The Wingate University Bulldogs defeated visiting Newberry College 16-7 Saturday afternoon in South Atlantic Conference men's lacrosse action at Graham Gill Field. KEY STATS - Wingate out-shot Newberry 48-26 - The 'Dogs won 18 of the 25 face-offs - The Wolves committed 21 of the 39 turnovers - The Bulldogs caused 13 turnovers on the afternoon - Wingate collected 44 of the 78 ground balls - Newberry had 10 saves; Wingate had seven KEY BULLDOGS - Adam Vodovnik scored four goals, setting the Wingate single-season record for goals - Willie Grieco had three goals and five assists, setting the MLAX single-season assist record -* Dominic Piazza added three goals on four shots - Bobby Padden contributed two goals, three assists and five ground balls - Noah Ehinger, Marc Cottage and Reese Orman had a goal each - Ronan Stenstrom registered a goal and two assists - Ehinger also won 18-of-25 face offs and piled up 10 ground balls - Orman added three caused turnovers and seven ground balls - Mark Taccard also had three caused turnovers; Nick Guarino contributed two CTs FIRST PERIOD - The contest went scoreless for the first 11 minutes - Wingate's first goal of the game came with 3:57 left in the first period from Piazza - The next goal came when Vodovnik scored a man-up opportunity, making it 2-0 with one minute remaining in the period SECOND PERIOD - Piazza scored Wingate's third goal of the game with 9:43 remaining in the second period - A Cottage goal extended the lead to 4-0 - Brock Strong got Newberry on the board with 7:58 remaining in the period - Two additional goals from Vodovnik came within 10 seconds of each other - Kyle Dunklee scored off a Sunderland assist to pull Newberry within four with 4:23 remaining *- Wingate got goals from Padden and Grieco in the final four minutes to make it 8-2 at halftime THIRD PERIOD - Newberry scored the first two goals of the second half to cut the lead to four - Orman answered with a goal to make it 9-4 - Grieco scored twice in less than a minute to make it 11-4 with 6:39 remaining - A Newberry man-up goal from Bukta and Ryan to make it 11-6 - Stenstrom capped the scoring in the frame to give the 'Dogs a six-goal lead heading to the fourth FOURTH PERIOD - Wingate scored the first three goals of the final frame - Ehinger scored off the opening face-off eight seconds in to make it 13-6 - Goals from Piazza and Vodovnik pushed the lead to nine with 10 minutes left - Padden's goal from Liam Johnson capped the scoring, making the final margin 16-7 UP NEXT - Wingate is back in action Wednesday, traveling to Lenoir-Rhyne at 7 p.m.