Wingate, N.C.----The Wingate University women’s soccer match against Queens University of Charlotte will be played at the Queens Sports Complex at Marion Diehl Park in Charlotte Wednesday, Wingate head coach Gary Curneen announces Tuesday. Kick-off is slated for 2:30 p.m. Wednesday.
 
Field conditions at the Wingate University Soccer Complex pitch made the move necessary. The defending South Atlantic Conference champion Bulldogs are 1-0 overall after a 6-1 victory over Limestone Thursday. The future SAC member Royals are 1-1 overall with a win over Carson-Newman and a loss to Clayton State.
 
WINGATE UNIVERSITY

Wingate University, ranked as the 8th “best value” in the South by U.S. News & World Report, serves more than 2,700 students on three campuses in Wingate, Matthews and Hendersonville, N.C. Founded in 1896, the University offers 34 undergraduate majors, 37 minors and career concentrations, numerous pre-professional programs, graduate degrees in business, accounting, education, physician assistant studies and sport administration, and doctorates in pharmacy and education. With a 14 to 1 student/teacher ratio, Wingate students gain the tools and support needed to excel in academics and apply that learning toward an extraordinary career and life.

In addition to a robust intramural athletics program, Wingate student athletes compete in 20 NCAA Division II sports. The University has won the South Atlantic Conference Echols Athletic Excellence Award for the past six years.

Wingate is first among NCAA Division II Academic All-America®-producing private colleges in the 2000’s with 50 selections. Among North Carolina’s colleges and universities, Wingate’s 50 Academic All-America® honorees are first during this millennium. Wingate’s 59 lifetime Academic All-America® picks are tops among all SAC schools. For more information, go to www.wingatebulldogs.com.