Mount Olive, N.C.----The 18th-ranked Wingate University Bulldogs went 2-0 Saturday afternoon on day two of the Pickle Invitational hosted by Mount Olive. The 'Dogs started the day by taking down Mount Olive 3-1 (25-19, 25-21, 19-25, 25-17), then swept past Shaw (25-12, 25-22, 25-22) to improve to 4-1 on the season.
MATCH ONE | WINGATE 3 MOUNT OLIVE 1
KEY STATS
- Wingate had 56 kills and 17 errors in 168 attacks, hitting .232
- Mount Olive had 36 kills and 18 errors in 138 swings to hit .130
- The Bulldogs had 12 of the 17 aces
- Each team had five blocks
- UMO held a 76-71 edge in digs
- WU piled up 17 kills and hit .326 in set two
- Mount Olive had under 10 kills in three of the four frames
KEY BULLDOGS
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Grace Woodring hit .333 with 12 kills, two blocks and two digs
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Rylee Tanner added 12 kills, 10 digs and an ace
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Lillian Edwards contributed 10 kills, four digs and three blocks
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Abby Mas had nine kills to go along with six digs
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Carson Reeves hit .556 with five kills and two blocks
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Reece Bellush had 36 assists, nine digs, three kills, two aces and a block
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Jordan Griffin piled up 17 digs and six aces, adding a pair of kills
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Hailey Green added 13 digs and four assists;
Anya Pershin had eight digs and an ace
SET ONE
- Two Griffin aces and a Tanner kill gave Wingate an early 4-0 lead
- Kills from Griffin, Woodring and
Vittoria Leggiero made it 9-3
- Kills from Tanner and Woodring put the 'Dogs on top 15-7
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Ximena Padilla ace made it 18-10
- Kaitlyn Landis capped a 4-0 UMO run to cut the lead to four
- Back-to-back Bellush aces gave WU a 21-14 advantage
- Woodring's kill made it 24-16; another Woodring kill ended the frame
SET TWO
- An Olivia Melvin kill gave the Trojans a 9-4 lead
- Kills from Leggiero and Edwards cut the lead to two
- Tanner's kill pulled WU within one, but a Kaitlyn Koel kill gave UMO a 13-10 advantage
- Kills from Mas, Woodring and Edwards sparked a 4-1 run to make it 15-14
- Woodring's kill tied it at 16
- Kills from Edwards, Mas and Leggiero put the 'Dogs on top 19-17
- A Landis kill tied it at 20
- Kills from Bellush and Tanner led a 3-0 run that gave Wingate a 23-20 cushion
- Woodring's kill made it 24-21; Griffin's ace ended the set
SET THREE
- A Danielle Parker kill gave Mount Olive a 10-8 advantage
- A Mas kill capped a 3-0 run to give the Bulldogs an 11-10 lead
- UMO scored the next five, taking a 15-11 lead on a Bayli Bryan block
- A Reeves kill and Pershin ace trimmed the deficit to one
- A kill and an ace from Tanner tied it at 18
- The Trojans scored the next four, taking a 22-18 advantage on a Koel block
- Koel's kill made it 24-19; Melvin ended the frame with a kill
SET FOUR
- A Landis kill gave the Trojans an 8-6 lead in the fourth frame
- A block and two kills from Reeves put the 'Dogs on top 9-8
- Danielle Parker's kill gave Mount Olive a 13-11 advantage
- WU scored the next six, getting three Griffin aces and two Woodring kills to go on top 17-13
- Koel's kill capped a 3-0 UMO run to pull the Trojans back within one
- Woodring's kill made it 19-16, but a Melvin kill cut the lead back to two
- Wingate scored the next four, getting a Bellush kill and three UMO errors to take a 23-17 lead
- An Edwards kill made it 24-17; Reeves ended the match with a kill
MATCH TWO | WINGATE 3 SHAW 0
KEY STATS
- Wingate had 34 kills and 19 errors in 104 attacks, hitting .144
- Shaw had 25 kills and 17 errors in 97 swings to hit .082
- The Bulldogs had 11 of the 14 aces
- Wingate held a 40-35 advantage in digs
- Shaw had a 5-4 edge in blocks
- The 'Dogs hit .364 with 17 kills in set one
KEY BULLDOGS
- Griffin had seven kills, nine digs, four aces and two blocks
- Woodring hit .545 with six kills in two sets of action
- Edwards hit .462 with six kills in two sets
- Reeves and Mas added five kills apiece
- Tanner had four kills, five digs and two aces
- Bellush handed out 26 assists, adding three digs, a kill and an ace
- Green and Pershin picked up seven digs apiece
SET ONE
- Two Edwards kill and a Reeves kill gave Wingate an early 5-0 lead
- Three straight Woodring kills, along with a Tanner kill and Griffin ace made it 14-5
- A Reeves kill and Bellush ace put the 'Dogs on top 21-9
- Kills from Mas and Reeves made it 24-11; a Mas kill ended the frame
SET TWO
- Griffin's kill gave the Bulldogs a 9-7 lead in the second set
- A Layla Wood kill capped a 3-0 run that gave Shaw a 15-13 advantage
- A Mary Barnes ace capped a 4-0 run that made it 19-14
- A kill and two aces from Griffin cut the lead to one at 20-19
- A Sydni Hunter kill gave the Bears a 22-19 lead
- Kills from Edwards and Mas, along with a Woodring block tied it at 22
- Back-to-back Pershin aces made it 24-22; Woodring's kill ended the set
SET THREE
- A Taelin Connolley ace gave the Bears an 11-7 lead
- Griffin's kill cut the lead to three, but a Jasmine Roberson ace made it 15-10
- Griffin's ace highlighted a 4-1 run that pulled WU within two at 16-14
- A Justus Alexander kill pushed the Shaw advantage back to four
- Wingate scored the next six, getting three aces and two kills from Tanner to take a 20-18 lead
- Back-to-back Wingate errors tied it at 21
- A Griffin block and Shaw error gave the 'Dogs a 24-21 cushion; Griffin's kill ended the match
UP NEXT
- Wingate is back in action Tuesday, hosting Newberry at 6 p.m.
