Men's Tennis | 3/30/2016 9:51:00 AM

Skillman, N.J.----The Wingate University men's tennis team remains ranked number 48 in the  latest release of the Oracle/Intercollegiate Tennis Association NCAA Division II top 50 poll. The Bulldog men have moved up two spots in the Southeast Region rankings. They are now sitting in eighth place in the latest regional poll.
 
Wingate is 12-4 overall and 6-1 in the SAC entering today's home league match versus Anderson (2 p.m. first serve). The Bulldogs are 5-0 overall at the Wingate University Tennis Facility this season. Wingate's final five matches are home contests (Anderson, Queens, Coker, Newberry and Limestone).
 
Wingate has won back-to-back SAC regular season and tournament titles (2015, 2014). The Bulldogs were 15-6 overall and 10-1 in the SAC last year, winning their fifth regular season conference title in seven years. Wingate went on to win the SAC Tournament championship, giving the 'Dogs two straight tournament titles and three in four years. Wingate's 2015 NCAA appearance was the sixth in program history.
 
WINGATE UNIVERSITY
 
Wingate University, consistently ranked as a top 10 "best value" in the South by U.S. News & World Report, serves more than 3,100 students on three campuses in Wingate, Charlotte and Hendersonville, N.C. Founded in 1896, the University offers 35 undergraduate majors, 37 minors and career concentrations, numerous pre-professional programs, master's degrees in business, accounting, education, physician assistant studies and sport management and doctorates in pharmacy, physical therapy and education.
 
With a 15 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. To view current news, video and story ideas, visit www.youtube.com/wingateuniversity. 
 
In addition to a robust intramural athletics program, Wingate student athletes compete in 22 NCAA Division II sports. The University has won the South Atlantic Conference Echols Athletic Excellence Award for the past nine years. For more information, go to www.wingate.edu.
 
Wingate is first among NCAA Division II Academic All-America®-producing colleges in the 2000's with 82 selections. Among North Carolina's colleges and universities, Wingate's 82 Academic All-America® honorees are number one during this millennium. Wingate's 91 lifetime Academic All-America® picks are tops among all SAC schools. For more information on WU athletics, go to www.wingatebulldogs.com.
 
(Wingate University athletics intern Phillip Pruett, Jr. contributed this article. Pruett is senior at Temple University, majoring in Sport and Recreation Management.)