ROCK HILL, S.C. – Winthrop volleyball is set to host Presbyterian on Friday, October 1 and Charleston Southern on Saturday, October 2 as the team will look to continue their undefeated start in conference play.
| Game Information - |
| Opponent/Date/Time/Location |
vs. Presbyterian | Friday, Oct. 1 | 6 p.m. | Rock Hill, S.C. (Winthrop Coliseum)
vs. Charleston Southern | Saturday, Oct. 2 | 2 p.m. | Rock Hill, S.C. (Winthrop Coliseum) |
| Live Stats |
Presbyterian | Charleston Southern |
| Live Stream |
Presbyterian | Charleston Southern |
| Series History |
Winthrop leads 28-9
Winthrop leads 74-19 |
| Last Meeting |
Mar. 26, 2021 @ Presbyterian (W, 3-0)
Feb. 7, 2021 @ Charleston Southern (L, 3-1) |
| Social Media |
Twitter - @WinthropVolley / @WUEagles | Instagram - winthropvolleyball | #ROCKtheHILL | #EverStand |
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SERIES HISTORY VERSUS PRESBYTERIAN
This marks the 38
th meeting all-time between Winthrop and Presbyterian. Winthrop leads the all-time series 28-9, including a 21-9 mark since 2002. The last meeting came Mar. 26, 2021 in Clinton with the Eagles winning 3-0. Winthrop has been victorious in seven of the last ten matches against the Blue Hose.
SERIES HISTORY VERSUS CHARLESTON SOUTHERN
Winthrop and Charlotte meet for the 94
th time as the Eagles hold a 74-19 lead in the all-time series, with Winthrop having a 35-6 record since 2002, including a perfect 19-0 home record. These two programs last met Feb. 7, 2021 with the Buccaneers claiming a 3-1 win on the road.
A GLANCE AT WINTHROP
Have won seven of the last nine matches and are coming off a perfect 2-0 start to conference play last weekend. The Eagles are looking to begin conference play with a 4-0 mark for the second time in the last three seasons.
In the Big South, the Eagles lead in kills per set and assists per set while ranking third in hitting percentage and opponent hitting percentage. Winthrop leads the conference with 19.28 digs per set (+4.01 more than any other league school).
Morgan Bossler is second in the league in hitting percentage (.360) and ranks ninth in the league kills per set while
Brookelynn Thomas is second in the conference in kills per set.
Jana Owens leads the Big South with 10.94 assists per set, which ranks top-20 nationally.
Madison Gorniak,
Leah Metzger, and
Nikkia Benitez all rank top-10 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 55-30. 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 1,734
th and 1,735
th matches all-time as they hold a program record of 1,033-700.
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).
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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