Wingate, N.C.----The 13th-ranked Wingate University Bulldogs picked up an impressive region victory Thursday afternoon, cruising to a 20-9 victory over #18 Seton Hill in NCAA Division II women's lacrosse action at Irwin Belk Stadium and Founders Field. The Bulldogs improve to 4-1 on the season, while the Griffins fall to 3-2 overall.

KEY STATS

- Wingate out-shot Seton Hill 33-27
- The 'Dogs held a 26-20 advantage in shots on goal
- The Bulldogs won 18 of the 31 draw controls
- Seton Hill was 17-for-19 on clears; Wingate went 20-for-23
- The 'Dogs had 17 turnovers; the Griffins turned it over 16 times
- The Bulldogs held a 19-15 advantage in ground balls
- Wingate had 10 players register multiple points

KEY BULLDOGS

- Lauryn Knutson had two goals, five assists and two ground balls
- Stacy Glover added four goals
- Deirdre Jones contributed two goals, an assist and three draw controls
- Madison Slayton, Evelynn Buckmaster, Amelia Benner, Bree Solero and Julia Garvin added two goals each
- Nicolette Diedrich handed out a pair of assists
- Jamie Weber notched a goal and an assist
- Claire Fuchs added a goal
- Olivia Brooks handed out an assist
- Kathryn McCabe had seven draw controls, three caused turnovers and two ground balls
- Krysta Churns added three CTs and three ground balls
- Slayton, Fuchs and Ashlyn Goforth added two CTs apiece
- Sophie Pavlick added six draw controls
- Saskia Aunger collected 11 saves

FIRST QUARTER

- The Bulldogs scored the first six goals of the day
- Glover and Jones started it with two goals in the first three minutes
- Garvin's goal off a Knutson assist made it 3-0 less than five minutes in
- Knutson scored 25 seconds later
- Benner scored off a Knutson assist at the 7:25 mark to push the lead to five
- Garvin's goal off another Knutson assist put the 'Dogs on top 6-0
- Seton Hill scored the final two of the frame, making it 6-2 on a Sydney Marusko goal

SECOND QUARTER

- A Mya Hibsman goal pulled the Griffins within three in the opening two minutes
- Glover answered with back-to-back goals in a 33-second span to make it 8-3
- A Buckmaster goal, followed by a Solero goal off a Diedrich assist made it 10-4 at the 4:49 mark
- Seton Hill scored the final two goals of the half, cutting the lead to four on a Marusko goal

THIRD QUARTER

- Marusko's goal in the opening minute of the second half made it 10-7
- The Bulldogs had the emphatic responses, scoring the last seven goals of the frame
- Solero started the flurry with a goal at the 13:42 mark
- Knutson assisted on goals from Jones and Weber to make it 13-7
- Madison Slayton's goal off a Jones assist midway through the frame pushed the lead to seven
- Glover, Slayton and Buckmaster added goals in the final six minutes to give WU a 17-7 lead

FOURTH QUARTER

- Marusko cut the lead to nine in the opening minute of the fourth
- Fuchs answered with a goal two minutes later to make it 18-8
- Benner scored off a Weber assist with seven minutes left
- A Knutson goal off an assist from Brooks put the 'Dogs on top 20-8 with 4:38 to go

UP NEXT

- Wingate is back in action Saturday, traveling to Tusculum for a 3 p.m. start