ROCK HILL, SC --  The Winthrop baseball team packs up for a trip to Greensboro to take on North Carolina A&T Wednesday night at 6:00 p.m. to begin an eight-game road trip for the Eagles. 
 
The Eagles, coming off a Big South series win over Charleston Southern over the weekend, look to stay on the winning track as they hit the road for eight straight games to close out the regular season.   The Eagles won the Friday night game 8-3 and split the doubleheader on Saturday 3-6 and 3-1. It was the first Big South series win for Winthrop at home since 2011. Senior Matt Pierpont (4-4) tossed eight strong innings allowing just three runs and striking out four to collect his fourth win of the season on Friday night.  Chad Smith had a big night at the plate going 4 for 5 with two RBI's and a run scored.  After dropping game one of the twinbill on Saturday, freshman Sam Kmiec (3-5) followed with a strong start of his own in the night cap on Saturday going 7.2 innings allowing just one run on five hits and fanning eight setting the table for closer Eric Ruth who collected his eighth save of the season.
 
Winthrop, now 17-31 on the season including 5-13 in the Big South, now turns its attention to North Carolina A&T (15-34, 8-15 MEAC).  The teams will take the field for a 6:00 p.m. game on Wednesday at NC A&T's War Memorial Stadium. 
 
The Eagles are currently undefeated against the Aggies with a 9-0 record.  NC A&T is 2-11 in its last 13 games and is 9-19 in games at home this season.   The last time the programs met was in 2009 when Winthrop collected a pair of wins (10-5 and 17-7) against the Aggies in Rock Hill. 
 
North Carolina A&T is led offensively by Luke Tendler (.347 avg.), Kelvin Freeman (.339 avg.) and Cameron Jergens (.303 avg).  Freeman has a team high 37 runs scored, 13 home runs (7^th in NCAA), and 52 RBI's (17^th in NCAA).  As a team, the Aggies are hitting .257 and scoring five runs per game on the season.  The Aggies have been very active on the base paths as well with 109 stolen bases (2.2 per game) this season.  The Aggie pitching staff holds a 5.89 team ERA while allowing hitters a .305 batting average and striking out 4.88 batters per nine innings.
 
Winthrop heads into the series swinging the bat at a .241 clip as a team while scoring 3.6 runs per game.  Junior outfield Cody Dolan leads the way at the plate for the Eagles with a .310 batting average, 12 doubles, and three home runs while Clay Altman leads the team in RBI's with 20.  Over the weekend, Dolan extended his reached base streak to 12 games (two shy of his season high) and increased his hitting streak to five games.  The Eagle pitching staff maintains a 3.97 team ERA while holding teams to a .271 batting average.  Winthrop pitchers are also striking out 7.3 hitters per nine innings.
 
The weekday game with North Carolina A&T can be followed on the Winthrop Sports Network via www.winthropeagles.com.