kill ended the match

UP NEXT

- Wingate is back in action Tuesday, traveling to Coker for a 7 p.m. start