Newberry, S.C.----The 19th-ranked Wingate University Bulldogs hit .426 Saturday afternoon, cruising to a 3-0 victory at Newberry College in South Atlantic Conference volleyball action. Wingate won by scores of 25-17, 25-19 and 25-12 to improve to 23-1 overall and 16-0 in the SAC, while the Wolves fall to 10-11 overall and 5-9 in league play. The Bulldogs have won 22 straight matches on the year, while 18 of the 23 victories have come in three sets.

KEY STATS

- Wingate had 53 kills and just seven errors in 108 attacks to hit .426
- Newberry had 28 kills and 11 errors in 106 swings to hit .160
- The Bulldogs had eight of the 13 aces
- The 'Dogs held a 4-3 advantage in blocks
- Wingate held a 59-41 edge in digs
- WU hit .333 with 16 kills in set one and .361 with 17 kills in the second
- The Bulldogs piled up 20 kills in 30 swings in set three, hitting .633

KEY BULLDOGS

- Emily Johnson hit .619 with 13 kills, four digs and a block
- Alanna Vavao hit .376 with 11 kills, three digs and a block
- Maya Van Heyst had 39 assists, 10 kills, seven digs, two aces and a block
- Gabby Saye hit .444 with nine kills, two digs and two blocks
- Abby Mas hit .417 with six kills
- Rylee Tanner added three kills, 10 digs and two aces
- Maddie Hoffman collected 15 digs, five assists and three aces
- Maggie Fillauer added 10 digs, three assists and an ace

SET ONE

- A Vavao block and Johnson kill gave the 'Dogs an early 8-4 lead
- A Tanner ace, along with kills from Johnson and Saye made it 13-7
- Two Johnson kills and a Vavao kill put the 'Dogs on top 18-10
- A Samantha Shaffer kill capped a 4-0 run, pulling the Wolves within four at 18-14
- Van Heyst answered with back-to-back kills, extending the lead back to six
- A kill and a block from Saye made it 24-17; another Saye kill ended the frame

SET TWO

- Two Hoffman aces, along with kills from Saye, Johnson and Mas gave WU a 6-1 lead
- Two Van Heyst kills and a Fillauer ace put the 'Dogs on top 12-5
- Wingate added a 5-0 run, getting two Vavao kills and two Van Heyst aces to go up 18-8
- A Madison Watson ace capped a 7-1 NC run, pulling the Wolves within four at 21-17
- Kills from Mas, Van Heyst and Johnson gave the Bulldogs a 24-19 lead
- A Van Heyst kill ended the set

SET THREE

- Two Saye kills, along with kills from Johnson and Tanner and a Hoffman ace gave WU a 5-0 lead
- Two Johnson kills and a tanner kill made it 8-1
- Three Vavao kills and a Saye kill gave the 'Dogs a 15-5 advantage
- Kills from Vavao, Van Heyst and Tanner made it 19-6
- Two more Van Heyst kills and a Newberry error gave Wingate a 24-12 cushion
- Vavao's kill ended the match

UP NEXT

- Wingate is back in action Friday, traveling to Tusculum for a 6 p.m. start
- With two matches remaining, the 'Dogs have already clinched at least a share of the regular season SAC title
- One more win would give the Bulldogs an outright regular season championship
- The Bulldogs have now won 19 of the last 20 regular season SAC titles