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Women’s Soccer Travels To Face The Citadel On Thursday Afternoon

Eagles Hit The Road For First Time This Season

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ROCK HILL, SC – The Winthrop women's soccer team will play its first road contest of the 2011 season on Thursday afternoon against The Citadel Bulldogs at WLI Field.

The Eagles enter the non-conference matchup 1-0 on the season, while the Bulldogs are 0-1. Winthrop opened its 2011 season with a 3-1 win over the Georgia Southern Eagles in Rock Hill, and The Citadel fell 1-0 to the Clemson Tigers. The season-opening victory for the Eagles was their first since the 2008 season.

Courtney Durbin, Kelly Clark and Tori Davis all lead Winthrop with one goal each on the season, with Rachel Webster, Ariel Kunde and Ashley Herndon dishing out one assist apiece. Durbin and Krystyna Freda lead the squad with five shots.

Goalkeeper Sarah Schippers, the reigning Big South Defensive Player of the Week, grabbed four saves against GSU for a .800 save percentage to go with her 1.00 goals against average.

The Eagles are currently in their second season under head coach Spencer Smith, who holds an 8-10-2 record with the program.

The Bulldogs are coached back-to-back SoCon Coach of the Year Bob Winch. He is in his seventh season at The Citadel, and holds a 24-68-6 record with the program and 136-168-21 overall mark in 19 seasons. The Bulldogs went 12-8-1 last season and finished third in the Southern Conference at 7-4.

The Citadel is led offensively by Mariana Garcia with three shots, while goalkeeper Laura Serafino has tallied five saves this season.

The all-time series between Winthrop and the Bulldogs is tied 1-1 with the last meeting taking place during the 2004 season, a 4-2 win for Winthrop in Charleston. The Citadel won the first-ever meeting in 2003 over the Eagles 3-2.

Winthrop will continue its stretch of Southern Conference opponents to open the 2011 season on Sunday, Aug. 28 at 12 p.m. against the College of Charleston Cougars. The contest will be played at Patriots Point in Charleston.
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