Rock Hill, S.C. – Winthrop heads to Longwood Tuesday evening for a Big South Conference women's soccer matchup. The game was originally scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 1 but was postponed due to inclement weather.    
 

Winthrop Women's Soccer Game Information
Matchup	(Winthrop (3-4-2, 0-2-1 Big South) at Longwood (3-6-3, 0-2-1 Big South)
Date/Time	Tuesday, Oct. 4 | 6 p.m. (EST)
Location	Farmville, Va. | Longwood Athletics Complex
Live Statistics	Sidearm
Live Stream	ESPN+
Social	Twitter - @WinthropWSoccer / @WUEagles | Instagram - WinthropWSoccer | #ROCKtheHILL | #EverStand

 
SERIES HISTORY VERSUS LONGWOOD
Eagles and Lancers meet for the 11^th time. Longwood leads the all-time series 7-1-2. The last time these two teams squared off they played to a 0-0 draw.    
Longwood (1-7-2)
Date                       Site            Result
10/4/12                  Away         L, 1-2
9/28/13                  Home        L, 0-3
9/27/14                  Away         L, 0-2
9/30/15                  Home        T, 0-0
10/1/16                  Away         L, 0-2
9/27/17                  Home        L, 0-2
10/20/18                Away         L, 1-2
10/5/19                  Home        W, 1-0
3/28/21                  Away         L, 4-0
9/18/21                  Home        T 0-0

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FOOT NOTES

• Coming off a 2-0 loss at home to Radford
• Eagles are 2-1-1 on the road this season
• Both the Eagles and Lancers are looking for their first league victory
• Currently 4^th in the league in scoring and second in goals against average (1.00)
• Annabel Thomas leads the team in scoring with 14 points, which is tied for 3^rd in the Big South
• Thomas is 2^nd in the league in scoring at 1.56 points per game, which ranks 29^th in the nation
• Thomas has six goals on the year, which is tied for 2^nd in the Big South and 2^nd for goals per game
• In goals per game Thomas is tied for 33^rd in the nation
• Katy Feskorn is second on the team in scoring at 0.89 points per game
• Emma Smith leads the team with four assists as she is tied for 4^th in the league in assists per game and 7^th in total assists
• Izzy Giarrizzi is second in the Big South in goals against average (1.02) and first in save percentage (.857)
• Her .857 save percentage is tied for the 23^rd best nationally
• Giarrizzi leads the conference in saves per game at 6.00 and ranks 16^th nationally
• Fourteen players and five starters return from the 2021 squad
• The top four scorers 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
• This will be the 357^th 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 (three wins behind 4th)

LOOKING AHEAD
Winthrop returns home for its next contest on Saturday, Oct. 8 against Gardner-Webb at noon. The seniors will be recognized during a pregame ceremony. The game is also part of a doubleheader with the men's team who will play Longwood at 2:30 p.m. FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA
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