ROCK HILL, S.C. – After the first game in school history that went past one overtime, a 10-9 triple overtime victory at the neutral site of Lincoln Memorial University vs. Butler to move to 3-3 on the season, Winthrop lacrosse heads to Virginia to face the Flames of Liberty University on Thursday at 1 p.m. in the final non-conference game of the year.
 

Game 7: Winthrop (3-3) vs. Liberty (2-5)
Date	Thursday, March 23 | 1:00 p.m.
Location	Lynchburg, Va. | Liberty Lacrosse Fields
Live Stats	Stat Broadcast (click here)
Live Stream	ESPN+

 
WINTHROP AT A GLANCE

• In the Butler game, Grayson McKenzie and Claire Witmer each notched a hat trick.
• After giving up seven goals in the first half, the Eagles outscored the Bulldogs 4-2 the rest of the way.
• Winthrop finally broke through 45 seconds into the third overtime when Scarlet Cifarelli scored on the man-up to win the game for the Eagles.
• Winthrop is currently fifth of 10 teams in the Big South.
• Winthrop is third in the Big South in goals per game at 9.17 and points per game at 13.33.
• Winthrop is fourth in assists per game at 4.17.
• Winthrop is fifth in the Big South at caused turnovers per game at 8.83 and draw controls per game at 11.00.
• Cifarelli leads Winthrop in assists with seven.
• McKenzie leads the team in goals with 15, points with 16 and shots on goal with 24. She is also fourth in the conference in shots per game at 6.33.
• Molly Dankowski leads the team in caused turnovers with 10, draw controls with 16 and groundballs with 11.
• In the net, Maddy Hodgson has played 213:18 in five games, recording 30 saves on 108 shots faced.
• Emma Calhoun is fourth in the conference in goals against average at 11.45 and had her first career start in the Butler game.

 
SCOUTING LIBERTY
The Flames are currently 2-5 with wins vs. VCU and at Pittsburgh. Liberty is led by Kelly Nangle, who is in her 9^th year with the program. Liberty was also picked to finish second in the 2023 ASUN Women's Lacrosse Preseason Coaches Poll with one first place vote and 54 total votes. Liberty finished the 2022 campaign with an 11-8 record and finished as the runner-up at the ASUN Women's Lacrosse Championship for a third straight season.
 
ALL-TIME AGAINST LIBERTY
Winthrop leads the series, 6-4, but is 2-2 in Lynchburg. The teams met for the first time on Apr. 14, 2013 with the Flames winning 12-11 in overtime. Winthrop then won the next five meetings but has since lost three of the last four, including the last two. The last meeting took place on Feb. 26, 2020 with Liberty winning 17-9 in Lynchburg. Winthrop is seeking their first victory in the series since a 16-10 win in the Big South Tournament in High Point, N.C. on May 4, 2018 and is also looking for their first win in Lynchburg since a 17-6 margin on Mar. 30, 2016.
 
UP NEXT
Winthrop will travel to High Point University in North Carolina on Wed., Mar. 29 for a 1 p.m. matchup with the Panthers to begin conference play.