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Lenoir City, Tenn.----The Wingate University men's golf team concludes its 2023-24 regular season in the Tennessee River Rumble Monday and Tuesday. Hosted by South Atlantic Conference foe Lincoln Memorial University, the 54-hole event will take place at the WindRiver Golf Club.
 
Bulldogs will see one of the strongest fields in D2 golf
 
The Tennessee River Rumble features one of the strongest fields in NCAA Division II golf with the top four teams in the Bushnell/Golfweek NCAA Division II Coaches' Poll competing. No. 1 North Georgia, No. 2 Lincoln Memorial, No. 3 Georgia Southwestern and No. 4 Grand Valley State will be present, along with No. 7 USC Aiken and No. 10 Lander.
 
Five of the six teams listed above compete in Wingate's region, along with No. 16 Barton and No. 23 Coker. The South Atlantic Conference will have nine of its 13 teams in the field. SAC schools Lenoir-Rhyne, Carson-Newman, Tusculum and Wingate are receiving votes in this week's D2 coaches' poll, along with the aforementioned LMU Railsplitters and Coker Cobras.
 
Momentum is crucial for Wingate
 
The 'Dogs have momentum on their side with back-to-back top five team finishes, including a third-place showing in their home tournament last week. The placement in the Ralph Hargett Memorial Intercollegiate gave the Navy Blue and Vegas Gold-clad linksters a boost in the regional rankings, as the Bulldogs moved from No. 11 to number nine.
 
Graduate student Jordan Hyland tied for fifth place in the Hargett Memorial at Rolling Hills Country Club, thanks to his one-under-par 215. The Davis & Elkins transfer has had a strong start to his first Wingate spring season with four consecutive top-20 finishes. Hyland hopes to continue his streak this week in Tennessee.
 
Wingate Line-up
 
The team that'll tee it up at WindRiver Golf Club is:
 
Jordan Hyland, graduate student
Colin Dutton, junior
Lewis Beeden, sophomore
Sean Addie, graduate student
Jake Smith, junior
 
To follow the Bulldogs in Tennessee, go to Instagram @wingategolf or on the live scoring link at BirdieFire.
 
Wingate University
 
Wingate University is a lab of difference-making that serves more than 3,400 students in North Carolina and offers 60 degree pathways, including 37 undergraduate majors, 10 pre-professional tracks and five dual-degree programs. Graduate students choose from seven master's and five doctoral programs. The University is home to the Cannon College of Arts and Sciences, the Levine College of Health Sciences, the Byrum School of Business, the Thayer School of Education and the School of Sport Sciences.
 
Founded in 1896, Wingate University is a leader in healthcare education where nearly one in five undergraduate students is preparing to be a pharmacist, physician assistant, physical therapist, occupational therapist or nurse. Student-athletes on Wingate's 26 teams compete in NCAA Division II and have brought home the SAC Echols Athletic Excellence Award the past 15 times it has been awarded. The University's motto is "Faith, Knowledge, Service." View current news and videos at www.wingate.edu.
 
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(Editor's note: Wingate University graduate student Sean Addie contributed this article. The '23 Davis & Elkins graduate is a first-year MBA student at Wingate.)