Wingate, N.C.----The fourth-ranked Wingate University Bulldogs clinched the outright regular season conference title Saturday afternoon, rolling to a 21-6 victory over Lincoln Memorial University in South Atlantic Conference men's lacrosse action at Irwin Belk Stadium and Founders Field. The Bulldogs improve to 11-2 overall and 8-0 in the SAC, while the Railsplitters fall to 7-7 overall and 2-6 in league play.

KEY STATS

- Wingate out-shot LMU 51-38
- The 'Dogs held a 35-19 edge in shots on goal
- The Bulldogs won 20 of the 29 face-offs, holding a 48-33 advantage in ground balls
- Wingate was 26-for-29 on clears; LMU went 23-for-28
- The Railsplitters turned it over 21 times; the 'Dogs had 13 turnovers

KEY BULLDOGS

- Vinny Butrico piled up five goals and three assists
- Kyle Spence added two goals, six assists, a caused turnover and two ground balls
- Sean Clark contributed three goals, an assist and a CT
- Sam Goss scored four goals
- Jaxon Grant added two goals, a CT and a ground ball
- Dean Cox, Jarret Bitzer, Matt Benzing, Braden Nerone and Andrew Dromsky each scored a goal
- Jack Murray, Joey Moran and Brayden Cifreo handed out an assist apiece
- Dylan Rupprecht won eight-of-12 face-offs, picking up three ground balls
- Logan Spaeth won six-of-eight face-offs with two ground balls
- Necco Cottage was five-for-seven on face-offs, collecting four ground balls
- Reno Vorderlandwehr had two CTs and four ground balls
- Sam Deardorff, Trey O'Callaghan, and Max Mitcho added two CTs apiece
- Quad Williams piled up 12 saves on the day

FIRST PERIOD

- Goss started the scoring 28 seconds in off a Butrico assist
- Grant scored a minute later
- Butrico scored off Moran's assist at the 10:29 mark
- Butrico's goal at the buzzer off a Spence assist put the 'Dogs on top 4-1

SECOND PERIOD

- Spence scored 37 seconds into the second period
- Benzing's goal off a Butrico assist with five minutes left made it 6-1
- Grant scored with 2:15 to go, giving the Bulldogs a 7-2 halftime advantage

THIRD PERIOD

- Gavin Reid's goal 93 seconds into the second half cut the lead to four
- Butrico answered with a goal with 12 minutes left
- Goss scored off Butrico's assist two minutes later to push the lead to six
- Clark scored off a Spence assist at the 8:54 mark to make it 10-3
- Reid scored back-to-back goals to cut the lead back to five
- Butrico answered with a goal a minute later
- Goss scored off Clark's assist with seven seconds left to put the Dogs on top 12-5

FOURTH PERIOD

- Wingate outscored LMU 9-1 in the final frame
- Butrico scored off Spence's assist 33 seconds in
- Spence set up Clark's goal 32 seconds later
- Spence's goal at the 11:30 mark made it 15-5
- Spence assisted on goals from Goss and Clark to stretch the lead to 12
- Nerone scored with 6:33 to go, making it 18-5
- Cox scored off Murray's assist with just under five minutes left
- Bitzer scored 25 seconds later to give Wingate its 20th goal
- Dromsky scored the final goal off the day off Cifreo's assist with three seconds left

UP NEXT

- Wingate wraps up the regular season Wednesday night, hosting Catawba at 7 p.m.