Rock Hill, S.C. – Coming off a dropping two of three games at High Point in the final overall road (and Big South road series) at High Point last weekend, Winthrop ends their 2024 season with a three-game Big South series against Charleston Southern at home.
 

Charleston Southern (20-28, 11-10 Big South) at Winthrop (17-28-1, 6-14 Big South) | Rock Hill, S.C. | The Winthrop Ballpark
Date	Thursday, May 16 / GAME 1 (DH)	Thursday, May 16 / GAME 2 (DH)	Friday, May 17 / GAME 3
First Pitch	4:00 p.m. ET	7:45 p.m. ET	5:00 p.m. ET
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Probable Pitching Matchups (2024 Stats)	Shane Keup (0-1, 40.50 ERA) vs. Sam Massey (2-4, 7.23 ERA)	Caleb Jones (2-1, 5.61 ERA) vs. Nick Timpanelli  (1-5, 5.02 ERA)	TBA (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs.  Matt Gallant (1-3, 6.59 ERA)

 







SERIES HISTORY VS. CHARLESTON SOUTHERN
The two schools will meet for the 107-109^th time with Winthrop leading the series, 70-36 overall and 41-10 in Rock Hill. Last season in 2023, the Buccaneers took two of three from the Eagles in North Charleston, S.C. by scores of 4-3, 2-6 and 4-7 from Apr. 6-7. The games that ended 4-3 and 2-6 were a split doubleheader on Apr. 6. The Eagles and the Buccaneers met for the first time on May 12, 1990 on a neutral site with Winthrop winning 3-1 on the way to winning the first six and 11 of the first 12 meetings from 1990 to 1994. Charleston Southern's only strings of success in the series was a 14-10 run from 1994 to 2000 and a 9-3 edge from 2011-2014. Outside of that, it has been all Eagles. From 2001-2011, Winthrop won 28 of 33 contests from the Buccaneers, including 13 straight from 2003 to 2007 and has won 18 of the last 25 meetings since 2014. Winthrop is looking for their first victory in the series since 2022, when the Eagles won two of three meetings that year.
 
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 1163 wins since 1986).
• Winthrop is the leader in all-time conference only wins with 481 since the Big South was elevated to NCAA Division I status in 1986.
• In the most recent game, Winthrop lost two of three games at High Point in the final overall (and Big South) road series of the year.
• Winthrop set the Winthrop Ballpark all-time attendance record (2,004 fans) vs. South Carolina on Tuesday, May 7.
• Owen Sarna is 10^th in the Big South in earned runs allowed with 4.74.
• Huge leads the Big South in batters struck out with 104 (also good for tied for ninth in the nation).
• Reese Lumpkin is 10^th in the league in innings pitched with 65.0.
• Parker Kruglewicz is 2^nd in the Big South in saves with six.
• 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 ranks 6^th in the Big South, respectively, in overall fielding percentage with .993.
• Jaylen Hernandez is 7^th in the Big South in doubles with 15.
• 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.

Jaylen Hernandez-Big South Freshman of the Week-Mar. 4

• Batted .357 (5-14) with a home run, three doubles, five RBI and one run scored. He had at least one hit in all three games, including his second three-hit career performance in the series opener against Radford.
• Hernandez opened the week with one hit and one RBI on Tuesday against Wofford.
• Following two days of postponements over the weekend due to rain, he started the series with the Highlanders going 3-4 with two doubles, a homer and a career-high four RBI on Sunday in an 8-6 victory for the Eagles.
• The Brooklyn, N.Y. native then tacked on his third double of the week – and fourth extra-base hit total – in the second game of Sunday's doubleheader to close out play.
• This is Hernandez's first weekly award of the season and his career and the third time Winthrop has been bestowed with a weekly award by the conference 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's 2024 season is over. The Eagles will look ahead to 2025.
 
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