ROCK HILL, S.C. – Winthrop volleyball is set to travel to Charleston Southern on Friday, Nov, 5 and Presbyterian on Saturday, Nov. 6 as they continue conference play.
| Game Information - |
| Opponent/Date/Time/Location |
Charleston Southern | Friday, Nov. 5 | 6 p.m. | Charleston, S.C. (Buc Dome)
Presbyterian | Saturday, Nov. 6 | 2 p.m. | Clinton, S.C. (P.E. Center) |
| Live Stats |
Charleston Southern | Presbyterian |
| Live Stream |
Charleston Southern | Presbyterian |
| Series History |
Winthrop leads 75-19
Winthrop leads 29-9 |
| Last Meeting |
Oct. 2, 2021 vs. Charleston Southern (W, 3-0)
Oct. 1, 2021 vs. Presbyterian (W, 3-2) |
| Social Media |
Twitter - @WinthropVolley / @WUEagles | Instagram - winthropvolleyball | #ROCKtheHILL | #EverStand |
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SERIES HISTORY VERSUS CHARLESTON SOUTHERN
Winthrop and Charleston Southern meet for the 95
th time as the Eagles hold a 75-19 lead in the all-time series, with Winthrop having a 36-6 record since 2002. These two programs last met Oct. 2, 2021 with the Eagles taking a 3-0 sweep inside the Winthrop Coliseum.
SERIES HISTORY VERSUS PRESBYTERIAN
This marks the 39
th meeting all-time between Winthrop and Presbyterian. Winthrop leads the all-time series 29-9, including a 22-9 mark since 2002. The last meeting came Oct. 1, 2021 inside the Winthrop Coliseum with the Eagles winning 3-0. Winthrop has been victorious in eight of the last ten matches against the Blue Hose.
A GLANCE AT WINTHROP
Have won their past two matches and are 8-4 in league play after sweeps of UNC Asheville and USC Upstate.
In the Big South, the Eagles are second in kills per set and assists per set while ranking third in hitting percentage and fourth in opponent hitting percentage. Winthrop leads the conference with 18.78 digs per set (+2.73 more than any other league school).
Morgan Bossler is third in the league in hitting percentage (.348) and ranks sixth in the league kills per set while
Nikkia Benitez ranks ninth in kills per set.
Jana Owens leads the Big South with 10.08 assists per set.
Madison Gorniak and
Leah Metzger rank sixth and tenth, respectively, 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 60-33. 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 1,744
th and 1,745
th matches all-time as they hold a program record of 1,039-704.
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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