Rock Hill, S.C. – Off to its best start since 2018, the Winthrop women's soccer team hosts Wofford College, Friday night in non-conference action.    
 

Winthrop Women's Soccer Game Information
Matchup	Wofford College (3-3-1, 0-0-0 SoCON) at Winthrop (3-1-1, 0-0-0 Big South)
Date/Time	Friday, Sept. 15 | 7 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 WOFFORD COLLEGE
Eagles and Terriers meet for the 8^th time and 4^th time in Rock Hill. The two teams last met in 2021 as the Eagles went on the road to earn a 2-0 victory. It was the second time in three meetings the Eagles had recorded a shutout against Wofford.
Wofford (4-3)
Date                 Site         Result
9/28/04             Away       L, 0-1
9/5/05               Home      W, 1-0
9/13/09             Away       W, 2-1 (2OT)
9/9/12               Away       L, 1-2
8/23/13             Home      W, 1-0
8/31/19             Home      L, 2-3
9/12/21             Away       W, 2-0

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FOOT NOTES

• Off to the best start since 2018 when that squad opened up 3-1-1
• The Eagles were last 4-1-1 in the 2013 season
• Coming off a tie against North Florida last Sunday as Annabel Thomas scored the equalizer in the 60^th minute
• Thomas leads the team and tied for first in the Big South with 12 points
• Thomas is also tied for the league-lead in goals with five
• Katy Feskorn is second on the team with eight points followed by Abbie McCrea and Emma Smith five points
• Feskorn is 6^th in the Big South in total points with eight
• 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
• Sophomore Emma 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 353^rd 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 (four wins behind 4th)

LOOKING AHEAD
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