Wingate, N.C.----The Wingate University NCAA Division II baseball game versus St. Andrews Presbyterian College scheduled for Wednesday has changed venues, Bulldog head baseball coach Allen Osborne announces this afternoon. The Bulldogs and Knights will play at Ron Christopher Stadium and Plyler Athletic Field on the Wingate campus Wednesday. First pitch is slated for 3 p.m.
In addition, Osborne has a new date for Wingate’s road contest at Lander University in Greenwood, S.C. The Bulldogs and the Bearcats will play Wednesday, March 17 at 7 p.m. Wingate was originally scheduled to visit Lander Tuesday, Feb. 2.
The Wingate Sports Network will provide a live pay-per-view video broadcast of the contest. Live stats will also be available. Links are listed below.
Live video:
http://www.wingatebulldogs.com/showcase/#liveevents
Live stats:
http://www.sidearmstats.com/wingate/baseball/
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, world travel, career discovery and community service.
Wingate offers more than 40 undergraduate majors in arts and sciences, business, communication, education, fine arts, music and sport sciences. It also offers graduate degrees in business, education, physician assistant studies and sport administration. In addition, the school awards the doctor of pharmacy and the doctor of education degrees.
Bulldog student-athletes compete in 19 NCAA Division II sports. Wingate University has won the South Atlantic Conference Echols Athletic Excellence Award for the past three years.
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.