Rock Hill, S.C. – Coming off a 15-3 loss at home to South Carolina in seven innings on Tuesday afternoon, Winthrop hits the road for the last time this year, traveling to North Carolina for a Big South three-game series with the conference-leading High Point Panthers.
 

Winthrop (16-26-1, 5-12 Big South) at High Point (27-23, 13-5 Big South) | High Point, N.C. | Williard Stadium
Date	Friday, May 10 / GAME 1	Friday, May 11 / GAME 2	Saturday, May 12 / GAME 3
First Pitch	6:00 p.m. ET	4:00 p.m. ET	1:00 p.m. ET
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Probable Pitching Matchups (2024 Stats)	Riley Huge (4-5, 5.56 ERA) vs. TBA (0-0, 0.00 ERA)	Reese Lumpkin (2-7, 5.43 ERA) vs. TBA (0-0, 0.00 ERA)	Owen Sarna (4-3, 4.00 ERA) vs. TBA (0-0, 0.00 ERA)

 







SERIES HISTORY VS. HIGH POINT
The two schools will meet for the 74-76^th time with Winthrop leading the series, 45-28 overall and 24-11 in High Point. Last season in 2023, after Winthrop won the first game in the three-game series at home by a final score of 7-6 on May 12, High Point won the next two contests by scores of 6-1 and 12-9. The Eagles and the Panthers met for the first time in a doubleheader on May 8, 1999 in High Point with each team winning a game. Winthrop won the first game 19-4 and High Point won the second game 5-2. Winthrop's win started a long string of Eagle dominance in the series from 1999-2012, as Winthrop won 31 of the first 41 meetings between the two teams, including 14 straight from 2003-07. Since 2012, the series has been largely even, with High Point winning 18 games to Winthrop's 14. Winthrop is looking for their first victory in the series since 2019, when the Eagles won four of five meetings that year. The Eagles are also looking for their first series win in the Furniture Capital of the World since 2017, when they won all three contests there.
 
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 1162 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.
• In the most recent game, Winthrop fell at home to South Carolina by a final score of 15-3 in seven innings, dropping both games of the home-and-home series to the Gamecocks this season.
• This was the final non-conference game of the year for the Eagles.
• Winthrop set the Winthrop Ballpark all-time attendance record (2,004 fans).
• Owen Sarna is 8^th in the Big South in earned runs allowed with 4.00.
• Huge is 2^nd in the Big South in batters struck out with 95.
• Reese Lumpkin is 10^th in the league in innings pitched with 58.0.
• Parker Kruglewicz is 2^nd in the Big South in saves with five.
• 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.
• Jaylen Hernandez is 5^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 ends their 2024 season with a three-game Big South series next weekend against Charleston Southern at home. All of the games will be televised on ESPN+. Game one of the series will take place on Thursday, May 16 at 6:00 p.m. The final game of the series on Saturday, May 18 at 2 p.m. will be Senior Day.
 
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