>Site: 
Indian Trail, N.C. 

>Scores: 
Wingate 5, Salem 0
Lynchburg 4, Salem 1

>Records: 
Salem (2-3) | Wingate (6-13) | Lynchburg (5-4)

>Next Match:
Salem vs. Liberty (Club) | March 22 | Wingate, N.C. | 1 p.m.

BOXSCORE | Salem-Wingate 
BOXSCORE | Salem-Lynchburg

INDIAN TRAIL, N.C. — The Salem beach volleyball program suffered a pair of setbacks to Wingate (5-0) and Lynchburg (4-1) in Indian Trail, N.C., in matches hosted by Wingate on Friday. The lone point for the Spirits came from the fourth-seeded pair of Jolina Bun and Olivia Torres, which came in the clash with Lynchburg. 

Wingate 5, Salem 0
For just the second time this season and the first time in a clash in a non-exhibition match, the Spirits suffered a 5-0 setback. 

The loss came to Wingate in the first-ever meeting between the two programs. 

Amelia Talbott and Lilou Thieme claimed one of the five wins for the Bulldogs in No. 1 action as they took down Ellie Scherer and McKenzie Tullock by scores of 21-15, 21-7. 

Salem's No. 2 tandem of Leah Rymer and Anna Rymer stretched Ella Harm and Naomi Hilliard to three sets, before succumbing by scores of 21-15, 21-23, 15-13. The Spirits' tandem of Aspen Bradley and Ella Brameus also fought hard in their battle with London Moultrie and Lilly DeLamielleure before falling 21-19, 21-16 in the No. 3 clash. 

Jolina Bun suffered her first setback of the season alongside Olivia Torres after falling 21-11, 21-19 to Wingate's fourth-seeded tandem of Alyssa Maragelis and Michaela Benfield. The Bulldogs completed their sweep of Salem with a 21-14, 21-7 victory from Emma Brugh and Zelasia Edwards in a fifth-seeded clash with Grace Royer and Molly Enos. 

1. Amelia Talbott/Lilou Thieme (WU) def. Ellie Scherer/McKenzie Tullock (SALEM) 21-15, 21-7
2. Ella Harm/Naomi Hilliard (WU) def. Leah Rymer/Anna Rymer (SALEM) 21-15, 21-23, 15-13
3. London Moultrie/Lilly DeLamielleure (WU) def. Ella Brameus/Aspen Bradley (SALEM) 21-19, 21-16
4. Alyssa Maragelis/Michaela Benfield (WU) def. Olivia Torres/Jolina Bun (SALEM) 21-11, 21-19
5. Emma Brugh/Zelasia Edwards (WU) def. Grace Royer/Molly Enos (SALEM) 21-14, 21-7

Lynchburg 4, Salem 1
The Spirits claimed their only point of the afternoon in a fourth-seeded triumph (21-19, 21-13) by Olivia Torres and Jolina Bun over Lydia Nelson and Parker Lynch. 

Lynchburg claimed one of its four wins when the No. 1 pair of SJ Yanz and Amanda Trapp, who defeated Ellie Scherer and McKenzie Tullock by scores of 21-19, 21-6. Meanwhile, Sydney Phillips and Jordan Palmer faced off against Salem's Leah Rymer and Anna Rymer in No. 2 action, downing the Salem pair by scores of 21-16, 21-16. 

Kailey Keough and Mady Shirey earned a win in No. 3 action by virtue of a 21-12, 21-8 victory against Ella Brameus and Aspen Bradley. Virginia Zalinski and Jamie Smith also came away with a win in fifth-seeded play against Salem's Grace Royer and Molly Enos by margins of 21-7 and 21-17. 

1. SJ Yanz/Amanda Trapp (LYN) def. Ellie Scherer/McKenzie Tullock (SALEM) 21-19, 21-6
2. Jordan Palmer/Sydney Phillips (LYN) def. Leah Rymer/Anna Rymer (SALEM) 21-16, 21-16
3. Kailey Keough/Mady Shirey (LYN) def. Ella Brameus/Aspen Bradley (SALEM) 21-12, 21-8
4. Olivia Torres/Jolina Bun (SALEM) def. Lydia Nelson/Parker Lynch (LYN) 21-19, 21-13
5. Virginia Zalinski/Jamie Smith (LYN) def. Grace Royer/Molly Enos (SALEM) 21-7, 21-17