Rock Hill, S.C. — After dropping the first game of the doubleheader 6-4, Winthrop bounced back to take the nightcap 5-2 and clinch the series over USC Upstate, Saturday afternoon on Terry Field.

GAME INFORMATION
RECORDS: Winthrop (22-22, 9-8 Big South) | USC Upstate (20-12, 9-3 Big South)
WINTHROP LEADERS: Ansley Gilreath (3-for-5, R, 2B, RBI, BB) | Bailey Warren (2-for-8, 3RBI) | Taylor Charlton (2-for-6, 2R, 2B, HR, 2RBI) | Madyson Watson (Win, CG, 6H, 2R, 3K)

WHAT HAPPENED
Game 1

• Winthrop grabbed the early lead as Ashley Westbrooks singled up the middle with two outs and Taylor Charlton followed with a homerun to left for a 2-0 lead
• In the third inning, Reema Patel led off with a walk and then stole second
• Bailey Warren followed with a single to left center and Patel came around to score for a 3-0 lead
• The Spartans got two runners aboard in each of the first four innings and finally broke through in the fifth
• After back-to-back singles, Savannah Grigsby hit a three-run homerun to right field to tie the game at 3-3
• After Celeste Delorenzo reached on an error, Peyton Darnell stepped up and hit a two-run homer to right center for a 5-3 advantage
• Trailing 6-3 in the bottom of the sixth, Westbrooks led off the inning with a laser over the fence in center to make it a two-run game but that was as close as the Eagles would get

 
WHAT HAPPENED
Game 2

• Winthrop grabbed an early lead again as Charlton and Ansley Gilreath led off the inning with back-to-back doubles for a 1-0 lead
• After Madyson Watson singled to center to put runners at the corners, Kaitlyn Tucker laid down a perfect bunt single to load the bases
• Lauren King came through with a single to right, scoring Gilreath for a 2-0 lead
• Vianna Rodriguez lined out to the pitcher followed by a strikeout from Macy McCall
• Bailey Warren hit a grounder to short as Tucker avoided getting hit but was called for interference to end the threat and the inning
• Upstate got two runs back in the top of the fifth inning as Bella Bertot hit a solo homerun to lead off the inning and Sarah Price drove in a run on a sacrifice fly
• That was all Watson would allow as she finished the game with a 1-2-3 seventh to toss another complete game allowing just two runs on six hits with no walks and three strikeouts

 
EXTRA BASES

• Gilreath finished the weekend series going 5-for-10 at the plate against Upstate
• Warren finished the weekend series with a team-high four RBI, which included the walk-off RBI single in the opening game
• Gilreath moved into 18^th on Winthrop's all-time hit list on Saturday with 161 and moved up to 17^th on the doubles list with 25
• Westbrooks moved into a tie for 4^th all-time in career RBI with 130 (now 15 back of the career leader)
• Westbrooks now has 198 career hits, which ranks 8^th all-time and is looking to become the 8^th player in program history with 200 career hits
• With her homerun in the first game of the doubleheader, Charlton tied Jenny Scrymgeour for the most homeruns by a true catcher in program history with 14 in a career
• Watson moved into a tie for 7^th all-time in career wins with 43        

 
ON DECK
Winthrop will be back in action on Tuesday, Apr. 20 at 4 p.m. when it hosts Gardner-Webb in a single-game.