Rock Hill, S.C.— Winthrop softball heads to Charlotte, N.C. for the Green & White Classic this weekend to take on Charlotte and Delaware State.
 
Game Info: Winthrop at Green & White Classic | Charlotte, N.C. | Feb. 21-23, 2020 | Sue M. Daughtridge Stadium (map)
Stats: Winthrop | Charlotte | Delaware State
Social: @Winthropsoftbal | #ROCKtheHILL | #EverStand

WEEKEND SCHEDULE
Friday, Feb. 21
Winthrop vs. Delaware State, 2 p.m. | Live Stats 
Saturday, Feb. 22
Winthrop vs. Delaware State, 10 a.m. | Live Stats
Winthrop at Charlotte, 3 p.m. | Live Stats
Sunday, Feb. 23
Winthrop at Charlotte, 2 p.m. | Live Stats

WINTHROP EAGLES
Record: 6-5
Coach: Windy Thees
Career Record/Years: 440-367/16 seasons
 
CHARLOTTE 49ERS
Record: 6-6
Coach: Ashley Chastain
Career Record/Years: 21-41/2 seasons
Series Record: 41-36
 
DELAWARE STATE HORNETS
Record: 0-6
Coach: Jeff Franquet
Career Record/Years: n/a
Series Record: 2-0
 
GLANCE AT THE EAGLES

• Eagles are coming off an 11-5 midweek win at North Carolina A&T, which started a stretch of seven straight away from home
• Have won four of the last five games, almost averaging three more runs than opponents in that stretch (6.6 – 3.8)
• During the last five game stretch a couple of players have been hot at the plate starting with Tori Walker (.357 avg, 6 runs, 7 RBI)
• Ashley Westbrooks has batted .357 with six runs and six RBI in that stretch while Ansley Gilreath has hit .385 with three runs and three RBI
• Gilreath leads the team with a .464 average and is third with eight RBI
• Walker takes an 11-game streak of reaching base into the weekend

HEAD COACH WINDY THEES

• Head coach Windy Thees is in her second at Winthrop and in her 16^th season as head coach of a collegiate softball program
• Spent five seasons at Georgia State & College compiling a 163-92 record followed by six years at Memphis (172-151) and three seasons at Ole Miss (69-94)
• In her 16 seasons she's compiled an overall record of 440-367 and a record of 277-275 at the helm of a D1 program
• Led Ole Miss to five wins over nationally-ranked opponents that included a 2-0 victory at #1 Florida in 2014
• In 2003 she led Georgia State & College to a runner-up finish in the Division II National Championship
• Thees was a four-year starter at Florida State as both a catcher and second baseman

SCHEDULE

• Eagles have seven opponents on the schedule this season that finished in the Top 100 RPI in 2019
• There are four opponents this season that played in the NCAA Regionals last year
• Eight teams the Eagles face finished in the Top 3 of their respective leagues last year and five of them played for a conference championship
• Winthrop has 22 non-conference opponents schedule with just three matchups against teams for the first time (Clemson/Georgetown/Army)
• South Carolina, who the Eagles meet on Mar. 11, is ranked 22^nd in the USA Today/NFCA Coaches Poll and 17^th in the ESPN.com/USA Softball Poll

BIG SOUTH PRESEASON POLL
Winthrop was picked 4^th in the Big South Conference preseason poll, three votes behind Campbell in third. Longwood received eight of nine first-place votes followed by USC Upstate which received one first-place vote. Following the Eagles in the poll were Radford, Charleston Southern, Gardner-Webb, Hampton, and Presbyterian College. Winthrop finished fourth last season at 14-10 while Campbell finished a half-game ahead at 14-9.
 
UP NEXT
Following the action in Charlotte over the weekend, the Eagles will head to Cullowhee, N.C. on Tuesday, Feb. 25 for a doubleheader at Western Carolina starting at noon.

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