ROCK HILL, SC—The 23
rd-ranked Winthrop men's soccer team puts its five-game winning streak on the line Friday evening at 6 p.m. when it travels to Clinton, SC to take on Presbyterian College.
The Eagles are 8-2 on the year after five straight wins and have opened up league play at 2-0 for the first time since 2008. The Eagles cracked the Top 25 in the TopDrawerSoccer.com poll and moved up to 36
th in the College Soccer News Top 30.
Offense has played a huge role in the success of the Eagles this year as they currently rank 6
th nationally in scoring at 2.50 goals per game. During the winning streak, the team has averaged 3.8 goals per game as junior
Magnus Thorsson and sophomore
Max Hasenstab each have four goals during that stretch.
Thorsson leads the team overall with five goals as and is tied for second in the league in scoring at 1.10 points per game. He is joined in second by teammate
Pol Sole, a senior midfielder that has recorded at least one point in four straight games. He scored the game-winning goal against Longwood and set up the game-winner against Liberty.
The Eagles have been getting offensive production from several players as junior center back
Jordi Lluch leads the team with four assists while senior
Cody Winter and junior
Patrick Barnes have three each. Lluch is tied for the most assists in the Big South.
Senior
Guilherme Avelar, who has battled injuries this season, has been in goal for the Eagles two conference victories. He is 3-1 on the year and recorded his first shutout of the season in the win over Liberty.
Presbyterian College enters the game with a 1-8 record and coming off a 2-0 road loss at Coastal Carolina and has lost seven straight since its win over Wofford College.
The Blue Hose are led by Matthew McManis, who leads the team with two goals while Josh Carter has one.
Johnny Archer has been in goal for all nine games and has a team-high 681 minutes while Connor Behrend has seen some time in goal with 128 minutes.
Winthrop leads the all-time series 15-0 and is 6-0 since the Blue Hose joined the Big South.
