Rock Hill, S.C. – Coming off a 17-8 loss at home to Charlotte on Wed., Feb. 26, Winthrop faces Farleigh Dickinson Saturday afternoon. The contest is set to begin at 12:00 p.m.
A LOOK AT FARLEIGH DICKINSON
- This is the first meeting between the two schools
- In the 2025 Women's Lacrosse Preseason Coaches Poll in the NEC, FDU was picked to finish sixth
- This marks the highest finish in a preseason poll for FDU's third-year women's lacrosse program
- The Knights return two of their top three point scorers and two 2024 NEC All-Rookie selections. Riley Eaton scored 28 goals to pace FDU and enters 2025 with 70 career points. Pennsylvania native Brielle McInaw started her junior season just one goal shy of her 50th career score
- Nora Codianni and Karly Dillabough highlight a sophomore class that accounted for 38 goals and 57 caused turnovers in 2024. Codianni led the team with 15 takeaways and found 12 points. Dillabough scored 14 goals and controlled 25 draws
- FDU went 2-14 overall and 2-9 in the NEC last season
LAST TIME OUT
- Winthrop fell to Charlotte at home back on Feb. 26
- Tori Iannotti registered a hat trick, with all her goals coming in the second quarter
- Six different Eagles scored a goal
A LOOK AT THE EAGLES
- Winthrop is coming off a 2-13 (2-6 Big South) record in 2024
- Eagles are ranked seventh in the Big South preseason poll and are in their first season under interim head coach Hannah Potter
- Potter is Winthrop's fourth head coach in program history
- Eagles welcome 12 newcomers to the squad and assistant coach Jordan Bowers
- Eagles also return 18 players, seven of whom played in all 15 contests last season
- Junior Scarlet Cifarelli is the only returnee who finished in the Top 5 in goals scored last season with 13
- She also led the Eagles in assists last season with 20 and was second on the team in points with 33 and fifth in shots on goal with 18
- Emma Calhoun, Lily Davis, Gabby Pierpont and Madison Mayer were all in the Top 5 in ground balls in 2024
- Mayer also led the team in caused turnovers with 13 and draw controls with 67, resulting in her being named Honorable Mention by the Big South Conference
- Davis and Grace Herrero were close behind in the Top 5 in draw controls with 11 and eight, respectively
- Calhoun, Tori Iannotti, Chloe Patterson and Pierpont were one of six players representing the program on the 2024 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team
- With the selection of these six, they were the first ever academic all-district selections in lacrosse for the Eagles
- Eagles recorded their most man-up goals in school history as a team with six vs. Stonehill on Mar. 6, 2024
- Eagles also recorded the most man-up goals in school history over a season as a team last year with 24
- Eagles are 102-111 all-time as a program
- Eagles are 50-43 all-time at home
- Eagles are 44-37 all-time in Big South play
CAREER LEADERS
- Cifarelli is five assists away from moving into seventh all-time in school history (currently has 43) and is seven assists away from 50 in her career
- Cifarelli is also 23 points away from 100 in her career (currently has 77)
- She is four points away from moving into 20th in school history
- She is 16 goals away from 50 in her career (currently has 34) and now has 51 shots on goal in her career
- Cifarelli is one man-up goal away from moving into a tie for 14th in school history
- Gabby Pierpont is seven draw controls away from 50 in her career (currently has 43), which is good for 17th on the all-time school history list
- Pierpont is also a man-down goal away from moving into a tie for third in school history
- Madison Mayer is 22 draw controls away from 100 in her career (currently has 78)
- She is also 12th in school history in this category and is four away from moving into 10th
- Iannotti is two draw controls away from 50 in her career (currently has 48)
- This is also good for 14th in school history
- Emma Calhoun now has 198 saves in her career and is two away from moving to 200
- This is good for fourth in school history in saves
- Calhoun is also tied for 20th in school history in ground balls with 52 and is four away from moving into 18th
- Calhoun needs one more win to move into a tie for 5th in school history in goalie victories
- Mikaylah Lindsay is eighth in school history in saves (currently has 49) and is seven away from moving into seventh in school history on the all-time saves list
- She would pass teammate Maddy Hodgson, who currently has 55
STATISTICAL LEADERS
- Winthrop leads the Big South in draw controls per game with 13.75
- Winthrop is fourth in the conference in saves per game with 10.00
- Cifarelli is second in the conference in assists per game with 1.75 and ninth in points per game with 3.00
- Lindsay is fourth in the conference in saves per game with 8.00
- Mayer is eighth in the conference in draw controls per game with 2.75
- Iannotti is 10th in the conference in goals per game with 2.50
- Iannotti leads the team in goals with 10 and shots on goal with 14
- Cifarelli and Lindsay are tied for the team lead in ground balls with seven
- Cifarelli leads the team in assists with seven and points with 12
- Mayer leads the team in draw controls with 11
- Davis leads the team in caused turnovers with four
WATCH THE EAGLES ON ESPN+
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LOOKING AHEAD
Winthrop has another week off but will return to action on Saturday, Mar. 15 at 12:00 p.m. at home vs. Merrimack.
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