PREVIEW: Women's Volleyball battles 'Dogs in Tuesday evening affair

SALISBURY, N.C. – The Catawba College women's volleyball team plays host to Wingate in a South Atlantic Conference rematch on Tuesday night at 7 p.m.

Saturday Sweep

- Catawba made a statement on Saturday afternoon, dishing out a 3-0 blanking to the University of Charleston for the program's first-ever win over the Golden Eagles

- The Catawba Indians notched their second-best hitting percentage of the year at .194

- Lillie Kate Rogers had team-high marks of 11 kills and nine digs to prove that her breakout performance at Coker was no fluke

- Haley Moffett led the setting with 15 assists while Sydney McCutcheon chalked up her 10th straight game in double figures at 10 helpers

- Sydney Wattles finished off the weekend with a four-block affair, totaling seven in the two-match slate

Fresh-Faced Contributors

- Rogers is posting 3.36 kills per set in three matches, leading the blue and white's hitters with a .211 hitting clip and slotting third in digs per set (2.45)

- McCutcheon ranks seventh among SAC setters at 5.60 assists per stanza and maintains a .291 hitting percentage, the team's highest

- Logging four straight matches with 10 or more assists, Moffett has raised her per-set value to 3.13 to follow right behind McCutcheon

- Wattles' seven-block weekend lifted the first-year Catawba Indian to the team lead in blocks per set, averaging 0.73 stops per frame

All-Time Series

- Wingate holds a 63-39 advantage over the Catawba Indians all-time

- The teams' matchup earlier this season was a 3-0 Bulldog victory in Catawba's SAC opener on Sep. 17

- The series dates back to 1971 as Tuesday's match will be the 103rd meeting, making Wingate the blue and white's most common opponent in program history

- Catawba seeks its first win over the Bulldogs since Nov. 22, 2008, conceding the last 34 contests

- Wingate has swept the Catawba Indians eight times in the last 10 meetings, surrendering just two sets in that span

Scouting the Bulldogs

- Wingate holds a 14-2 overall record and a 6-1 conference ledger

- After sweeping Catawba, the 'Dogs fell at Lincoln Memorial in a tight 3-2 contest; since that loss, Wingate has rattled off six wins – five in league play

- Maddie Hoffman was named the SAC Defensive Player of the Week Monday, her second award this season, as the Fenton, Mo. native averaged 6.50 digs per set last week

- Hoffman leads the conference and ranks 43rd nationally with 303 total digs

- Sydney Morland (.415) and Emily Johnson (.388) are the SAC's leaders in hitting percentage and have top-20 nationwide marks

- In the service aces category, Maya Van Heyst is the conference's most prolific with 30, averaging half an ace per set

- As a team, Wingate is hitting .274 to pace the league and place 11th in Division II

Follow Along

All South Atlantic Conference matches are broadcast on FloSports ($) as live stats will be available on CatawbaAthletics.com.