Women's Tennis | 3/30/2016 10:01:00 AM

Skillman, N.J.---- The Wingate University women's tennis team continues their season ranked in the top 50 of the latest Oracle/Intercollegiate Tennis Association NCAA Division II top 50 poll. The Bulldog women are currently ranked number 39 nationally. They sit in sixth place on the Southeast Region list.

Wingate is 10-5 overall and 7-0 in the South Atlantic Conference entering today's home league match versus Anderson (2 p.m. first serve). The Bulldogs are 3-1 overall at the Wingate University Tennis Facility this season. Four of Wingate's final five regular season matches are home contests (Anderson, Queens, Coker and Newberry). The Bulldogs visit Limestone April 18 to conclude the regular season.

Wingate was 16-5 overall last season with a 16-2 record against NCAA Division II opposition. The Bulldogs went 11-0 in the SAC, capturing the SAC regular season and tournament titles. Wingate has won four of the last five SAC tournament championships. The 'Dogs have also won five consecutive regular season titles, giving Wingate nine SAC championships in the last five seasons. The Bulldogs have made a SAC-best 13 NCAA tournament appearances as well.
 
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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.)