Harrogate, Tenn. —- The Lincoln Memorial women's volleyball team played #16 Wingate this afternoon in South Atlantic Conference action.  The Lady Railsplitters played hard but came out on the losing end, 3-1 (25-22, 17-25, 15-25, 23-25).

TEAM STATS

- Wingate had 55 kills to Lincoln Memorial's 47

- The Bulldogs hit .313 to LMU's .237

- Wingate had 48 assists to LMU's 44

- The Bulldogs had 60 digs and Lincoln Memorial 53

- WU had 12 blocks to LMU's 6 

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS FOR LMU

- Kristen Moehring had 15 kills and 12 Digs

- Sierrah Lemons hit .400 on 8 kills

- Amanda Lisi had 40 assists and 9 digs

- Olivia Snyder had 23 service receptions

THE MATCH

FIRST SET

- The teams played evenly through most of the set, as neither team gained more than a two-point advantage until the end when LMU scored four out of the last five points to get the win.

- Kristen Moehring served strong at the end of the set getting two aces before a service error.  But it was enough to push LMU for the win.

-LMU hit .379 with 13 kills.

SECOND SET

- Wingate got off to a fast, 4-0, start in the second set.  LMU came back to tie the set at 7-7, but WU answered with three points and never looked back. 

- The Bulldogs took 8 out of the next 9 points to take a 16-9 lead with a few service aces: then pushed to a 9-point lead at 21-12. 

- Wingate coasted to an 8-point win on a kill by #15, Emily Johnson.

- The Bulldogs had 13 kills to LMU's 10 and WU had 10 aces to LMU's 1.

THIRD SET

- LMU started the third set keeping close to Wingate: never getting behind by more than two until the 15-12 mark when Wingate started pulling away.

- LMU got as close as 15-20 when Wingate scored the next five point to take the win.

- Wingate hit .517 in the set with 16 kills.  The Bulldogs tallied 17 digs to LMU's 10.

FOURTH SET

- The fourth set was another close battle with neither team able to pull ahead by more than two points.

- At the 18-17 mark, Wingate made its move.  A mishandled set and a hitting error by LMU gave WU a three-point lead, 21-17.  Moehring had a kill to answer but Wingate came back trading points to edge out LMU, 25-23, to end the match.

- LMU had 14 kills compared to Wingate's 11, but had a lower hitting percentage, .276 to .171.

LOOKING AHEAD

LMU is home at Mary Mars Gymnasium on Tuesday, October 10, for a SAC match against UVA-Wise at 7pm.