Wingate, N.C.----The 21st-ranked Wingate University Bulldogs stayed perfect in league play Tuesday night, rolling to a 3-0 victory over Coker University in South Atlantic Conference volleyball action in Cuddy Arena. Wingate won by scores of 25-20, 25-18, 25-11 to improve to 10-1 overall and 3-0 in the SAC, while the Cobras fall to 6-5 overall and 2-1 in league play.

KEY STATS

- Wingate had 46 kills and 13 errors in 109 attacks, hitting .303
- Coker had 26 kills and 16 errors in 103 swings to hit .097
- The Bulldogs had nine of the 14 aces on the night
- The 'Dogs had an 8-3 edge in blocks
- Wingate held a 57-41 advantage in digs
- WU piled up 17 kills while hitting .417 in the second set
- The 'Dogs held Coker to just five kills and a -.059 hitting percentage in the final frame

KEY BULLDOGS

- Sydney Morland hit .400 with 12 kills and two blocks
- Gabby Saye hit .529 with nine kills and a pair of blocks
- Emily Johnson had six kills and five blocks, hitting .750
- Alanna Vavao added six kills
- Abby Mas contributed five kills, two digs and two blocks
- Maya Van Heyst piled up 38 assists, five kills, four digs and two aces
- Rylee Tanner added two kills, seven digs and three aces
- Maddie Hoffman had 14 digs, three aces and two assists
- Maggie Fillauer added 14 digs; Hailey Green had 11 digs

SET ONE

- An Addie Bittner ace gave Coker an early 4-1 lead
- Kills from Morland and Vavao, along with a Hoffman ace and Johnson block gave WU a 9-7 lead
- A kill and a block from Johnson stretched the advantage to three at 11-8
- An Alyssa Carey kill tied it at 16
- Kills from Tanner and Saye, along with a Van Heyst ace gave the 'Dogs a 19-16 cushion
- Leah Pimentel's kill trimmed the lead back to one at 20-19
- A kill and a block from Morland put the Bulldogs back on top by three
- A Vavao kill made it 24-20; Morland's kill ended the frame

SET TWO

- Morland and Mas had two early kills apiece as the 'Dogs built a 9-3 lead in set two
- Pimentel's kill pulled the Cobras within one at 14-13
- Back-to-back Mas kills, along with a Saye kill gave Wingate an 18-13 advantage
- Morland's kill made it 20-15, but a Pelin Aksoy kill cut the lead back to three
- A Hoffman ace, followed by kills from Saye and Van Heyst put the 'Dogs on top 24-18
- Johnson and Vavao teamed for a block to end the frame

SET THREE

- Three Morland kills and a Tanner kill gave the Bulldogs a 7-3 advantage
- Kills from Vavao and Van Heyst, along with a Johnson block made it 10-5
- WU used a 5-0 run to take a 15-6 lead, getting two Morland kills along with a kill and ace from Johnson
- Kills from Morland and Grace Woodring, along with a Tanner ace gave the 'Dogs a 21-8 lead
- A Hoffman ace and Johnson block made it 24-9; a Coker error ended the match

UP NEXT

- Wingate is back in action Friday, traveling to Carson-Newman for a 7 p.m. start
- The 'Dogs return home next Tuesday to host Lenoir-Rhyne at 7 p.m.