This Week in Wingate University Athletics



Monday, September 21, 2009

Men’s and Women’s Tennis at ITA Regionals (all day)



Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Women’s Soccer HOSTS UNC Pembroke (7 p.m.) (Video & Audio)



Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Volleyball HOSTS Brevard (7 p.m.) (Video & Audio)

Men’s Soccer at Lander (7 p.m.)



Thursday, September 24, 2009

Football at Tusculum (8:05 p.m.) (CBS College Sports & FSN South)



Saturday, September 26, 2009

Women’s Soccer HOSTS Newberry (4 p.m.)

Volleyball HOSTS Lenoir-Rhyne (5 p.m.) (Video & Audio)

Men’s Soccer HOSTS Tusculum (7 p.m.)



Monday, September 28, 2009

Men’s Golf at Tusculum Fall Classic in Greeneville, Tenn. (all day)

Women’s Golf at Tusculum Fall Classic in Greeneville, Tenn. (all day)



WINGATE AT TUSCULUM WILL BE SHOWN

ON NATIONAL TELEVISION, THANKS TO CBS



Greeneville, Tenn.----The Wingate University football team begins South Atlantic Conference play Thursday, Sept. 24 at Tusculum College. The WU-TC game is one of four Division II games to be shown on CBS College Sports this year. Kickoff is slated for 8:05 p.m.



The Wingate-Tusculum contest will also be carried on FSN South. For Bulldog fans who do have access to CBS College Sports or FSN South, the NCAA will host a webcast of the Division II Game of the Week between the Bulldogs and the Pioneers. For more information, visit the Wingate athletic web site at www.wingatebulldogs.com.



The Wingate University Student Affairs office is sponsoring a student bus for the Tusculum game. Tickets are free and there is no charge to ride the bus. Interested Wingate University students can sign up for the trip with Assistant Director of Campus Life for Activities Sarah Smith.



BULLDOG FANS CAN WATCH WINGATE-TUSCULUM

GAME AT SPIRO’S HILLTOP BISTRO THURSDAY NIGHT



Monroe, N.C.----Spiro’s Hilltop Bistro and the Wingate University Bulldog Club are inviting students, faculty and staff to watch the Bulldog football team take on Tusculum College on FSN South at 8 p.m. Thursday.



Thanks to a special arrangement between Spiro’s Hilltop Bistro and the Bulldog Club, Wingate fans can watch the game in the Down Under Sports Pub. Food and drink specials (with Wingate ID) will begin at 6:30 p.m. and will continue until closing. Pup Club members can eat free from the children’s menu Thursday.



This is a great opportunity to show support for the football team and the athletics program as a whole. The Bulldog Club would like to thank Spiro Kaltsounis and his staff for their support of Wingate University athletics. For more information, contact Garret Kloots at gdkloots@wingate.edu.



DID YOU KNOW?



Wingate, N.C.----Wingate University is number three among NCAA Division II schools producing ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® winners during this millennium…



Wingate University is ranked number three among NCAA Division II Academic All-America® producing schools in the 2000’s with 34 honorees during this millennium. Only Pittsburg State (Kan.) University and Truman State (Mo.) University have produced more Academic All-America® honorees during this time period. Wingate’s 43 Academic All-America® honorees (lifetime) is tops among all SAC schools.



WINGATE UNIVERSITY



Founded in 1896, Wingate University is a private four-year co-educational institution of 2,159 students, offering active learning opportunities through personalized instruction, international study, faith development, career discovery and community service.



Wingate offers 40 undergraduate majors in arts and sciences, business, education, fine arts, music and sport sciences. It also offers graduate degrees in business, education, physical education, physician assistant studies, sport administration. In addition, the school awards the doctor of pharmacy and the doctor of education degrees.



Bulldog student-athletes compete in 17 NCAA Division II sports. Wingate University has won the South Atlantic Conference Echols Athletic Excellence Award for the past three years.



David Sherwood (‘85)

Wingate University

Assistant AD for sports information and game operations

704-233-8186 (Phone)

704-219-1457(Mobile)

704-233-8169 (Fax)

dsherwod@wingate.edu

www.wingatebulldogs.com