ROCK HILL, S.C. – After a 16-11 win over Eastern Michigan at home to move to 2-2 on the season, Winthrop lacrosse heads to Charlotte to face the Royals of Queens University on Friday at 5 p.m.
 

Game 4: Winthrop (2-2) at Queens (2-3)
Date	Friday, March 10 | 5:00 p.m.
Location	Charlotte, N.C. | Queens Sports Complex
Live Stats	Stat Broadcast (click here)
Live Stream	N/A

 
WINTHROP AT A GLANCE

• In the Eastern Michigan game, seven different Eagles scored a goal, including Grayson McKenzie and Claire Witmer notching a combined eight goals.
• Winthrop is currently third of 10 teams in the Big South.
• Winthrop is second in the Big South in assists per game at 5.50.
• Winthrop is third in the Big South in goals per game at 9.75, points per game at 15.25 and caused turnovers per game at 8.00.
• Winthrop is fourth in the Big South in shots on goal per game at 17.75.
• Scarlet Cifarelli leads Winthrop in assists with six and is fifth in the Big South in assists per game with 1.50.
• McKenzie leads the team in goals with 11, points with 12, shots on goal with 16, and ground balls with eight. She is also fifth in the Big South in goals per game at 2.75.
• Molly Dankowski leads the team in caused turnovers with five and draw controls with eight.
• In the net, Maddy Hodgson has played 195:57 in two games, recording 28 saves on 98 shots faced and is fifth in the Big South in goals against average with 15.08.
• Winthrop set team highs in the conference in points and assists vs. EMU, 27 and 11, respectively.

 
SCOUTING QUEENS
The Royals, after a decade of being a Division II member (SAC), moved up to Division I and joined the Atlantic Sun Conference this season. Last year the Royals were ranked #1 and undefeated until suffering their only loss in the Division II Final Four and set a program record for most wins in a season, going 21-1. It was the Royals third national semifinal appearance in a row. Queens is led by Kelly McQuilkin, who is in her first year at the program. She comes to the Royals from High Point where she served as associate head women's lacrosse coach for the past two seasons. The ASUN's preseason poll picked the Royals sitting seventh.
 
ALL-TIME AGAINST QUEENS
This is the first meeting between these two teams.
 
UP NEXT
Winthrop will travel to the campus of Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate, TN on Sun, Mar. 19 with an 11 a.m. neutral-site matchup with the Bulldogs of Butler University.