Rock Hill, S.C. – The final regular season home game for Winthrop is set for Saturday, Oct. 26 as it hosts UNC Asheville in a key Big South Conference matchup.
| Winthrop Men's Soccer Game Information |
| Matchup |
UNC Asheville (6-5-2, 2-2-1 Big South) at Winthrop (1-10-3, 1-3-1 Big South) |
| Date/Time |
Saturday, Oct. 25 | 6:00 p.m. (EST) |
| Location |
Rock Hill, SC. | Eagle Field |
| Live Stats |
Statbroadcast |
| Live Stats |
None |
| Series Record |
Virginia Tech leads 4-2-0 | Streak – L3 |
| First Meeting |
1976 (Asheville, N.C.) | UNC Asheville won 7-0 |
| Last Meeting |
Oct. 12, 2024 (Rock Hill, S.C.) | Winthrop won 2-0 |
| Winthrop All-Time Records |
Overall (463-456-65) | Home (245-166-20) | Away (159-248-37) | Big South (145-141-23) |
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SERIES HISTORY VERSUS UNC ASHEVILLE
This is the 51
st meeting all-time between the Eagles and Bulldogs. The first ever match in program history for the Eagles was against UNC Asheville in 1976 as the Eagles fell 7-0 on the road. Winthrop won last year's meeting in Rock Hill, 2-0 as it avoided a third straight loss in the series. Neither the Bulldogs or Eagles have lost three straight in this season in 50 meetings. The Eagles win gives them a 30-17-3 all-time record against Asheville and 24-13-3 in regular season Big South meetings. Winthrop holds a 15-6-1 record all-time against the Bulldogs in home games.
BIG SOUTH HOME GAMES
This will mark the 148
th home conference match in the history of the program. The Eagles are 79-61-7 all-time in Big South Conference regular season home matches. In the last 10 home league games the Eagles are 5-4-1. This season the Eagles are 1-1 and in their last league home match they earned a 3-1 win over Radford.
FOOT NOTES
- Looking for a second straight home win against a Big South opponent
- Coming off a 2-0 loss at Virginia Tech in which the Eagles
- Freshman Charles Barnes made his first collegiate start, finishing with nine saves in the match
- Last league game was a 1-0 loss at Presbyterian after earning a 2-2 draw at Longwood on Oct. 18
- Bernardo Pacheco scored a brace at Longwood, with his first goal making SportsCenter Top 10 (#3)
- Eagles earned their first conference and overall win on Oct. 4 with a 3-1 victory over Radford in front as part of "Alumni Weekend"
- Followed that up with a 0-0 draw at an ETSU team fresh off a win over 10th-ranked UNC Greensboro
- Jack Kilstrom made five saves in the draw to earn his third collegiate shutout
- In the draw at Longwood, Kilstrom finished with a career-high 13 saves
- The tie at ETSU was the first result in a non-conference road game since Sept. 1, 2024 in a 1-1 draw at Jacksonville
- In the win over Radford, Jayco Castro scored his first collegiate goal, which put the Eagles up 3-1 late in the match
- Castro also scored against the College of Charleston and is tied with Pacheco for the team lead with two
- Diomario Adamson netted his third goal as an Eagle, which was the game-winner while Ethan Marks found the back of the net for the 5th time as an Eagle
- Eagles are tied for 6th in the Big South standings with Radford and with UNC Asheville (3rd) and league-leading High Point remaining
- The Eagles hosted their season opener for the first time since 2018, which also the last time they played their first three matches in a season on Eagle Field
- Eagles return 13 players from last year's roster, which includes seven starters
- This roster has more underclassmen than upperclassmen this year with 12 freshmen, three sophomores, eight juniors and five seniors
- The Eagles had just two freshman last year in comparison to 12 on the roster in 2025
- That is the most freshman on an Eagle roster since 2002 and tied for the second-most in the history of the program
- Four of the team's top five scorers from a season ago return for the Eagles
- Ethan Marks was second on the team with six points (3 goals) as he came off the bench in 10 of the 15 games he appeared
- Starters Ryan Armijo and Bruno Riveron Sagrero each had five points
- Rounding the remainder of the returning starters are Jack Kilstrom (GK), Emory Crichlow, Diego Candia, Diomario Adamson and Sodai Koketsu
- Bernardo Pacheco played significant minutes in 2024 with six starts and 17 appearances
- The Eagles have qualified for the Big South Conference Tournament back-to-back years and four of the last five
- This is the 51st season for the program and this game marks the 985th in the history of the program
- Daniel Ridenhour is in his 10th season as the head coach of the Eagles after serving the previous 12 seasons as an associate/assistant coach
- Winthrop has five Big South Conference Championships, which is the second most by any member in league history
- The Eagles have made six NCAA appearances, also the second-most by any league program
- Winthrop has an all-time record of 366-383-53 while in the Big South and the 366 victories are the second-most all-time
2025 HONORS
- Diego Candia (Big South Preseason Watch List)
- Jayco Castro (Big South Midseason Watch List / Big South Freshman of the Week – Oct. 6)
- Jack Kilstrom (Big South Preseason Watch List / Big South Midseason Watch List)
- Sodai Koketsu (Big South Midseason Watch List)
- Ethan Marks (Big South Preseason Watch List)
- Bernardo Pacheco (Big South Offensive Player of the Week – Oct. 20 / Big South Preseason Watch List / Big South Midseason Watch List)
CHAMPIONSHIP ANNIVERSARY
The 2025 season marks the 10
th anniversary of the 2015 Big South Conference Championship team. In the final year with Rich Posipanko as head coach, the Eagles overcame a 1-4 start to win 10 of its next 12 games on their way to a Big South title. After falling to USC Upstate 5-4, the Eagles bounced back to defeat Appalachian State 2-0 which was the start of a seven-game winning streak. Of the seven straight wins, four of those came in overtime and three of them in double-overtime. The Eagles clinched the Big South regular season title in the final game of the regular season, a 1-0 victory at Longwood. Eagles rolled through the first two rounds of the tournament with a 3-0 win over UNC Asheville and 4-0 win over Campbell. In the Big South title game, the match went to penalties with the Eagles outlasting High Point 3-1. That year Posipanko was voted the Big South Coach of the Year and the Eagles landed just three player on the all-conference teams (Jordi Lluch, Max Hasenstab and Magnus Thorsson). Hasenstab also earned Big South Tournament MVP honors.
FREE ADMISSION
All home men's and women's soccer during the 2025 season are free admission.
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All of the men's soccer home games during the 2025 season will air live on ESPN+. You can also catch select road games in Big South Conference play on ESPN+. To watch Big South games on ESPN+ you must have a subscription to ESPN+. For more information on how to subscribe,
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UP NEXT
Winthrop faces its final non-conference opponent in the regular season as it heads to Greenville, S.C. on Tuesday, Oct. 28 to face 8
th-ranked Furman at 7 p.m.
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