Wingate, N.C.----The Wingate University Bulldogs won sets four and five Saturday afternoon en route to a 3-2 victory over Emory & Henry in South Atlantic Conference volleyball action in Cuddy Arena. The Bulldogs won by scores of 25-16, 20-25, 18-25, 25-13 and 15-4 to improve to 14-9 overall and 10-8 in league play. The Wasps fall to 1-21 overall and 0-17 in the SAC.
KEY STATS
- Wingate had 68 kills and 23 errors in 169 attacks, hitting .266
- Emory & Henry had 42 kills and 21 errors in 161 swings to hit .130
- Each team had five blocks
- The Bulldogs had a 9-8 edge in aces
- Wingate had an 87-70 advantage in digs
- WU hit .519 with 17 kills in set one and .583 with seven kills in 12 swings in the fifth
- E&H had just six total kills the last two sets, hitting -.029 in the fourth and -.167 in the fifth
KEY BULLDOGS
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Lillian Edwards hit .324 with 15 kills, nine digs and a block
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Alanna Vavao hit .526 with 11 kills and two digs
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Grace Woodring hit .360 with 11 kills and four blocks
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Abby Mas added 10 kills, four digs and three blocks
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Vittoria Leggiero contributed seven kills, three digs and a block
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Rylee Tanner had four kills, 21 digs and an assist
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Julia Kneba added three kills and a dig
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Reece Bellush piled up 52 assists, 11 digs, four aces and three kills
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Hailey Green added 13 digs and two assists
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kaity Coan had four aces, three digs and an assist
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Anya Pershin added 10 digs on the day
SET ONE
- Kills from Edwards, Woodring and Leggiero, along with a Bellush ace gave WU a 10-5 lead
- A Tori Boling kill cut the lead to three at 15-12
- Two Edwards kills, along with kills from Leggiero and Bellush put the 'Dogs on top 19-12
- A kill and a block from Leggiero made it 22-14
- Kills from Mas and Woodring gave Wingate a 24-15 lead; a Mas and Woodring block ended the set
SET TWO
- Kills from Tanner and Leggiero gave the Bulldogs a 10-7 lead in set two
- Kills from Bellush and Leggiero made it 13-8
- A Carmen Pelto kill capped a 7-2 E&H run, making it 16-15
- A Boling ace and Alex Hester block gave the Wasps a 19-18 advantage
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Jordan Griffin's kill tied it at 20
- Emory & Henry scored the final five points of the frame, starting with a WU error and Zoie Pace ace
- A Pelto kill made it 24-20; Pelto added another kill to end the set
SET THREE
- A Keerstin Brady ace gave the Wasps a 12-2 lead in set three
- Kills from Woodring and Leggiero cut the lead to five at 14-9
- Back-to-back Vavao kills made it 15-11, but Pelto's kill sparked a 3-0 run to give E&H an 18-11 lead
- A Boling kill gave Emory & Henry a 22-13 cushion
- A pair of Edwards kills, along with kills from Tanner and Woodring made it 22-18
- Kills from Pace and Hester gave the Wasps a 24-18 lead; a WU error ended the frame
SET FOUR
- Kills from Edwards, Mas and Woodring, along with two Coan aces gave the 'Dogs a 7-2 lead
- Two kills and a block from Edwards sparked a 6-0 run to make it 13-3 with Woodring adding a kill and a block
- An Alexis Dietterick kill pulled the Wasps within five at 15-10
- WU scored the next five, getting two Vavao kills, a Mas kill and a Bellush ace to take a 20-10 lead
- Kills from Vavao,
Carson Reeves and Edwards made it 24-13; a Woodring and Mas block ended the set
SET FIVE
- A Vavao kill and a pair of Bellush aces gave the 'Dogs an early 4-0 lead in the fifth set
- Kills from Vavao, Reeves and Mas highlighted another 4-0 run to make it 8-1
- Mollee Cutshall's ace cut it to five at 8-3, but the Bulldogs answered with a 6-0 run
- Edwards had two kills in the flurry with Coan adding a pair of aces to make it 14-3
- An Emory & Henry error ended the match
UP NEXT
- Wingate is back in action Tuesday, hosting UNC Pembroke at 6 p.m.
