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Winner Wingate Win 24-1,15-0 SAC
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Lenoir-Rhyne LRU 14-8,10-5 SAC
Winner
Wingate Win
24-1,15-0 SAC
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Lenoir-Rhyne LRU
14-8,10-5 SAC
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Wingate Win 25 23 34 25 (3)
Lenoir-Rhyne LRU 20 25 32 9 (1)

Game Recap: Volleyball |

Volleyball Battles Wingate but Falls Short

HICKORY, N.C. -- A marathon third-set victory swung the momentum in Wingate's favor as the visitor ran their winning streak to 22 in a row with a 3-1 victory over Lenoir-Rhyne in front of a spirited LR crowd. The win keeps the Bulldogs undefeated in conference play. 

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:

Final: Wingate 3, Lenoir-Rhyne 1
Records: Lenoir-Rhyne (14-8, 10-5 SAC), Wingate (24-1, 15-0 SAC) 
Location: Shuford Arena

STATS OF THE MATCH:

  • Wingate overcame an early LR onslaught to take the first set 25-20. The Bears fed off the home crowd and scored 10 of the first 12 points in the frame but the Bulldogs came all the way back and took the set. 
  • Undeterred, LR came back in set number two and again ran out to a big lead. Up 15-7, the Bears had to witness another comeback attempt from WU. The Bulldogs scored seven unanswered to make it 15-14 and then used a 4-0 run down 24-19 to stave off set point. Ashley Hawkins would end the run with a kill to knot the match at one.
  • The third set was a marathon that saw 38 total kills, 66 points and eight set points for the Bears but it was Wingate who walked away with the dramatic 34-32 win. 
  • The Bears simply ran out of gas after the third set heartbreaker and Wingate hit .452 to take the final frame 25-9. 
  • Hawkins had 12 kills and 13 digs for the Bears and Colette Romp had 11 kills. 
  • Emmaleigh Allen had 11 digs and Mackenzie Hulsey finished with 36 assists and 16 digs. Bailey Carpenter added 18 digs. 
  • Molly Lambillotte had 16 kills and Shannon Kasprak had 52 assists and 24 digs for Wingate.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:

  • The 64 points scored in the third set is the most since the Bears and Newberry combined for a 32-30 set score a season ago. 
  • Hawkins added three more aces after breaking the single-game record with nine against Coker on Wednesday.
  • Braelyn Faust's eight blocks are tied for the fourth-most in the past five years. 
  • The 177 attempts for LR are the seventh-most in the past five years in a four-set contest.

UP NEXT: LR will return home to host UNC Pembroke on Tuesday at 6 p.m.

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