WINGATE, N.C..-- For the first time this season, the Lenoir-Rhyne Volleyball Team came out on the wrong end of a South Atlantic Conference match in a 3-0 defeat at No. 22 Wingate on Tuesday evening. The match wraps up a tough stretch that saw LR play in five games in a week.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: Wingate 3, Lenoir-Rhyne 0
Records: Lenoir-Rhyne (11-5, 5-1 SAC), #22 Wingate (10-2, 5-1 SAC)
Location: Cuddy Arena
STATS OF THE MATCH:
- The first set was a battle that saw Wingate eventually come out on top 26-24. Wingate scored eight of the first 11 in the frame and led by as much as 15-6. With LR trailing 22-16, the Bears scored five straight to pull within one at 22-21 and then evened the set at 24 before Wingate scored the final two.
- From there, the Bulldogs took control with wins by counts of 25-13 and 25-14 in the final two sets.
- Kathy Peter had seven kills and Emmaleigh Allen, Sydney Karjala and Taylor Osborne all had four.
- Karjala added 17 assists and 14 digs and Lyndsie Warren added 12 digs.
- Sydney Morland led all players with 14 kills for the Bulldogs and Maggie Mullen had 20 digs.
BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:
- The Bears 16 matches played to this point of the season are the most of any SAC team.
- LMU has played 15 and three other teams have played 14. Conversely, Limestone has only played nine.
- LR, Wingate, Anderson and Tusculum all have one loss in league play.
- This was the third 3-0 loss for LR this year.
UP NEXT: LR will have a nice break before returning to action next Tuesday with a home match against Newberry in the annual Dig Pink game. First serve is set for 6 p.m.
