Jefferson City, Tenn.----The Wingate University Bulldogs collected a big 3-2 victory at Carson-Newman University in South Atlantic Conference volleyball action Saturday afternoon. The Bulldogs won by scores of 25-20, 10-25, 25-23, 20-25 and 15-10 to improve to 15-11 overall and 11-9 in the SAC, while the Eagles fall to 19-9 overall and 12-8 in the SAC.
KEY STATS
- C-N had 65 kills and 20 errors in 180 attacks, hitting .250
- Wingate had 59 kills and 20 errors in 194 swings to hit .201
- The Bulldogs had nine of the 16 aces
- The Eagles had a 9-7 edge in blocks
- Carson-Newman held a 96-86 advantage in digs
KEY BULLDOGS
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Lillian Edwards piled up 18 kills, three digs, two blocks and an ace
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Addie Rossum added 17 assists, 10 kills and two digs
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Grace Woodring hit .333 with eight kills and three blocks
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Julia Kneba contributed six kills, three digs and two blocks
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Alanna Vavao added five kills
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Vittoria Leggiero and Abby Mas notched four kills apiece
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Rylee Lambert had three kills and 13 digs
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Hailey Green collected 20 digs, adding six assists
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Reece Bellush had 25 assists, 14 digs and two aces
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Rylee Tanner and
Anya Pershin contributed 12 digs apiece
SET ONE
- Kills from Leggiero and Edwards gave Wingate an 11-9 lead
- A Mas kill and
Kaity Coan ace made it 14-11
- A Claire Bolton ace pulled the Eagles within one at 15-14
- An Edwards kill capped a 3-0 run that put the 'Dogs on top 18-14
- Kills from Edwards and Leggiero made it 20-15
- Kills from Rossum, Edwards and Mas gave Wingate a 24-18 advantage
- A Mas kill ended the spurt
SET TWO
- An Annie Dziczkowski kill gave C-N an 8-2 lead
- An Emerson Ahsmuhs block made it 14-4
- A Caroline Kantner ace stretched the lead to 19-5
- An Emmaline Morris black made it 24-10; a Wingate error ended the set
SET THREE
- A Blair Cherry kill gave Carson-Newman a 7-2 lead in the third
- Two Rossum kills and a Tanner kill cut the lead to one
- Two Edwards kills and a Bellush ace put the 'Dogs on top 10-9
- Two Vavao kills and a Leggiero block gave the Bulldogs a 15-11 cushion
- An Addie Smith block capped a 4-0 run, tying it at 15
- Kills from Woodring and Rossum gave Wingate a 19-17 advantage
- An Ahsmuhs kill gave the Eagles a 21-20 lead
- An Edwards kill, followed by blocks from Kneba and Edwards gave WU a 23-21 advantage
- An Edwards kill made it 24-22; Lambert's kill ended the frame
SET FOUR
- A Smith kill gave Carson-Newman an 11-3 lead
- A Leggiero kill and Woodring block pulled the 'Dogs within four
- Kills from Rossum and Kneba, along with a Pershin ace cut the lead to one
- Kills from Rossum and Lambert, along with a Jordan Griffin ace gave Wingate a 16-15 lead
- Maddie Hurst put C-N on top 19-18 with a kill
- A Morris kill capped a 3-0 run to make it 22-19
- Vavao's kill cut the lead to two
- An Ahsmuhs kill made it 24-20; a Dziczkowski ace ended the set
SET FIVE
- A Maddie Hurst kill gave Carson-Newman a 5-3 lead in the fifth
- Wingate scored the next four, getting two Kneba kills, a Coan ace and a Woodring block to go up 7-5
- A Smith kill pulled the Eagles within one at 8-7
- The Bulldogs scored the next five to take a commanding 13-7 advantage
- Vavao and Edwards started the flurry with kills; an Edwards block and kill capped the spurt
- A C-N error made it 14-10; another error ended the match
UP NEXT
- Wingate is back in action Thursday, hosting Tusculum at 7 p.m.
