Rock Hill, S.C. – Coming off an 11-8 loss at Charlotte last Tuesday night, Winthrop opens Big South play against the Longwood Lancers in a three-game series this weekend in Rock Hill. The first game of the series will take place on Friday, Mar. 15 at 6 p.m. with all three games to be televised on ESPN+.
 

Longwood (8-9, 0-0 Big South Conference) at Winthrop (6-9, 0-0 Big South) | Rock Hill, S.C. | The Winthrop Ballpark
Date	Friday, March 15 / GAME 1	Saturday, March 16 / GAME 2	Sunday, March 17 / GAME 3
First Pitch	6:00 p.m. ET	3:00 p.m. ET	1:00 p.m. ET
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Probable Pitching Matchups (2024 Stats)	Riley Huge (3-1, 3.12 ERA) vs. Ethan Walker (1-0, 1.93 ERA)	Reese Lumpkin (1-3, 1.99 ERA) vs. Guillermo Garcia Jr. (0-0, 9.28 ERA)	Owen Sarna (2-1, 3.00 ERA) vs. Brenton Fisher (1-1, 2.08 ERA)

 







SERIES HISTORY VERSUS LONGWOOD
This will be the 31^st, 32^nd and 33^rd meeting between the Eagles and the Lancers, with Winthrop leading the series, 22-8 overall and 9-4 in Rock Hill. The first meeting was on May 17, 2005 in Rock Hill, with Winthrop winning 6-5. The two teams next met in 2014 and with the exception of most of the 2020 season being canceled due to COVID and 2022, the Eagles and the Lancers have met every season since 2014. Winthrop has dropped only one series to Longwood (2016) and won 10 straight games in the series from 2017-2021. The two teams last met from May 18-20, 2023 in Farmville, Va., with Winthrop taking the series 2-1.  The most recent meeting was on May 20, 2023 with Winthrop winning 7-6.
 
WINTHROP AT A GLANCE

• Winthrop is five wins away from tying Coastal Carolina in overall wins all-time in league history, nine away from becoming the all-time leader since the Big South was elevated to NCAA Division I status in 1986 (currently has 1152 wins since 1986).
• Winthrop is the leader in all-time conference only wins with 474 since the Big South was elevated to NCAA Division I status in 1986.
• Winthrop is 2nd in the Big South in overall pitching with an ERA of 5.80.
• Owen Sarna, Reese Lumpkin and Riley Huge are 4^th, 2^nd and 5^th in the Big South in earned runs allowed, respectively.
• Huge also leads the Big South in innings pitched with 26.0, batters struck out with 48 and opposing batting average with .163.
• Jaylen Hernandez leads the Big South in doubles with eight.
• Charlie Evans is 2^nd in the Big South in overall hitting with a batting average of .440.
• Will Dorrell and Evans are 9^th and 10^th in the Big South in overall fielding (catches), respectively.

BIG SOUTH WEEKLY HONORS
Riley Huge-Big South Starting Pitcher of The Week-Feb. 27

• Played 7.0 innings, giving up just one hit, no runs and no walks and striking out a career-high 13 batters in getting his first win on the season.
• This came in his lone start of the week in the first game of the four-game home series with Toledo on Friday (a 3-0 Eagles victory).
• This was Huge's first weekly award of the season and his career and the first time Winthrop was honored in 2024.

Riley Huge-Big South Starting Pitcher of The Week-Mar. 4

• In his lone start of the week in the first game of the three-game home series with Maine last Saturday (an 8-0 Eagles victory in the first game of a doubleheader), Huge pitched 7.2 innings allowing only one hit and two walks while recording 20 of his 23 outs via strikeout to lead Winthrop to an 8-0 victory over Maine.
• His 20 strikeouts are believed to be the all-time single-game Big South record and are the most by any NCAA pitcher since 2017.
• He struck out the first six hitters he faced before permitting a baserunner, and of his 23 outs, he factored into 22 of the 23 comprised of 20 strikeouts and two groundouts back to the mound.
• With this performance, Huge broke the Winthrop single-game strikeout record previously held by Kevin Slowey (19 vs. NYIT on Apr. 12, 2003).
• This is Huge's second weekly award of the season and his career and the second straight week Winthrop has been honored in 2024.

HUGE WINS THREE NATIONAL HONORS

• The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) released its Dick Howser Trophy National Player of the Week awards presented by The Game Headwear for the period ending March 3.
• Huge was named National Pitcher of the Week.
• The NCBWA Board reviews candidates from each Division I Conference and names winners each Tuesday throughout the season.
• This is the first time that an Eagle has won a national player of the week honors by the NCBWA since Jacob Dempsey on May 11, 2006.
• Huge also was named the National Pitcher of the Week by both Perfect Game and the NCAA.

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LOOKING AHEAD
Winthrop travels to Clemson on Tuesday, Mar. 19 in their only meeting this season with the Tigers. The game will be at 6:00 p.m. EST on ACCNX.
 
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