ROCK HILL, S.C. – Winthrop volleyball is set to travel to High Point on Friday, October 22 as the team looks to bounce back from their tough five-set loss to North Carolina A&T Tuesday evening.
| Game Information - |
| Opponent/Date/Time/Location |
@ High Point | Friday, Oct. 22 | 7 p.m. | High Point, N.C. (Millis Center) |
| Live Stats |
High Point |
| Live Stream |
High Point |
| Series History |
Winthrop leads 40-20 |
| Last Meeting |
Mar. 12, 2021 @ High Point (L, 3-0) |
| Social Media |
Twitter - @WinthropVolley / @WUEagles | Instagram - winthropvolleyball | #ROCKtheHILL | #EverStand |
| COVID Guidelines |
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SERIES HISTORY VERSUS HIGH POINT
This marks the 61
st meeting all-time between Winthrop and High Point, with Winthrop leading the all-time series 40-20. The last meeting came Mar. 12, 2021 inside the Millis Center when the Eagles fell to the Panthers 3-0.
A GLANCE AT WINTHROP
Have lost three of the last six matches and are 6-3 in conference play after falling to North Carolina A&T in five sets.
In the Big South, the Eagles lead in kills per set and assists per set while ranking third in hitting percentage and opponent hitting percentage. Winthrop leads the conference with 18.53 digs per set (+2.88 more than any other league school).
Morgan Bossler is third in the league in hitting percentage (.343) and ranks ninth in the league kills per set.
Jana Owens leads the Big South with 9.80 assists per set, while
Madison Gorniak and
Leah Metzger rank top-10 in the Big South in digs per set.
Chuck Rey is in his fourth season at the helm of the Winthrop program and has a career record of 58-32. Rey, a former assistant coach with Winthrop, returned in 2018 to lead the program. Rey has been voted the Big South Conference Coach of the Year in 2018 and 2019. Rey guided the Eagles to a conference championship and NCAA Tournament in 2019.
This will be the Eagles 1,741
st match all-time as they hold a program record of 1,037-703.
BIG SOUTH PRESEASON POLL
Winthrop was voted to finish third in the Big South Conference preseason poll. High Point is the preseason favorite with 119 points (10 first-place votes) while Campbell was second with 105 points (11 first-place votes). The Eagles had 94 points and were followed by Charleston Southern (91), UNC Asheville (64), North Carolina A&T (63), USC Upstate (59), Presbyterian College (43), Radford (39), Gardner-Webb (25), and Hampton (24).
The Panthers are the defending Big South Champions after a 17-1 mark in the spring and are led by the Preseason Player of the Year Madison Smith (Jr., OH).
PRESEASON HONORS FOR BOSSLER
Morgan Bossler was voted to the Big South Preseason All-Conference Team.
Bossler has earned all-conference in each of her two seasons with Winthrop as she was named to the second team as a junior and first team this past spring. In the spring she led the team with 135 kills (2.6 per set) and blocks (1.02 per set).
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