Emory, Va.----The 19th-ranked Wingate University Bulldogs scored 10 goals in the opening seven minutes Sunday afternoon, racing out to a 14-0 first-quarter lead en route to a 23-2 victory at Emory & Henry in South Atlantic Conference women's lacrosse action. The Bulldogs improve to 10-1 overall and 5-0 in the SAC, while the Wasps fall to 3-6 overall and 0-5 in league play.

KEY STATS

 - Wingate out-shot Emory & Henry 35-4
- The 'Dogs held a 31-2 advantage in shots on goal
- The Bulldogs won 24 of the 28 draw controls and held a 30-18 edge in ground balls
- The Wasps turned it over 15 times; the 'Dogs had 10 turnovers

KEY BULLDOGS

- Megan Millard had six goals, two assists, two draw controls, a caused turnover and four ground balls
- Jamie Weber added five goals, two assists, a CT and a ground ball
- Meghan Higgins contributed a goal and four assists
- Kaleigh Wilgeroth had four assists, three CTs and a ground ball
- Emily Blakley notched three goals, an assist and two ground balls
- Evelynn Buckmaster scored three goals
- Julia Garvin collected two goals, an assist, a CT and a ground ball
- Madeline Allen added a goal, two assists, a CT and two ground balls
- Avery Scherer had a goal, an assist, a CT and three ground balls
- Amelia Benner handed out two assists
- Nelida Watson added a goal, while Danielle Scarfogliero notched an assist
- Kathryn McCabe had 12 draw controls, a CT and two ground balls
- Sophie Pavlick added eight draw controls
- Riley Boone notched a save in one half of action

FIRST QUARTER

- Buckmaster started the scoring 42 seconds in
- Millard scored the next two goals off assists from Scarfogliero and Wilgeroth
- Wilgeroth assisted on a Higgins goal with 12:07 left to make it 4-0
- Buckmaster scored off Weber's assist 15 seconds later
- Weber and Millard scored 21 seconds apart off assists from Wilgeroth and Benner
- Millard scored off Scherer's assist at the 9;13 mark to put the 'Dogs on top 8-0
- Weber scored twice in a 27-second span off assists from Wilgeroth and Garvin
- Garvin scored with 6:23 remaining to make it 11-0
- Millard scored off a Blakely assist to put the Bulldogs on top by a dozen
- Scherer scored off a Higgins assist at the 2:43 mark
- Buckmaster's goal off a Weber assist with a minute left made it 14-0

SECOND QUARTER

- Watson scored 57 seconds into the second off an Allen assist to push the lead to 15
- Weber's goal off another Allen assist with seven minute to go made it 16-0
- Blakely scored off a Millard assist with five minutes left
- Millard's goal at the 2:51 mark put the 'Dogs on top 18-0

THIRD QUARTER

- Allen scored off a Benner assist with 9:41 left in the third
- Weber scored the 20th goal of the day for the 'Dogs off a Higgins assist at the 4:20 mark
- Blakely's goal off a Millard assist with five seconds left made it 21-1

FOURTH QUARTER

- Garvin scored off a Higgins assist with 12:43 to go
- Blakely capped the scoring for the 'Dogs off a Higgins assist with 9:53 remaining

UP NEXT

- Wingate is back in action Saturday, hosting UVA Wise at noon