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No. 3 Wingate Men’s Lacrosse Defeats Emory & Henry, 22-3, Saturday In SAC Play

No. 3 Wingate Men’s Lacrosse Defeats Emory & Henry, 22-3, Saturday In SAC Play

Game Leaders

No. 3 Wingate
G: 4 Players (#2, #4, #23, #28) - 2
A: 3 Players (#20, #28, #42) - 2
Sv: Jack Altman - 7
GB: Mason Tolar - 7
Emory & Henry
G: 3 Players (#0, #17, #51) - 1
A: Gavin Starling - 1
Sv: AJ Cakir - 7
GB: Ty Holt - 5

Team Stats

Emory & Henry
No. 3 Wingate

Shots

17
51

Ground Balls

27
51

Saves

12
10

Clears

22-28
20-21

Turnovers

28
16

Face Offs Won

7
22

Man Up

0-2
1-2
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Posted: Mar 28, 2026

EMORY, Va. – The Emory & Henry University Men's Lacrosse Team (1-8, 0-4 SAC) came up on the short end of its South Atlantic Conference showdown with No. 3 nationally-ranked Wingate University (8-2, 6-0 SAC) Saturday. The Bulldogs earned the win by a 22-3 margin.

The Basics
FINAL SCORE – No. 3 Wingate 22, Emory & Henry 3
LOCATION – Emory, Virginia
VENUE – Food City Sports Complex
RECORDS – Emory & Henry (1-8, 0-4 SAC); Wingate (8-2, 6-0 SAC)

How It Happened
- The Bulldogs ran out to an early advantage, scoring 11 goals in the first and five more in the second quarter for a 16-0 halftime lead.
- The Wasps were first on the board in the second half when freshman attack Gavin Starling (McKinney, Texas) dished to sophomore midfielder Caleb Mims (Kingsport, Tenn.), who beat the Wingate goalie to make it 16-1. Wingate would put up the final three goals of the quarter for a 19-1 margin. WU put up the first two goals of the fourth, but E&H got back on the board with 6:00 on the clock. Freshman attack Dany Nguyen (Forest, Va.) tallied an unassisted score and sophomore midfielder David Mewes (Greenville, S.C.) followed suit one minute later with an unassisted tally of his own to cut the deficit to 21-3. The Bulldogs rounded out the scoring with one final goal to send the score to its final at 22-3.

Emory & Henry Individual Leaders
- Mims, Mewes and Nguyen all finished with one goal each. Sophomore defender Isaiah Ward (Petersburg, Va.) and freshman defender Brayden Hall (Salem, Va.) registered three ground balls and a caused turnover each.
- Sophomore goalie Mason Buttery (Carmel, Ind.) collected five saves while freshman goalie AJ Cakir (McKinney, Texas) had seven saves in relief.

Wingate Individual Leaders
- Wingate saw 18 different players record at least one goal.
- Quad Williams, Matt Jannotte and Jack Altman combined for 10 saves to pick up the win for the No. 3 Bulldogs.

Up Next
- Emory & Henry is back at home on Wednesday, April 1 when they host Mars Hill University. Faceoff is set for 7:00 p.m. from Emory, Virginia. 

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