Rock Hill, S.C. – Coming off a three-game sweep of Maine last weekend and with a contest at NC State on Mar. 5 being postponed, Winthrop hosts the Appalachian State Mountaineers in a three-game series this weekend. The first game of the series will take place on Friday, Mar. 8 at 3 p.m.
 

Appalachian State (9-3, 0-0 Sun Belt Conference) at Winthrop (5-7, 0-0 Big South) | Rock Hill, S.C. | The Winthrop Ballpark
Date	Friday, March 8 / GAME 1	Saturday, March 9 / GAME 2	Sunday, March 10 / GAME 3
First Pitch	3:00 p.m. ET	2:00 p.m. ET	1:00 p.m. ET
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Probable Pitching Matchups (2024 Stats)	Riley Huge (2-1, 3.15 ERA) vs. Bradley Wilson (1-0, 6.59 ERA)	Reese Lumpkin (1-2, 1.50 ERA) vs. Jackson Steensma (2-0, 3.00 ERA)	Owen Sarna (2-1, 1.38 ERA) vs. Dante Chirico (2-0, 6.23 ERA)

 








SERIES HISTORY VERSUS APPALACHIAN STATE
This will be the 26^th meeting between the Eagles and the Mountaineers, with Winthrop leading the series, 18-7 and 15-4 in Rock Hill. The first meetings was Mar. 4 and 8, 1990 in Rock Hill, with each team winning a game. After dropping three of the next five contests to the Mountaineers from 1991-93, the Eagles have totally dominated the series since then, winning 15 of 18 contests from 1994-2021. This also includes a 12-game win streak from 1994-2002. The two teams last met from Feb. 20-21, 2021, with Appalachian State taking two of three from Winthrop in Rock Hill. The most recent meeting was on Feb. 21, 2021 with Winthrop winning 10-9.
 
WINTHROP AT A GLANCE

• Winthrop is six wins away from tying Coastal Carolina in overall wins all-time in league history, 10 away from becoming the all-time leader since the Big South was elevated to NCAA Division I status in 1986 (currently has 1151 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 4.92
• Owen Sarna, Reese Lumpkin and Riley Huge are 1^st, 2^nd and 6^th in the Big South in earned runs allowed.
• Huge also leads the Big South in innings pitched with 20.0 and batters struck out with 37.
• Jaylen Hernandez leads the Big South in doubles with seven.
• Cole Griffith is 2^nd in the Big South in catches with 88.
• Charlie Evans is 6^th in the Big South in overall hitting with a batting average of .462.

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 Charlotte for a matchup with the 49ers on Tuesday, Mar. 12 at 6:00 p.m. on ESPN+.
 
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