Rock Hill, S.C.— Winthrop softball opens Big South Conference action Mar. 19-20 with a three-game series at Campbell.
WHERE: Buies Creek, N.C. |
Amanda Littlejohn Stadium
WHEN: Friday, Mar. 19 4/6 p.m. (DH) | Saturday, Mar. 20, 1 p.m.
RECORDS: Winthrop (12-11, 0-0 Big South / Campbell (7-9, 0-0 Big South)
LIVE STATS: Game 1-2-3
LIVE VIDEO: None
LIVE AUDIO: Game 1/2
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SERIES HISTORY WITH CAMPBELL
- Winthrop and Campbell have met 60 times as the Eagles led the all-time series 37-23
- Winthrop and Campbell last met in early March of 2019 as the Camels took the series 2-1 with two 1-run victories
- In the last 10 meetings the Eagles are 3-7 against the Camels
GLANCE AT THE EAGLES
- Eagles are coming off a 2-3 mark at the Mercer Bears Classic
- Winthrop has won five of its last eight games
- The last time the Eagles were in Buies Creek, N.C. they made a run to the Big South Conference title game in 2019
- As a team the Eagles led the Big South in homeruns (26) and walks (73)
- Ansley Gilreath leads the conference in batting average (.449) while Macy McCall is second at .415
- Gilreath also leads the league in hits, RBI, homeruns, total bases, and slugging percentage
- McCall leads the league in runs and stolen bases
- Madyson Watson's 94 strikeouts leads the Big South as she's 5-5 with a 3.36 ERA and just 23 walks in 68.2 innings
- Watson has also been effective at the plate with a .349 average, 12 runs, six homeruns and 15 RBI
- Taylor Charlton is batting .400 with five runs, four homeruns and eight RBI in her last five games
- McCall has reached base in all 23 games this season as her streak ranks as the fourth best in a single-season by an Eagle
- McCall has 22 steals on the year, which ranks 9th all-time at Winthrop for a single-season and will more than likely threaten the record of 33 set by Susan Funderburk in 1995
- Gilreath's 11 homeruns are tied for the second most in a single-season by a Winthrop player and six behind the record of 17
- Winthrop has 26 homeruns in 23 games and the 26 rank 11th all-time for a single-season (one behind cracking the Top 10)
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 458-384 and a record of 295-292 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 119 career RBI, which is 6th on the all-time list
- She needs 26 to become the all-time leader in RBI at Winthrop
- Gilreath moved into 2nd on the all-time homerun list with 31 while Westbrooks is tied for 6th all-time with 22 homeruns
- With 65 career walks, Gilreath ranks 6th all-time
- Westbrooks has 57 career walks and is now tied for 11th all-time
- Westbrooks is 13th on the all-time hit list with 183 and 13 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 broke into the program's Top 10 for career wins with 35 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 355 career strikeouts put her 7th all-time (58 away from 6th)
UP NEXT
Following their league opening series at Campbell, Winthrop will return home to host Gardner-Webb in a doubleheader on Tuesday, Mar. 23 beginning at 4 p.m.
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