Rock Hill, S.C.— Winthrop softball is set to host the Garnet-Gold Classic Feb. 26-28 with a total of seven teams competing. Games will begin Friday morning as the teams will compete on two fields throughout the weekend.
Game Info: Winthrop Garnet-Gold Classic | Rock Hill, S.C. | Feb. 26-28, 2021
Stats: Winthrop |
Syracuse |
St. Francis |
Mount St. Mary's |
UIC |
Albany |
College of Charleston
Social: @Winthropsoftbal | #ROCKtheHILL | #EverStand
WEEKEND SCHEDULE
Friday, Feb. 26
Terry Field
Winthrop vs. UIC, 10 a.m. |
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Winthrop vs. Syracuse, 12:30 p.m. |
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Eagle Field (Field C)
St. Francis vs. Syracuse, 10 a.m. |
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St. Francis vs. UIC, 12:30 p.m. |
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Saturday, Feb. 27
Terry Field
Tennessee Tech vs. St. Francis, 10 a.m. |
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Tennessee Tech vs. Mount St. Mary's, 12:30 p.m. |
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Winthrop vs. St. Francis, 3 p.m. |
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Winthrop vs. Mount St. Mary's, 5:30 p.m. |
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Eagle Field (Field C)
Syracuse vs. College of Charleston, 10 a.m. |
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Syracuse vs. UIC, 12:30 p.m. |
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College of Charleston vs. UIC, 3 p.m. |
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Sunday, Feb. 28
Terry Field
Mount St. Mary's vs. Albany, 9:30 a.m.
Mount St. Mary's vs. College of Charleston, 12 p.m. |
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Eagle Field (Field C)
St. Francis vs. College of Charleston, 9:30 a.m. |
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UIC vs. Albany, 12 p.m. |
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WINTHROP
EAGLES
Record: 5-4
Coach: Windy Thees
Career Record/Years: 451-377/16th season |
ALBANY
GREAT DANES
Record: 6-5
Coach: Chris Cannata
Career Record/Years: 764-406-1/27th season
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COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON COUGARS
Record: 0-4
Coach: Linda Kalafatis
Career Record/Years: 1,007-637/32nd season
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UIC
FLAMES
Record: 0-0
Coach: Lynn Curylo
Career Record/Years: 407-457/17th season
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MOUNT ST. MARY'S MOUNTAINEERS
Record: 1-3
Coach: Anna Nagro
Career Record/Years: 200-354-2/14th season
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ST. FRANCIS
RED FLASH
Record: 3-1
Coach: Jessica O'Donnell
Career Record/Years: 37-51/3rd season
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SYRACUSE
ORANGE
Record: 2-2
Coach: Shannon Doepking
Career Record/Years: 118-123-1/7th season
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GLANCE AT THE EAGLES
- Eagles have won three of their last four games
- In the last two games they posted 19 runs, when posting just 18 over the first seven games of the season
- Madyson Watson was named the Big South Conference Player of the Week on Feb. 22
- Last week Watson batted .364 with a double, two homeruns, and five RBI
- In the circle she was 1-1 and had 23 strikeouts to four walks in 15.2 innings
- Watson leads the Big South in strikeouts with 39 in 32.2 innings
- Watson's career-high 14 strikeouts against Bowling Green are tied with USC Upstate's Savannah Brown for the most in a single-game this season by a Big South pitcher
- Ansley Gilreath was named the Big South Conference Player of the Week on Feb. 15
- As of Feb. 21, Gilreath was second in the league with a .538 average and she leads the Big South in hits, RBI, homeruns and total bases
- Macy McCall leads the Big South with seven runs and Lauren King is second with six as of Feb. 21
- McCall also leads the team and Big South with seven stolen bases
- Eagles are averaging 4.1 runs per game and allowing 3.2 runs per game
HEAD COACH WINDY THEES
- Head coach Windy Thees is in her third season at Winthrop and in her 17th 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 17 seasons she's compiled an overall record of 451-377 and a record of 288-285 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
RECORD BOOK WATCH
- Westbrooks enters the season with 112 career RBI and 7th all-time
- She needs 34 to become the all-time leader in RBI at Winthrop
- Gilreath jumped to a tie for 3rd on the all-time homerun list with 25 while Westbrooks is tied for 7th all-time with 20 homeruns
- With 60 career walks, Gilreath is tied for 8th all-time
- Westbrooks is 14th on the all-time hit list with 173 and 17 hits away from cracking the Top 10
- Westbrooks is also moving up the ranks in doubles with 35 in her career, which is tied for 8th (three away from 7th place)
- Watson is three wins away from the program's Top 10 and reached 300 career strikeouts in the win over Furman
- Watson is now 10th all-time in strikeouts and becomes the 10th player in program history to record 300 strikeouts in a career
UP NEXT
Eagles will be in action on Wednesday, Mar. 3 when they head down I-77 to Columbia, S.C. to take on nationally-ranked South Carolina in a single-game at 6 p.m.
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