Rock Hill, S.C.—Winthrop men's soccer hits the road this weekend as it travels to Buies Creek, N.C. to take ok Big South Conference defending champion Campbell Saturday afternoon.
 

Winthrop Men's Soccer Game Information
Matchup	Winthrop (0-9-0, 0-2-0 Big South) at Campbell (4-2-3, 0-0-1 Big South)
Date/Time	Saturday, Oct. 1 | 6 p.m.
Location	Buies Creek, N.C. | Eakes Athletics Complex
Live Statistics	Sidearm
Live Stream	None
Social	Twitter - @Winthropsoccer / @WUEagles | Instagram - winthropuniversitysoccer | #ROCKtheHILL | #EverStand
Tickets	Free Admission

SERIES HISTORY VERSUS CAMPBELL
This marks the 29^th meeting between Winthrop and Campbell. The teams last met in the semifinals of the 2021 Big South Conference Tournament as the Eagles fell 6-0. Camels lead the all-time series 22-6 and 16-4 in regular season matchups.

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FOOT NOTES

• Coming off a 2-1 loss to Gardner-Webb at home
• Eagles have scored the first goal of the match in the last two contests
• Campbell marks the 4^th team in the last five matches to be regionally ranked
• The Eagles have faced one of the toughest non-conference schedules where the opponents have a combined record of 41-11-10
• The combined record of all of opponents Winthrop has faced this season is 49-15-15 and all nine have winning records
• Six of the seven non-conference opponents the Eagles faced are currently ranked in the region, three in the Top 16 nationally and another receiving Top 25 votes
• Winthrop had the toughest schedule in the country heading into the High Point game and currently have a schedule strength of seven
• Junior Bryant Jimenez-Pearce and freshman Aiden Williams lead the team with two goals, while Louis Danielson, Bryan Marshall and Nick Guido have one goal
• Eagles returned five starters from the 2021 squad that advanced to the Big South Conference Tournament semifinals
• Jimenez-Pearce is the top returning scorer from last season (5g, 3a) as the Eagles lost three of the top four in points
• Sam Jones led all goalkeepers with 12 starts in 2021 and posted a 1.94 goals against average to go along with three shutouts
• Senior Sean Green and junior Grayson Woodard scored multiple goals last season
• Green had three goals and an assist to finish fifth on the team in scoring and Woodard had two goals and an assist to finish sixth in scoring
• The Eagles finished the 2021 season ranked 23^rd in the country in scoring offense (2.06 goals per game)
• Opened the season with six straight games on the road
• This is the 48^th season for the program and this game marks the 953^rd in the history of the program with 450 wins all-time
• Daniel Ridenhour is in his seventh season as the head coach of the Eagles after serving the previous 12 seasons as an associate/assistant coach
• Winthrop has five Big South Conference Championships, which is the second most by any member in league history
• The Eagles have made six NCAA appearances, also the second-most by any league program
• Winthrop has an all-time record of 353-343-45 while in the Big South and the 353 victories are the second-most all-time

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ROAD TRIPPIN'
The Eagles opened the 2022 season with six straight games on the road starting with Mercer. Then they headed back to the state of Georgia to take on Georgia State (Sept. 2) and a few days later headed up to play Wake Forest. The fourth game of the year was at South Carolina followed by games at Charlotte and UNC Greensboro before finally playing at home on Sept. 20. Wake Forest, Charlotte and UNCG are currently ranked in national polls..

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CHAMPIONSHIP ANNIVERSARIES
2022 marks the 20^th Anniversary of the first ever Big South Conference men's soccer championship by the Winthrop program. In 2022 the Eagles hosted the conference tournament and faced 13^th-ranked Coastal Carolina. Winthrop was the top seed for the tournament having defeated Coastal Carolina in the regular season, 2-1 in overtime when the Chanticleers were 10^th in the country. Winthrop captured the Big South Championship with a 1-0 victory in overtime thanks to a goal by Francis Wakhisi. The Eagles finished the season 17-7-1 after playing in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history.   It is also the 10^th Anniversary for the 2012 Winthrop men's soccer team that took a different path than the 2002 team to earn a berth to the NCAA College Cup. The Eagles battled through injuries in 2012 as it entered the Big South Tournament as the 6^th seed. Winthrop traveled to 3^rd-seeded Liberty in the opening round and pulled off a 2-1 overtime win. In the semifinals the Eagles took on 2^nd-seeded Radford and entered overtime with only 10 men as Alex Isern saved the day with a goal in the first overtime period to advance to the title game. In the title game, the Eagles scored two goals in the final 3:30 of regulation to advance to the program's 5^th NCAA College Cup Appearance. That year the Eagles advanced to the Round of 32 after knocking off SMU on the road in penalties.

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LOOKING AHEAD
Eagles remain on the road for the next game as they'll head to Radford, Va. on Wednesday, Oct. 6 to take on Radford at 7 p.m.

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