Rock Hill, S.C. – Winthrop women's soccer hosts Charleston Southern Wednesday evening in its final game of the 2022 season.  
 

Winthrop Women's Soccer Game Information
Matchup	Charleston Southern (5-8-3, 3-3-2 Big South) at Winthrop (4-8-2, 1-6-1 Big South)
Date/Time	Saturday, Oct. 26 | 6 p.m. (EST)
Location	Rock Hill, S.C. | Eagle Field
Live Statistics	Statbroadcast
Live Stream	ESPN+
Social	Twitter - @WinthropWSoccer / @WUEagles | Instagram - WinthropWSoccer | #ROCKtheHILL | #EverStand

SERIES HISTORY VERSUS CHARLESTON SOUTHERN
This marks the 22^nd meeting all-time between the Eagles and Buccaneers. The Eagles have dropped two straight to the Buccaneers and four of the last five.
 
Charleston Southern (7-9-5)
Date                       Site            Result
10/22/03                Home        L, 2-0
10/27/04                Away         L, 3-2 (OT)
10/22/05                Home        L, 2-1
10/14/06                Away         W, 4-1
11/2/06                  Neutral      T, 0-0 (2OT)
10/3/07                  Home        W, 2-0
10/20/08                Away         T, 1-1 (2OT)
10/29/09                Away         T, 1-1 (2OT)
10/27/10                Home        W, 1-0
10/29/11                Away         W, 3-0
11/3/11                  Neutral      T, 0-0 (2OT)
9/22/12                  Home        W, 4-0
10/16/13                Away         L, 3-0
10/15/14                Home        W, 3-2
10/14/15                Away         L, 2-0
10/20/16                Home        T, 1-1
10/18/17                Away         L, 1-0
10/17/18                Home        L, 1-0
10/2/19                  Away         W, 4-1
3/10/21                  Home        L, 1-0
10/13/21                Away         L, 2-0

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FOOT NOTES

• This is the final contest of the 2022 season for the Eagles as they are unable to earn enough points to qualify for the conference championship which has been trimmed down to four teams this season
• Eagles are coming off a 1-0 road loss at USC Upstate, which currently sits 2^nd in the league standings
• Annabel Thomas scored her seventh goal of the season in the loss to Gardner-Webb and tied for 2^nd in the league in total goals
• She is the first Eagle with seven goals in a season since her older sister Allie Thomas had seven in 2017
• Thomas has a chance to become the 6^th Eagle all-time to score eight or more goals in a season if she can net one against the Buccaneers
• Thomas leads the team in scoring with 16 points, which is tied for 7^th in the Big South (2^nd in goals per game)
• She is the first Eagle with 16 or more points in a season since Krystyna Freda had 36 points in 2014
• Thomas is 3^rd in the league in scoring at 1.14 points per game
• Katy Feskorn is second on the team in scoring at 0.64 points per game (career-high nine points)
• Izzy Giarrizzi sits 4^th in the Big South in goals against average (1.23) and 2^nd in save percentage (.821)
• Giarrizzi leads the conference in saves per game at 5.57, which is 33^rd nationally
• This will be the 362^nd game in Winthrop women's soccer program history
• Spencer Smith is in his 13^th season as head coach and coached in his 200^th game for the Eagles on Sept. 25, 2021 vs. USC Upstate
• Smith is currently fifth all-time in Big South history for victories (two wins behind 4th)

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LOOKING BACK AT 2021

• Fourteen players and five starters return from the 2021 squad
• The top four scorer/s from a year ago are gone from a team that had 12 different players score at least one goal
• The Eagles were 3-2-2 in home games in 2021
• Smith is the top returning scorer (2g, 1a) as she came off the bench in all 15 games she appeared
• The five returning starters are highlighted by Giarrizzi and sophomore defenders Adelle Pruitt and Lily Meisten
• Pruitt and Meisten were the starting center backs in 2021
• Returning starters also include senior's Bailey Fudala and Leah Greene
• Junior Janae Massey, who missed the 2021 season and started 8-of-9 appearances in 2020, returns from injury
• Giarrizzi was 6-7-2 last season with a goals against average of 1.75 and made 80 saves
• Her 80 saves were the 9th most in a single-season in program history
• She was the first Eagle since Karly Gustafson in 2015 to record at least three shutouts in a season
• Giarrizzi was 3rd in the Big South in saves per game at 5.33, which ranks 7th in a single-season for an Eagle
• This year's squad features eight freshmen, four sophomores, nine juniors and three seniors

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LOOKING AHEAD
This concludes the 2022 season and hope to see everyone back at Eagle Field in 2023.

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