ROCK HILL, SC— Winthrop softball will host its final home games of the season when it welcomes Gardner-Webb to Terry Field for a three-game Big South series.  
WHERE: Rock Hill, SC (Terry Field)
WHEN: Friday, Apr. 13, 2 p.m. (doubleheader) | Saturday, Apr. 14, 11:30 a.m. 
RECORDS: Winthrop (15-21, 5-7 Big South) | Gardner-Webb (17-9, 6-6 Big South)
LIVE STATS: Game 1 / Game 2 / Game 3
LIVE VIDEO: Game 1 / Game 2 / Game 3
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SERIES HISTORY VERSUS GARDNER-WEBB

• Winthrop and Gardner-Webb have met 41 times with the Eagles leading the series 27-14
• The Runnin' Bulldogs have lost six of the last seven meetings with the lone win coming in the 2016 Big South Tournament

 
GLANCE AT THE EAGLES

• Eagles are coming off a midweek loss to #11 South Carolina, 7-0
• Winthrop won its last league series, 2-1 at Presbyterian College last weekend
• Ashley Westbrooks leads the team with a .333 average to go along with 21 runs and 19 RBI
• Kiley Majette leads the pitching staff as she's 9-10 with an ERA of 2.94 and 95 strikeouts to 22 walks

HEAD COACH MARK COOKE

• Head coach Mark Cooke is in his 34^th season overall and 29^th year at Winthrop
• Cooke announced this will be his final season coaching as he enters the year with a record of 765-809-3 at Winthrop and 849-858-3 in his career
• He is the Big South Conference's all-time leader in victories (765), conference wins (216), and conference tournament victories (53)
• During his tenure the Eagles have won four Big South Tournament titles and four Big South regular season championships
• Cooke has led his team to 11 Big South Conference Tournament Title games (tied with Coastal Carolina's Jess Dannelly for the most by any coach in league history)
• Voted Big South Coach of the Year in 2005, 2007 and 2008
• He guided the 2007 squad to a program record 50 wins and is one of only two teams in the history of the Big South to win 50 games in a single-season

2018 PLAYER HONORS/MILESTONES

• Kiley Majette was named the Big South Pitcher of the Week after the opening weekend for the Eagles and this past week for a second time this season
• Majette tossed her second no-hitter of the season and didn't allow a run in 16 innings pitched during the Winthrop/adidas Tournament
• For her first weekly honor she was 2-0 in three appearances that included a no-hitter against Samford
• It was the first no-hitter in the program since Kelli Johnson had one on Apr. 21, 2005 against Furman
• Majette reached 300 strikeouts in her career and now has 337, which ranks 7^th on the all-time list
• In the first game against Coastal Carolina, Blake Wallert played in her 100^th game and in that game hit a walk-off grand slam to run-rule Coastal in an 11-3 win
• Majette moved into 10^th all-time at Winthrop with 39 career complete games and is three wins away from the Top 10

2018 SCHEDULE

• Eagles have 18 contests scheduled against teams that finished in the Top 125 of RPI in 2017, 12 in the Top 100, 11 in the Top 75, eight in the Top 50 and four in the Top 25
• Seven opponents on the slate this year competed in an NCAA Regional in 2017
• There are 26 different opponents on the schedule and 14 of them had a winning record in 2017 (15 were .500 or better)
• Seven of the opponents finished with 30 or more wins and four had 40 or more wins
• As of Apr. 10 Winthrop had two of its 2018 opponents in the Top 10 of RPI, seven in the Top 65, and 11 in the Top 100  

 
BIG SOUTH PRESEASON POLL
Winthrop was picked to finish sixth in the annual preseason poll, despite returning eight starters and all four pitchers from the 2017 team that finished 5^th in the league. Longwood was voted to win the league, receiving 5-of-8 first place votes, followed by Liberty, Campbell, Charleston Southern, Radford, Winthrop, Presbyterian College and Gardner-Webb.
 
ON DECK
Winthrop will head to Cullowhee, NC for a doubleheader at Western Carolina on Tuesday, April 16 beginning at 4 p.m. the games were originally scheduled on Wednesday, Mar. 21 but moved due to the threat of winter weather.
 
27^th EAGLE CLUB SCHOLARSHIP AUCTION (APR. 14)
The 27^th Eagle Club Scholarship Auction is right around the corner and there is still time to get your tickets for this great event. The event will take place on Apr. 14 at 6 p.m. inside the Winthrop Coliseum. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. with the silent auction beginning at 6 p.m. followed by dinner and the live auction starting at approximately 8 p.m. There is also Live Bidding, which began on Monday, Apr. 2. For more information contact Taryn Moreno, coordinator for the Eagle Club (803-323-2129, ext. 3067 or morenot@winthrop.edu) or visit www.winthropeagles.com/auction.