Rock Hill, S.C. – Winthrop women's soccer gets back to action with a road contest at South Carolina State Wednesday evening.    
 

Winthrop Women's Soccer Game Information
Matchup	Winthrop (2-1-0, 0-0-0 Big South) at South Carolina State (0-5-0, 0-0-0 MEAC)
Date/Time	Wednesday, Sept. 6 | 4 p.m. (EST)
Location	Orangeburg, S.C. | Oliver C. Dawson Stadium
Live Statistics	None
Live Stream	None
Social	Twitter - @WinthropWSoccer / @WUEagles | Instagram - WinthropWSoccer | #ROCKtheHILL | #EverStand

SERIES HISTORY VERSUS SOUTH CAROLINA STATE
Winthrop and South Carolina State meet for the 17^th time as the Eagles hold a 14-2 advantage in the all-time series. The teams last met in 2019 in Orangeburg, S.C. as the Eagles earned a 5-1 victory. The Eagles have won the last eight meetings and are 7-1 all-time at S.C. State.
 
South Carolina State (14-2)
Date                       Site            Result
8/30/03                  Away         W, 3-0
10/14/04                Home        W, 6-1
9/21/05                  Away         W, 3-0
9/29/06                  Home        W, 5-0
10/8/07                  Home        W, 4-0
10/23/08                Away         W, 3-0
9/30/09                  Home        L, 0-1
9/29/10                  Away         L, 1-2 (OT)
9/21/11                  Home        W, 4-2
8/29/12                  Away         W, 2-1 (2OT)
9/21/14                  Home        W, 1-0
9/11/15                  Away         W, 2-1
8/30/16                  Home        W, 2-0
9/7/17                     Away         W, 1-0 (OT)
8/24/18                  Home        W, 2-1
9/12/19                  Away         W, 5-1

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FOOT NOTES

• Coming off first loss of the season after a late goal by Davidson on Sept. 4
• Looking to move their record to 3-1 on the year
• The last time the Eagles were 3-1 to start a season was 2013
• 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
• 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 is 6^th in the Big South in points per game and 2^nd 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 .67 goals against average and save percentage (.900)
• 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 352^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 (four wins behind 4th)

LOOKING AHEAD
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