Rock Hill, S.C.— For the first time in nearly a month the Winthrop softball returns home when it hosts Gardner-Webb for a midweek Big South Conference doubleheader Tuesday evening.
WHERE: Rock Hill, S.C. |
Terry Field
WHEN: Tuesday, Mar. 23, 2021 | 4 p.m. (doubleheader)
RECORDS: Winthrop (13-13, 1-2 Big South) / Gardner-Webb (1-13, 0-3 Big South)
LIVE STATS: Game 1 / Game 2
LIVE VIDEO: ESPN+ (
Game 1 /
Game 2)
FOLLOW: @Winthropsoftbal
SERIES HISTORY WITH GARDNER-WEBB
- Winthrop and Gardner-Webb have met 47 times
- Eagles lead the all-time series 30-17
- Over the last five games the Eagles have won three meetings and the Runnin' Bulldogs have won six of the last 10 meetings
- The last time these teams met was 2019 in Rock Hill as the Eagles dropped the first game 2-1 before winning the next two which clinched the series
- In the last nine losses to the Runnin' Bulldogs, six of them have been by one run and eight have been by two or fewer runs
GLANCE AT THE EAGLES
- Eagles dropped their league-opening series at Campbell with a 4-3 loss in the final game on Saturday
- Winthrop has the second best scoring offense in the league at 4.4 runs per game and the third best team batting average (.258)
- Lead the Big South in homeruns (29), walks (82) and batters struck out (177)
- Ansley Gilreath (.432) and Macy McCall (.419) are first and second in the Big South for batting average
- Gilreath and McCall are the only hitters in the league batting .400 or better
- Gilreath leads the conference in hits, homeruns, RBI, total bases, and slugging percentage
- McCall leads the conference in runs scored, on-base percentage and stolen bases
- Madyson Watson is third in the league in total wins (6) and leads the league in strikeouts (112) and strikeouts per game (9.52)
- Watson has thrown eight complete games in nine starts on the year and has 18 appearances overall
- As a team the Eagles are batting .187 in the last five games
- Taylor Charlton has been hot at the plate in the last five with a .364 average, two runs, two homeruns and five RBI
- McCall has four runs, two homeruns, six RBI and four stolen bases in the last five games
- Over the last 10 games McCall is batting .379 with 11 runs, two homeruns, 10 RBI and 11 stolen bases
- Watson at the plate in the last 10 games is batting .310 with five runs, two homeruns, eight RBI and has been hit by a pitch five times (.429 on-base percentage in that span)
- Eagles are 5-2 at home this season and averaging 5.4 runs per game
- In the seven home games the Eagles have outscored their opponents 38-12
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 459-386 and a record of 296-294 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 122 career RBI, which is 6th on the all-time list and four back from 5th place
- She needs 23 to become the all-time leader in RBI at Winthrop
- Gilreath moved into 2nd on the all-time homerun list with 32 while Westbrooks is tied for 5th all-time with 23 homeruns
- With 65 career walks, Gilreath ranks 6th all-time
- Westbrooks has 58 career walks and is now tied for 10th all-time
- Westbrooks is 13th on the all-time hit list with 185 and 11 hits away from cracking the Top 10
- Westbrooks is also moving up the ranks in doubles with 37 in her career, which is 8th
- Watson broke into the program's Top 10 for career wins 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 373 career strikeouts put her 7th all-time (40 away from 6th)
UP NEXT
Eagles remain at home for a weekend series with Longwood beginning with a doubleheader on Saturday, Mar. 27 at 1 p.m. The final game of the series will be Sunday, Mar. 28 at 1 p.m.
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