Rock Hill, S.C.— Winthrop softball hosts College of Charleston Tuesday evening in its final midweek game of the regular season.
COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON (9-36, 3-21 CAA) at WINTHROP (19-26, 6-8 Big South)
WHERE: Rock Hill, S.C. |
Terry Field
WHEN: Tuesday, Apr. 30 (4:00 p.m.)
LIVE STATS: Statbroadcast
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SERIES HISTORY WITH COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON
- Eagles are 16-15 all-time against the Cougars and have won 8-of-11 meetings
- The last meeting was Apr. 26, 2022 as the teams split a doubleheader
- The Cougars won the second game of the doubleheader 2-1 after the Eagles earned a 3-0 win in game one
GLANCE AT THE EAGLES
- Eagles split with Charleston Southern while the third game of the series was halted at the start of the 4th inning due to a hail storm making the field conditions unplayable
- Sitting in 5th place at 6-8 and trailing Gardner-Webb (9-9) and Charleston Southern (9-8) for one of the Top 4 spots to advance to the conference tournament
- This season the Eagles are 5-5 in midweek contests, averaging 4.4 runs per game and allowing 3.7 runs per game
- This marks the first of four straight games to end the regular season schedule
- Rank 2nd in stolen bases in the Big South, 3rd in doubles, 4th in strikeouts, 4th in ERA and 5th in batting average
- KaDedra Temple has been on a tear the last 14 games, improving her batting from .242 to a team-leading .318 in that span (.318 leads the team)
- During that span she has nine runs, five doubles, two home runs and 11 RBI while boasting a .458 on-base percentage
- In 10 midweek games this season, Temple is batting .500 with five runs, four doubles and 10 RBI
- Megan Powell has also been on a tear at the plate in the last 14 games, batting .326 with five runs, four home runs, and 12 RBI
- Ashton VanHouse is second on the team with a .303 average, .351 in midweek games and is second on the team in runs (17)
- VanHouse has 17 stolen bases on the year and is 6th in the league
- Reese Basinger is third on the team with a .286 average and is second with 21 RBI
- Emma Jackson is fourth on the team with a .277 batting average and leads the team with a .432 on-base percentage
- Paige Rivas is fourth in the Big South with 24 stolen bases and her team-high 27 runs rank 8th in the conference
- Paige Rivas has now scored 20 or more runs in three straight seasons
- Ansley Lee has started and played in 9-of-10 midweek games and is batting .357 with three runs and three RBI
- As a team the Eagles have 69 stolen bases on the year (69-for-77), which is 10th all-time for a single-season
- Winthrop is 44th nationally in stolen bases per game and tied for 39th in total stolen bases (as of games through Apr. 28)
- Paige Rivas is tied for 20th nationally in stolen bases while VanHouse is 61st (as of Apr. 18)
- Basinger and Megan Powell lead way in the circle
- Basinger has a 9-14 record with a 2.52 ERA with 118 strikeouts and 38 walks in 150.0 innings
- Powell is 7-8 with an ERA of 3.28 with 91 strikeouts and 65 walks in 100.1 innings
- Basinger is 4th in the league in ERA while Powell is 7th in the
- Basinger is 3rd in the Big South in strikeouts with 113 and Powell is 8th with 91
- In opposing batting average Powell is 3rd and Basinger is 6th
- Powell is 3rd in the league lead in batters struck out looking (32) and Basinger is 4th (31)
- Pounded out a season-high 16 hits in an 11-3 win at Wofford (Mar. 13)
- The 16 hits were the most since Apr. 6, 2019 when the Eagles had 21 in the first game of a doubleheader at Radford
- The 11 runs were the most in a single-game since the Eagles had 10 on Apr. 15, 2022 at Gardner-Webb
- This is the 51st season in the history of the Winthrop softball program
- On Saturday, Feb. 10 the Eagles defeated North Carolina A&T 2-1 on a walk-off in the 3000th game in program history
- This will be the 3,043rd game in program history as the Eagles hold an all-time record of 1,239-1,100-3
- Captured 1,200th victory in program history on Feb. 18 in a 7-2 victory over North Carolina A&T at Terry Field
LOOKING BACK AT 2023
- Eagles finished one game outside of the Top 4 in the league standings
- Lost the last nine games of the season, but still finished with a winning record at 26-24
- Return a lot of experience with nine field players that were either regular starters or saw significant playing time throughout the season
- The team's leading batter from last season returns in Paige Rivas, who led with a .329 average
- Paige Rivas also led the team in stolen bases with 15, on-base percentage (.435) and walks with 26
- KaDedra Temple was second on the team with 20 RBI last season and tied with Paige Rivas for second on the team with 25 runs
- Temple also led the team in doubles and home runs
- In the circle the Eagles return 2023 First Team All-Big South selection Reese Basinger, who turned in one of the best seasons in program history
- Basinger set career-highs with 15 wins, an ERA of 1.97 and had 212 strikeouts
- She was the first Eagle with 200-plus strikeouts since Shahna Ashard had 216 in 2005
- Basinger tossed a perfect game on Mar. 25 in a 6-0 win over S.C. State
- Ashton VanHouse who was third on the team in stolen bases with 11 and Temple was fourth with 10
HEAD COACH KENDALL FULLER
- Kendall Fuller is in her second stint with the Eagles
- She joined the Winthrop staff as an assistant coach in 2013, was promoted to Associate head coach in the fall of 2014 and with three games remaining in the 2015 season was promoted to Co-Head Coach with Mark Cooke
- Fuller remained Co-Head Coach for the 2016 and 2017 seasons
- In July of 2020 she was named the head softball coach at Lees-McRae and in three seasons compiled a 65-68 overall record
- Led the team to a 32-18 mark in 2023, setting the program record for victories in a single-season
- That season they had a runner-up finish in the Conference Carolinas regular season
- For the team's success in 2023, Fuller was named the Conference Carolinas Coach of the Year
- In her two-plus seasons as Co-Head Coach of the Eagles, Fuller is 61-100 (126-168 career record)
RECORD BOOK WATCH/CAREER MILESTONES
- Reese Basinger
- Has 460 career strikeouts in three seasons, which ranks 7th all-time in program history
- Became the 9th pitcher in program history to reach 400 career strikeouts
- Trails 6th place by 22 strikeouts
- Has a career ERA of 2.31, which ranks 9th all-time in program history (485.1 innings pitched)
- Has 34 career wins (34-41) and is one win away from 12th all-time (2 back of 11th)
- Grayson Buckner (includes stats from Lees-McRae)
- Is closing in on 100 career hits (87)
- Emma Jackson (includes stats from Lees-McRae)
- Reached 100 career hits and now has 105
- Paige Rivas
- In four seasons with the Eagles she's stolen 64 bases, 5th all-time (1 behind 4th and 3 behind 3rd)
- Became just the 6th player in program history to reach 50 career stolen bases and 5th to reach 60
- In her career she has 69 stolen bases
- Has 140 hits as an Eagle, becoming the 28th player in program history with 140 or more hits
- Her 140 hits also rank 28th on the all-time list (144 career hits) and is five hits away from 27th (7 from 26th and 9 from 25th place)
- Megan Powell (includes stats from Lees-McRae)
- Recently surpassed 100 career hits (116) and surpassed 100 career RBI (104)
- Hit her 26th career home run in the 9-1 win over Charleston Southern and her 5th as an Eagle
- In the circle, Powell reached 400 strikeouts at Radford (Game 1 of doubleheader) and now has 420 in her career
- The shutout vs. Gardner-Webb was the ninth of her career
- Ashton VanHouse
- Has 65 career stolen bases, 4th on the all-time list (2 behind 3rd place and 6 behind 2nd)
- Became just the 5th player in program history to reach 50 career stolen bases and 4th to reach 60
- Became the 58th Eagle in program history to reach 100 career hits
- Her 105 hits rank 53rd on the all-time list
2024 SEASON HONORS
- Reese Basinger (Big South Pitcher of the Week / Feb. 20)
- Went 3-1 on the week with a 1.50 ERA and 24 strikeouts in 23.1 innings
- First win on the week came in relief at UNC Greensboro
UP NEXT
The midweek game scheduled for Wednesday, May 1 at North Carolina has been canceled. The Eagles will be back in action May 4-5 as they host USC Upstate in their final Big South Conference series of the regular season. The series begins on Saturday, May 4 with a doubleheader at 2 p.m. and will conclude on Sunday, May 5 with a single-game at 1 p.m. Prior to Sunday's game there will be a senior recognition ceremony.
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