Rock Hill, S.C.— Winthrop softball has won three straight as it looks to extend its win streak in Macon, Ga. this weekend at the Mercer Bears Classic Mar. 12-14.
MERCER BEARS CLASSIC
Macon, Ga. | Mar. 12-14, 2021
Tournament Central
Friday, Mar. 12
vs. North Dakota, 1:30 p.m. |
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at Mercer, 3:45 p.m. |
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Saturday, Mar. 13
vs. Southern Mississippi, 9 a.m. |
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at Mercer, 1:30 p.m. |
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Sunday, Mar. 14
vs. Western Carolina, 1:30 p.m. |
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GLANCE AT THE EAGLES
- Eagles enter the tournament having won three straight, outscoring opponents 30-5
- The team is batting .303 during with 12-of-34 hits for extra bases over the last five games
- Ansley Gilreath is on a tear, batting .647 with five runs, two doubles, four homeruns and 15 RBI in the last five
- Gilreath was named the Big South Player of the Week on Mar. 8
- Macy McCall is batting .500 with 10 runs, a double, an RBI and eight steals in that span
- Madyson Watson is hitting .429 in the last five games with three runs and five RBI
- Watson is also 1-1 with a shutout and 14 strikeouts to six walks in 8.1 innings during that stretch
- Gilreath is second in the league in batting at .528 and leads the league in RBI (28) and homeruns (11)
- Watson is second in the league with four homeruns and tied for second in RBI with 12
- In the circle, Watson leads the Big South with 80 strikeouts and tied for second with four wins
- Aisha Weixlmann leads the conference with five wins and is 5th in strikeouts
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 456-381 and a record of 293-289 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 now has 114 career RBI and 7th all-time (one behind 6th place and nine behind 5th)
- She needs 28 to become the all-time leader in RBI at Winthrop
- Gilreath moved into a tie for 2nd on the all-time homerun list with 30 while Westbrooks is tied for 6th all-time with 22 homeruns
- With 62 career walks, Gilreath ranks 8th all-time
- Westbrooks has 56 career walks and is now tied for 10th all-time
- Westbrooks is 14th on the all-time hit list with 180 and 16 hits away from cracking the Top 10
- Westbrooks is also moving up the ranks in doubles with 36 in her career, which is 8th
- Watson is one win away from the program's Top 10 and reached 300 career strikeouts in the win over Furman
- Watson is now 8th all-time in strikeouts and became the 10th player in program history to record 300 strikeouts in a career
- Her 341 career strikeouts put her 7th all-time (72 away from 6th)
UP NEXT
Eagles will hit the road to open up Big South Conference action, traveling to Buies Creek, N.C. Mar. 19-20. The Eagles will play a doubleheader on Mar. 19 starting at 5 p.m. and then wrap-up the series on Saturday at 1 p.m.
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