Wingate, N.C.----The Lenoir-Rhyne University Bears won a hard-fought 3-2 match at Wingate University Tuesday night in South Atlantic Conference volleyball action in Cuddy Arena. LR won by scores of 25-18, 14-25, 25-23, 15-25 and 15-12 to improve to 11-5 overall and 8-3 in the SAC, while the Bulldogs fall to 11-6 overall and 7-5 in league play.
KEY STATS
- Wingate had 64 kills and 20 errors in 156 attacks, hitting .282
- LR had 56 kills and 19 errors in 170 swings to hit .218
- Each team had eight blocks
- The Bulldogs had an 8-7 edge in aces
- The 'Dogs had an 83-61 advantage in digs
- WU hit over .250 in four of the five sets, hitting .355 in the fourth and .600 in the fifth
- LR had single-digit kills in the second and fourth sets, hitting .029 in set two
- The Bears piled up 11 kills in the fifth set, hitting .421
KEY BULLDOGS
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Rylee Tanner had 14 kills, 17 digs, an ace and a block
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Lillian Edwards hit .417 with 12 kills, 11 digs, three blocks and an ace
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Grace Woodring hit .310 with 12 kills, six blocks and an ace
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Abby Mas hit .353 with 10 kills
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Jordan Griffin had five kills, four digs and a block, hitting .333
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Carson Reeves added five kills and two blocks
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Addie Rossum had 28 assists, eight digs, two aces and a kill
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Reece Bellush added 24 assists, seven digs and a kill
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Hailey Green piled up 22 digs, six assists and an ace
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Anya Pershin added nine digs and three aces
SET ONE
- A Morgan Blankenship kill gave LR an 8-5 lead in set one
- Back-to-back Lenoir-Rhyne errors cut the lead to one
- The Bears scored five straight, taking a 13-7 lead on an Addison Vary kill
- An Edwards kill pulled Wingate within four at 16-12
- Blankenship's kill gave LR a 19-14 advantage
- Tanner's kill cut the lead back to three at 20-17
- Vary answered with back-to-back kills to stretch the lead to five
- An ace from Vary made it 24-18; an Averie Dale block ended the set
SET TWO
- Kills from Woodring and Mas, along with Rossum's ace gave Wingate an 8-4 lead
- A kill from Vary cut the lead to one at 10-9
- A Mas kill capped a 3-0 run that made it 13-9
- Tanner's kill put the 'Dogs on top 17-12
- A WU error cut the lead to 18-14, but Wingate answered by scoring the final seven of the set
- Two Woodring kills and a Mas kill made it 22-14
- A Tanner ace and Woodring block made it 24-14; another Woodring block ended the frame
SET THREE
- Dale's kill gave Lenoir-Rhyne an 8-3 lead in the third
- Three kills and a block from Mas sparked a 5-1 run that cut the lead to one at 9-8
- Vary's kill pushed the lead back to three at 15-12
- A Reeves kill pulled the 'Dogs back within one
- Kills from Mas and Woodring tied it at 18, but a Rachel Chambers block and Brooke Aeschliman ace made it 20-18
- Edwards answered with a kill to cut it back to one
- Kills from Blankenship and Emmaleigh Allen gave LR a 22-19 advantage
- Mas and
Julia Kneba answered with kills to make it 22-21, but a Vary kill pushed it back to two
- An LR error and Tanner kill tied it at 23
- Dale's kill made it 24-23; another Dale kill ended the set
SET FOUR
- Two Griffin kills and two Pershin aces gave the 'Dogs a 5-1 lead
- The Bulldogs then used a 9-0 run to take a commanding 14-2 advantage
- Griffin and Woodring had three kills each in the flurry behind the serving of Green
- A Rossum ace made it 16-3
- An Edwards kill and Woodring ace gave the Bulldogs a 19-7 cushion
- A pair of Woodring blocks made it 24-12; an LR error ended the frame
SET FIVE
- Kills from Dale and Blankenship put LR on top 4-2 in the fifth
- Back-to-back kills from Edwards tied it
- Kills from Edwards and Woodring gave the 'Dogs a 7-6 lead
- Blankenship's kill tied it at seven, but a Mas kill put Wingate back on top
- Kills from Allen and Dale sparked a 3-0 run that gave LR a 10-8 advantage
- Tanner's kill cut the lead to one at 10-9
- Dale and Aeschliman answered with kills to make it 12-9
- A Reeves kill cut it to two, but kills from Dale and Aeschliman made it 14-10
- A kill and a block from Woodring cut it to two at 14-12
- A Wingate error ended the match
UP NEXT
- Wingate is back in action Tuesday, hosting Catawba at 6 p.m.
