Rock Hill, S.C. – Scarlet Cifarelli and Gabby Pierpont combined for nine goals as the Eagles broke a late 9-9 tie and won their first game of the season vs. Farleigh Dickinson at home Saturday afternoon.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Madison Mayer put the Eagles on the board first at the 12:37 mark of the first quarter
• FDU answered with two straight goals
• Pierpont knotted the score with four minutes left in the frame and Emily Hollinger put Winthrop back in the lead nearly two minutes later on a man-up, free position attempt
• The visitors tied it up with nearly a minute to go in the quarter
• Cifarelli's tally gave Winthrop a 4-3 lead at the 13:39 mark in the second quarter only to have FDU tie it at 4-4 seconds later
• FDU took a 5-4 edge with 9:29 left in the stanza but three minutes later Christina Warren scored her first collegiate goal
• Cifarelli's second goal of the game broke the deadlock with two minutes left in the half
• The score would hold for Winthrop going into the locker room
• FDU scored the first two goals of the second half to go up by one at 7-6 at the 12:40 mark of the third quarter
• Pierpont scored her second of the day to tie it at seven with six minutes remaining in the third quarter but FDU went back out in front on their next possession
• FDU led 8-7 at the end of three
• Cifarelli got the hat trick two minutes into the fourth quarter to make it 8-8 and then gave Winthrop the lead, 9-8 with 10:06 to play
• The visitors tied it again with 8:46 remaining but Cifarelli's fifth and sixth goals of the game put the Eagles ahead for good 11-9 three minutes later
• Pierpont notched a hat trick of her own, putting the Eagles up by three and sealing the deal with 2:53 left

 NOTABLES (TEAM)

• Eagles are now 103-111 all-time as a program
• Eagles are 51-43 all-time at home
• Winthrop outscored the visitors 5-1 in the fourth quarter
• Three Eagles had more than three groundballs
• Warren made her Eagle debut

NOTABLES (INDIVIDUAL)

• 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 17 points away from 100 in her career (currently has 83)
• She has moved into 20th in school history in this category
• She is 10 goals away from 50 in her career (currently has 40) and now has 59 shots on goal in her career
• Cifarelli is one man-up goal away from moving into a tie for 14th in school history
• 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
• Mayer is 16 draw controls away from 100 in her career (currently has 84)
• She has moved into 10^th in school history in this category
• Tori Iannotti is one draw controls away from 50 in her career (currently has 49)
• This is also good for 14th in school history
• Emma Calhoun now has 203 saves in her career
• 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 has moved into a tie for 5th in school history in goalie victories
• Mikaylah Lindsay is eighth in school history in saves (currently has 50) and is six away from moving into seventh in school history on the all-time saves list
• She would pass teammate Maddy Hodgson, who currently has 55

ON DECK
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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