Rock Hill, S.C.----Wingate University sophomore Olivia Meinecke (Bielefeld, Germany) is the South Atlantic Conference WePlayed Sports Women's Golfer of the Week for the third two weeks of the '26 NCAA championship campaign. She receives this honor for the first time in her WU career.
 
Meinecke earned her first career medalist honor, leading the No. 1 Bulldogs to the team crown in the fifth annual Jerry Surratt Memorial Intercollegiate tournament at Stonebridge Golf Club Tuesday, March 9. Meinecke shot a career-low round of five-under-par 67 Tuesday to finish 54 holes at 11-under-par 205, three shots better than her nearest competitor.
 
Wingate won its fifth Surratt Memorial in five tries, setting a new tournament scoring mark with its 10-under-par 854. The previous low score was 876 in last year's event. The Bulldogs finished 16 strokes ahead of second-place and NCAA No. 2 Dallas Baptist. The DBU Patriots completed 54 holes at six-over-par 870.
 
Next on the agenda for No. 1 Wingate women's golf
 
Wingate will compete in the Grand Harbor Classic Monday and Tuesday, March 30-31. Anderson is hosting this event at the Grand Harbor Golf & Yacht Club in Ninety-Six, South Carolina.
 
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 30 teams compete in NCAA Division II and have brought home the SAC Echols Athletic Excellence Award the past 17 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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