Salisbury, N.C.----The Wingate University Sports Network will provide a free audio broadcast for Tuesday night's volleyball match played at Catawba. The match is available through Stretch Internet. Wingate University Director of Broadcasting Ryan Brown (class of 2006) will provide the play-by-play for the broadcast.
The Bulldogs are 8-0 on the season and have won 30 consecutive SAC matches. Wingate has won 33 straight regular season matches dating back to August 2008. After Tuesday's match at Catawba, the Bulldogs travel to Savannah, Ga. for the AASU/Chatham Orthopedics Volleyball Classic. The tournament will be hosted by 2008 Southeast Region champion Armstrong Atlantic State and will include several of the region's top teams. Click here for more information on the AASU tournament.
WINGATE UNIVERSITY
Founded in 1896, Wingate University is a private four-year co-educational institution of 2,159 students, offering active learning opportunities through personalized instruction, international study, faith development, career discovery and community service.
Wingate offers 40 undergraduate majors in arts and sciences, business, education, fine arts, music and sport sciences. It also offers graduate degrees in business, education, physical education, physician assistant studies, sport administration. In addition, the school awards the doctor of pharmacy and the doctor of education degrees.
Bulldog student-athletes compete in 17 NCAA Division II sports. Wingate University has won the South Atlantic Conference Echols Athletic Excellence Award for the past three years.
Wingate University is ranked number three among NCAA Division II Academic All-America® producing schools in the 2000’s with 34 honorees during this millennium. Only Pittsburg State (Kan.) University and Truman State (Mo.) University have produced more Academic All-America® honorees during this time period. Wingate’s 43 Academic All-America® honorees (lifetime) is tops among all SAC schools.