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Elly Hicks 09242019
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UNC Pembroke UNCP 8-8
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Winner Wingate WU 11-0
UNC Pembroke UNCP
8-8
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Final
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Wingate WU
11-0
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 F
UNC Pembroke UNCP 25 16 8 12 (1)
Wingate WU 20 25 25 25 (3)

Game Recap: Volleyball |

No. 24 Wingate Rallies Back To Best Volleyball

WINGATE – The UNC Pembroke volleyball team put 24th-ranked and undefeated Wingate on notice with an early set win, but the Bulldogs hit .311 over the course of the next three sets on the way to a 3-1 victory over the Braves on Tuesday afternoon at Cuddy Arena.
 
The opening-set victory for the Braves (8-8) marked the first time since 2007 that the Black & Gold has captured a set in the series – a run of 23-straight set losses. Wingate (11-0) stretched its series win streak out to 22 matches. 
 
MATCH SUMMARY
FINAL SCORE No. 24 Wingate 3, UNC Pembroke 1 (25-20, 16-25, 8-25, 12-25)
RECORDS UNC Pembroke (8-8); No. 24 Wingate (11-0)
ARENA Wingate, N.C. (Cuddy Arena)

MATCH REPLAY
SET 1 I 25-22 The Braves hit at a .355 rate in the opening set, and benefited from a pair of 3-0 runs to key the win. UNCP led 7-3 after a service ace from Morgan Gibbs, but Wingate stormed back and eventually pulled to within a point, 9-8, after a service error by the visitors. Three-straight points by the Black & Gold, including two via hitting errors by the Bulldogs, would pad the lead back out to four points. Wingate, again, pulled to within a point after Reese Beckley's kill made it a 17-16 affair, but the Braves answered with another 3-0 run.
SET 2 I 25-20 Wingate registered five service aces and used an 8-2 run midway through to even things back up with a 25-16 victory in set two. The Bulldogs scored five of the first six points in the set, including three via service ace, and did not look back. The hosts led by as many as a dozen points, 23-11, following a kill from Anne Abernathy.
SET 3 I 25-22 UNCP hit -.194 in the third set, and Wingate benefited from nine attack errors and a quartet of blocks on the way to a 25-8 win. The squads split the first four points of the set, but the Bulldogs used a 12-1 run after that to pull away for good. The Braves tacked up two-straight points to pull to within eight, 15-7, but the Bulldogs reeled off seven-straight points after that to pad their lead out to 22-7.
SET 3 I 12-25 The Bulldogs hit better than .300 in the fourth and final set, but it was the fast start that carried the Bulldogs to the match-clinching victory in set four. Wingate raked in seven of the set's first nine points, and forged a double-digit lead, 18-8, following a service ace. The hosts pushed their advantage out to a baker's dozen, 23-10, on an attack error from UNCP.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
KILLS Ashley Caesar (8), Raven Oates (7), Selena Biele (6)
ASSISTS Casey O'Quinn (13), Morgan Gibbs (11), Anna Heinz (7)
DIGS Anna Heinz (16), Raven Oates (11), Morgan Gibbs (8)
BLOCKS Brianna Warren (4), Selena Biele (4), Ashley Caesar (2)
SERVICE ACES Abby Farr (1), Morgan Gibbs (1)
 
UP NEXT
The Braves will remain in Cuddy Arena to finish out their part of the Wingate Tri-Match with a 4:30 p.m. matchup with Belmont Abbey (3-9). The Black & Gold will then get a 7-day respite before jumping back into action on October 1 at Coker.
 
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JOIN THE BRAVES CLUB
Fans can help support the UNC Pembroke Volleyball program by joining the Braves Club. To find out more information about the Braves Club, visit UNCPBraves.com/BravesClub or email braves.club@uncp.edu.
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