Wise, Va.----The Wingate University Bulldogs won the final two sets Friday night en route to a 3-2 victory at UVA Wise in South Atlantic Conference volleyball action. Wingate won by scores of 25-23, 21-25, 19-25, 25-11 and 15-9 to improve to 6-2 overall and 2-1 in the SAC. The Cavaliers fall to 3-4 overall and 2-2 in league play.
KEY STATS
- Wingate had 70 kills and 20 errors in 188 attacks, hitting .266
- UVA Wise had 62 kills and 21 errors in 195 swings to hit .210
- The Cavs had a 7-4 edge in aces and 8-7 advantage in blocks
- The Bulldogs had a 99-87 edge in digs
- WU hit .300 in set one, .483 in set four and .345 in the fifth
KEY BULLDOGS
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Lillian Edwards had 18 kills, 16 digs and five blocks, hitting .308
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Grace Woodring hit .448 with 15 kills and four blocks
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Jordan Griffin added 11 kills, 20 digs and a block, hitting .407
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Carson Reeves hit .353 with seven kills and three blocks
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Rylee Tanner contributed seven kills, 15 digs, a block and an ace
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Alanna Vavao added six kills;
Abby Mas had five kills
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Reece Bellush handed out 58 assists, adding eight digs and an ace
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Hailey Green had 19 digs and four assists
SET ONE
- A Serina Peterson kill gave UVA Wise a 9-7 advantage
- A Reeves kill and Woodring block tied it at nine
- UVAW scored six of the next seven, taking a 15-10 lead on a Riley Brandon kill
- The 'Dogs had the answer, scoring the next nine points to go on top 19-15
- Woodring & Edwards had two kills each in the flurry; Woodring also had two blocks
- A Mia Poag ace pulled the Cavs within two
- Two kills and a block from Edwards put the 'Dogs on top 22-17
- A Mas kill made it 24-21, but kills from Skye Williams and Brandon made it 24-23
- A Tanner kill ended the frame
SET TWO
- A Maggy Sechrist ace gave UVA Wise an 8-3 lead
- A Sechrist kill made it 15-7
- Two Woodring kills cut the lead to five
- Two Edwards kills and a Green ace pulled Wingate within three at 19-16
- A Williams kill pushed the lead back to four at 22-18
- Griffin cut the lead back to two with a kill
- Back-to-back Sechrist kills made it 24-20; a Brandon block ended the set
SET THREE
- An Abigail Curtis ace gave the Cavaliers a 13-6 lead
- Kills from Tanner and
Anya Pershin cut the lead to five at 15-10
- A Mable James kill gave UVA Wise a 20-13 cushion
- Brandon's kill made it 24-18; a Wingate error ended the set
SET FOUR
- Kills from Griffin, Reeves and Tanner, along with a Bellush ace gave Wingate a 6-0 lead
- Kills from Reeves and Griffin made it 10-1
- Kills from Woodring and Vavao put the 'Dogs on top 13-3
- Kills from Reeves and Griffin, along with a Rylee Lambert ace made it 20-9
- Back-to-back Woodring kills made it 24-11; Edwards ended the frame with a kill
SET FIVE
- Kills from Woodring and Edwards gave the Bulldogs a 7-5 advantage in the fifth set
- Williams cut it to one with a kill, but Woodring answered with a kill
- A Brandon block pulled the Cavs back within one at 8-7
- Kills from Reeves and Griffin gave Wingate a 10-7 cushion
- A Poag kill cut the lead back to two at 11-9
- A Vavao kill and UVA Wise error made it 13-9
- Another error made it 14-9; the match ended on a UVA Wise attack error
UP NEXT
- Wingate is back in action Tuesday, hosting Coker at 7 p.m.
