ROCK HILL, S.C. – Winthrop volleyball is set to visit Gardner-Webb on Friday, Sept. 24 and then will come home to face Radford on Saturday, Sept. 25 to open conference play.
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| Opponent/Date/Time/Location |
@ Gardner-Webb | Friday, Sept. 24 | 6 p.m. | Boiling Springs, N.C. (Paul Porter Arena)
vs. Radford | Saturday, Sept. 25 | 2 p.m. | Rock Hill, S.C. (Winthrop Coliseum) |
| Live Stats |
Gardner-Webb | Radford |
| Live Stream |
ESPN+ - Gardner-Webb |
| Series History |
Winthrop leads 32-4
Radford leads 38-33 |
| Last Meeting |
Mar. 5, 2021 vs. Gardner-Webb (W, 3-0)
Mar. 19, 2021 @ Radford (W, 3-0) |
| Social Media |
Twitter - @WinthropVolley / @WUEagles | Instagram - winthropvolleyball | #ROCKtheHILL | #EverStand |
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SERIES HISTORY VERSUS GARDNER-WEBB
This marks the 37
th meeting all-time between Winthrop and Gardner-Webb. Winthrop leads the all-time series 32-4, including a 30-4 mark since 2002. The last meeting came Mar. 5, 2021 in Rock Hill with the Eagles winning 3-0. Winthrop has been victorious in nine straight matches against the Bulldogs.
SERIES HISTORY VERSUS RADFORD
Winthrop and Radford meet for the 72
nd time as the Highlanders hold a 38-33 lead in the all-time series, with Winthrop having a 27-12 record since 2002, including a 23-9 mark in league play and a 15-5 home record. These two programs last met Mar. 19, 2021 with Winthrop claiming a 3-0 win on the road.
A GLANCE AT WINTHROP
Have won five of the last seven matches and are coming off a split with South Carolina and Charlotte at home last weekend. The Eagles are looking to begin conference play with a strong showing against two opponents that they defeated a combined four times during the unique 2021 spring season.
In the Big South, the Eagles lead in kills per set and assists per set while ranking third in hitting percentage and fifth in opponent hitting percentage. Winthrop leads the conference with 19.03 digs per set (+3.36 more than any other league school).
Morgan Bossler leads the league in hitting percentage (.383) and ranks sixth in the league kills per set. Bossler's hitting percentage ranks top-60 nationally (thru Sept. 20).
Jana Owens leads the Big South with 11.19 assists per set, which ranks top-20 nationally.
Leah Metzger and
Madison Gorniak are both top-five in the Big South in digs per set.
Chuck Rey is in his fourth season at the helm of the Winthrop program and has a career record of 53-30. Rey, a former assistant coach with Winthrop, returned in 2018 to lead the program. Rey has been voted the Big South Conference Coach of the Year in 2018 and 2019. Rey guided the Eagles to a conference championship and NCAA Tournament in 2019.
This will be the Eagles 1,732
nd and 1,733
rd matches all-time as they hold a program record of 1,031-700.
BIG SOUTH PRESEASON POLL
Winthrop was voted to finish third in the Big South Conference preseason poll. High Point is the preseason favorite with 119 points (10 first-place votes) while Campbell was second with 105 points (11 first-place votes). The Eagles had 94 points and were followed by Charleston Southern (91), UNC Asheville (64), North Carolina A&T (63), USC Upstate (59), Presbyterian College (43), Radford (39), Gardner-Webb (25), and Hampton (24).
The Panthers are the defending Big South Champions after a 17-1 mark in the spring and are led by the Preseason Player of the Year Madison Smith (Jr., OH).
BOSSLER REACHES MILESTONE
Morgan Bossler surpassed 500 kills in her Winthrop career and did so in 53 matches. The fifth-year senior also surpassed 1,000 career kills while competing in the Virginia Tournament. Bossler came to the Eagles from Iowa Western Community College where she 540 kills and 259 blocks in 81 matches. Bossler arrived at Winthrop in 2019 and had 290 kills in 29 matches as she helped the Eagles to a Big South Conference Championship. She had 138 kills in 16 matches in the spring-shortened season and so far this season has 102 kills in ten matches.
PRESEASON HONORS FOR BOSSLER
Morgan Bossler was voted to the Big South Preseason All-Conference Team. Bossler has earned all-conference in each of her two seasons with Winthrop as she was named to the second team as a junior and first team this past spring. In the spring she led the team with 135 kills (2.6 per set) and blocks (1.02 per set).
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