Wise, Va.----The 12th-ranked Wingate University Bulldogs stayed perfect in league play Saturday afternoon, prevailing 12-3 at UVA Wise in South Atlantic Conference women's lacrosse action. The Bulldogs improve to 11-3 overall and 7-0 in the SAC, while the Cavaliers fall to 12-3 overall and 6-2 in league play.

KEY STATS

- Wingate out-shot UVA Wise 36-19
- The Bulldogs held a 26-11 edge in shots on goal
- The 'Dogs won 13 of the 17 draw controls
- Wingate held a 28-16 edge in ground balls
- The Cavaliers had 27 turnovers; the Bulldogs turned it over 23 times
- The 'Dogs were 17-for-24 on clears; the Cavs went 15-for-24

KEY BULLDOGS

- Lauryn Knutson had a goal and four assists, adding two caused turnovers
- Deirdre Jones added four goals
- Julia Garvin had three goals, an assist, a CT and three ground balls
- Livy Rondeau scored a pair of goals
- Amelia Benner contributed a goal and an assist
- Bree Solero collected a goal, a CT and four ground balls
- Madison Slayton added an assist, a draw control, three CTs and five ground balls
- Sophie Pavlick piled up eight draw controls
- Kathryn McCabe had four draw controls, a CT and two ground balls
- Krysta Churns, Ema Ulinder and Ashlyn Goforth added two CTs apiece
- Saskia Aunger registered eight saves

FIRST QUARTER

- Garvin scored off Benner's assist two minutes in
- A Jones goal at the 7:55 mark made it 2-0
- Caitlyn Schultz got the Cavs on the board with five minutes left
- Benner answered with a goal 35 seconds later off a Knutson assist

SECOND QUARTER

- Garvin scored three minutes into the second to put the 'Dogs on top 4-1
- Knutson scored off a Garvin assist at the 8:21 mark
- Solero's goal with four minutes left off Knutson's assist gave Wingate a four-goal lead
- Jones scored with 3:10 remaining
- Garvin scored 57 seconds later off Knutson's assist to stretch the lead to seven
- Schultz scored eight seconds before halftime to make it 8-2

THIRD QUARTER

- Jones started the second-half scoring six minutes into the third frame
- She scored again at the 5:17 mark to make it 10-2

FOURTH QUARTER

- Noley Hiller's goal at the 11:22 mark cut the lead to seven
- Rondeau pushed the lead back to eight with 6:52 to go
- Rondeau scored the final goal of the day with 3:52 remaining off a Slayton assist

UP NEXT

- Wingate is back in action Wednesday, traveling to Coker for a 4 p.m. start