ROCK HILL, S.C. – Winthrop volleyball is set to face Gardner-Webb at home on Wednesday, Nov. 10 and travel to Radford on Friday, Nov. 12 as they finish regular season conference play.
| Game Information - |
| Opponent/Date/Time/Location |
Gardner-Webb | Wednesday, Nov. 10 | 6 p.m. | Rock Hill, S.C. (Winthrop Coliseum)
Radford | Friday, Nov. 12 | 2 p.m. | Radford, Va. (Dedmon Center) |
| Live Stats |
Gardner-Webb | Radford |
| Live Stream |
Gardner-Webb | Radford |
| Series History |
Winthrop leads 33-4
Radford leads 38-34 |
| Last Meeting |
Sept. 24, 2021 @ Gardner-Webb (W, 3-0)
Sept. 25, 2021 vs. Radford (W, 3-0) |
| Social Media |
Twitter - @WinthropVolley / @WUEagles | Instagram - winthropvolleyball | #ROCKtheHILL | #EverStand |
| COVID Guidelines |
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SERIES HISTORY VERSUS GARDNER-WEBB
This marks the 38
th meeting all-time between Winthrop and Gardner-Webb. Winthrop leads the all-time series 33-4, including a 31-4 mark since 2002. The last meeting came Sept. 24, 2021 in Rock Hill with the Eagles winning 3-0. Winthrop has been victorious in ten straight matches against the Bulldogs.
SERIES HISTORY VERSUS RADFORD
Winthrop and Radford meet for the 73
rd time as the Highlanders hold a 38-34 lead in the all-time series, with Winthrop having a 28-12 record since 2002, including a 24-9 mark in league play. These two programs last met Sept. 25, 2021 with Winthrop claiming a 3-0 win inside the Winthrop Coliseum.
A GLANCE AT WINTHROP
Have won their past four matches and are 10-4 in league play after road victories over Charleston Southern and Presbyterian. The Eagles have already clinched a Big South Tournament berth.
In the Big South, the Eagles are second in kills per set and assists per set while ranking third in hitting percentage and second in opponent hitting percentage. Winthrop leads the conference with 18.57 digs per set (+2.27 more than any other league school).
Morgan Bossler is third in the league in hitting percentage (.349) and ranks sixth in the league kills per set while
Karli Shepherd and
Nikkia Benitez rank eighth and ninth, respectively, in kills per set. Bossler is also ninth in blocks per set.
Jana Owens leads the Big South with 10.05 assists per set.
Madison Gorniak and
Leah Metzger rank ninth 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 62-33. 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 1,746
th and 1,747
th matches all-time as they hold a program record of 1,041-704.
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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