Rock Hill, S.C. – After a nine day break between games the Winthrop women's soccer team is set to host Davidson Sunday evening in a battle of unbeaten teams.
| Winthrop Women's Soccer Game Information |
| Matchup |
Davidson (4-0-1, 0-0-0 A10) at Winthrop (2-0-0, 0-0-0 Big South) |
| Date/Time |
Sunday, Sept. 4 | 5 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 DAVIDSON
Eagles and Wildcats meet for the 9
th time. Davidson has won three straight in the series, each by the score of 2-0 as the Eagles look for their first win in the series since 2013. This will be the 5
th time in the series the teams have squared off on Eagle Field as the Eagles are 1-2-1 at home against Davidson.
Davidson (1-6-1)
Date Site Result
10/17/05 Away L, 0-3
10/8/06 Home T, 1-1 (2OT)
8/22/09 Home L, 1-3
9/19/10 Away L, 0-2
9/13/13 Home W, 2-1
8/22/14 Away L, 0-2
9/14/17 Away L, 0-2
8/25/19 Home L, 0-2
FOOT NOTES
- Opened the season with a 2-0 win at Alabama State and followed that up with a 3-1 win over VMI in the home opener
- Looking for the first 3-0 start to a season for the first time in program history
- A win would give the Eagles their first 2-0 start at home since 2013
- Sophomore Abbie McCrea leads the team in scoring with four points while Annabel Thomas, Chela Parris and Emma Smith are tied for second with three points
- McCrea ranks 8th in the Big South in points per game and tied for 4th in assists per game
- All five goals the Eagles have scored this year have come by a different player
- Izzy Giarrizzi leads the Big South with a .50 goals against average and is second in save percentage (.909)
- Giarrizzi joined Beth McGeachie as the only Winthrop goalkeeper to pitch a shutout in a season opener on the road
- McGeachie and the Eagles did that in the program's inaugural game on Aug. 30, 2003 in a 3-0 win at South Carolina State
- It was also the Eagles first shutout in a season opener since 2013 (1-0 win over Wofford)
- Looking to win home opener in back-to-back seasons for the first time in program history
- 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 351st game in Winthrop women's soccer program history
- Spencer Smith is in his 13th season as head coach and coached in his 200th 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
The Eagles will be on the road on Wednesday, Sept. 7 when they head to Orangeburg, S.C. to take on South Carolina State at 4 p.m.
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