Rock Hill, S.C. – Coming off dropping all three games at UNC Asheville over the weekend, Winthrop welcomes the Charlotte 49ers on Tuesday night.
 

Charlotte (19-21, 8-7 American) at Winthrop (14-23-1, 4-11 Big South) | The Winthrop Ballpark | Rock Hill, S.C.
Date	Tuesday, Apr. 23, 2024
First Pitch	4 p.m.
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Probable Pitching Matchups (2024 Stats)	Lance Wade (0-1, 10.45 ERA) vs. TBA (0-0, 0.00 ERA)

 
SERIES HISTORY VERSUS CHARLOTTE
The two schools will meet for the 46th time with Charlotte leading the series, 25-19-1. This will be the second of two meetings between the two teams this season, with the 49ers winning the most recent match-up 11-8 in Charlotte on Mar. 12. The Eagles and the 49ers met for the first time on Apr. 17, 1980 in Rock Hill, with Winthrop winning 3-0 on the way to winning 11 of the first 20 contests from 1980-2005. The 49ers then won eight of the next nine games from 2005-2012 but the series has been practically even from 2013 onwards, with Charlotte holding a slight 9-7 edge.
 
WINTHROP AT A GLANCE

• Winthrop is now the leader in overall wins all-time in league history since the Big South was elevated to NCAA Division I status in 1986 (currently has 1160 wins since 1986).
• Winthrop is the leader in all-time conference only wins with 480 since the Big South was elevated to NCAA Division I status in 1986.
• Winthrop is 4^th in the Big South in overall pitching with an ERA of 6.45.
• Owen Sarna is 6^th in the Big South in earned runs allowed with 3.95.
• Huge leads the Big South in batters struck out with 91.
• He is fifth in the nation in strikeouts.
• Huge is the first Winthrop pitcher to record 10 or more strikeouts in four of the first five starts to a season since Heath Rollins had four in his first five starts in 2006.
• Nate Chronis and Ricky Teel rank 6^th and 9^th in the Big South, respectively, in overall fielding percentage.
• Against Davidson on Tuesday, Apr. 16, Winthrop's offense set the school record for hit by pitches in a game with seven.

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 has the rest of the week off for final exams but will return to the field on Wed., May 1 at 5:30 p.m. at Wofford.
 
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