Rock Hill, S.C. – Coming off a loss at Wofford last Wednesday, Winthrop heads to Gardner-Webb on Wednesday, Apr. 16. The contest is set to begin at 4:00 p.m. and will be televised on ESPN+.
A LOOK AT GARDNER-WEBB
- This will be the 11th meeting between the two schools, with Winthrop leading the series, 8-2
- Winthrop won the most recent meeting, 13-8 in Rock Hill, S.C. last season on Mar. 27, 2024
- The first meeting was on Apr. 6, 2015 at home with the Eagles winning 21-4 on the way to winning the first seven games from 2015-2021
- Gardner-Webb won back-to-back meetings in 2022 in Rock Hill and 2023 in Boiling Springs
- Junior Emma Duchscherer and freshman Katie Westbrook netted three goals as Gardner-Webb picked up its second win of the season after taking down Presbyterian by the final of 8-5 last Saturday afternoon in Clinton, S.C. in a Big South game
- The Runnin' Bulldogs tallied 19 shots on the afternoon, 16 of which were on cage while forcing PC into 18 turnovers. Sophomore keeper Emma Anderson was clutch in goal for GWU, picking up 12 saves
LAST TIME OUT
- Scarlet Cifarelli's five goals led the Eagles in a loss at Wofford last Wednesday evening, 14-7
- Four Eagles had three or more groundballs
- Winthrop had 10 saves to Wofford's five
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 are 106-115 all-time as a program
- Eagles are 54-44 all-time at home
- Eagles are 46-39 all-time in Big South play
SEASON HONORS
- Christina Warren-Big South Freshman of the Week-Mar. 18
- In her first career start, Warren scored a game-high seven goals to lead Winthrop to an 18-17 comeback win over Merrimack
- She converted all four free-position attempts and added one ground ball and one caused turnover
- Warren scored twice in the first half, added another in the third quarter, and netted four in the fourth, including the game-tying goal with 58 seconds remaining to force overtime
- She scored on seven of her 10 shots, nine of which went on target
- Christina Warren-Big South Freshman of the Week-Mar. 25
- Warren totaled 10 points on nine goals and one assist across two games for Winthrop
- She led the team with six goals and an assist at Old Dominion, including a first-quarter hat trick and two fourth-quarter goals
- On Sunday against California, she added another hat trick, scoring twice in a 26-second span in the second quarter and again late in the third to pull the Eagles within two
- She finished the week with a .529 shot percentage and recorded two draw controls
INDIVIDUAL SINGLE-GAME TIDBITS
- Cifarelli's nine points vs. Radford is tied for 4th in school history
- Cifarelli and Warren's seven goals scored vs. Radford and Merrimack, respectively, is tied for 5th in school history
- Warren's three man-up goals scored vs. Merrimack is tied for 1st in school history while Cifarelli's two man-up goals vs. Radford is tied for 3rd in school history
- Pierpont's 10 draw controls won vs. California is tied for 6th in school history
- Warren's four free position goals vs. Merrimack are tied for 1st in school history
TEAM SINGLE GAME TIDBITS
- The 22 draw controls won at Old Dominion are tied for 5th in school history
- Winthrop's four man-up goals scored vs. both Merrimack and Radford are tied for 3rd in school history
- The nine free position goals scored vs. Merrimack is tied for first in school history
- The 14 saves at Old Dominion are tied for 10th in school history
- The 48 shots vs. Presbyterian are the 2nd most in school history
- The 25 groundballs vs. Presbyterian represented the 8th most in school history
- This is the 16th time in school history that Winthrop recorded just one man-down goal in a game, which is tied for 8th place
INDIVIDUAL SINGLE SEASON TIDBITS
- Warren has four man-up goals so far this season, which is currently tied for 5th in school history and needs another to move into a tie for 3rd
TEAM SINGLE SEASON TIDBITS
- As a team, Winthrop currently has 15 man-up goals so far this season, which is currently tied for 5th in school history and needs three more to move into a tie for 4th
- As a team, Winthrop currently has four game-winning goals so far this season, which is currently tied for 9th in school history and needs three more to move into a tie for 8th
CAREER LEADERS
- Cifarelli is currently tied for 6th all-time in school history in assists (currently has 52)
- She needs one more assist to move into 5th solely
- Cifarelli now has 111 shots and 95 shots on goal in her career
- Cifarelli needs one more man-up goal to move into a tie for 7th in school history in that area
- Cifarelli also needs one more game-winning goal to move into a tie for 7th in school history in that area
- Gabby Pierpont now has 76 draw controls and 54 groundballs in her career
- Pierpont and Cifarelli both need one more man-down goal to move into a tie for 3rd in school history
- Madison Mayer now has 112 draw controls in her career
- Tori Iannotti has now gone over 50 draw controls in her career (currently has 73)
- Emma Calhoun now has 212 saves in her career
- This is good for 4th in school history in saves and needs 13 more to move into 3rd in school history
- Calhoun has moved into a tie for 4th in school history in goalie victories with six
- Mikaylah Lindsay is 7th in school history in saves (currently has 96) and needs four more saves for 100 in her career
- She has already passed teammate Maddy Hodgson, who currently has 64 and 8th
TEAM LEADERS
- Winthrop is 3rd in the Big South in draw controls per game with 15.17
- Winthrop is 4th in the Big South in ground balls per game with 16.75
- Warren is 3rd in the conference in
- Cifarelli is 5th in assists per game in the conference with 1.33
- Cifarelli and Warren are 8th and 9th in the Big South in goals per game, respectively
- Cifarelli is 7th in points per game in the conference with 4.00
- Lindsay is 7th in the conference in saves per game with 7.18
- Mayer is 7th in draw controls per game in the conference with 3.75 while Pierpont ranks 9th with 3.25
- Cifarelli leads the team in goals with 32, assists with 16, points with 48, and shots on goal with 52
- Pierpont leads the team in ground balls with 23
- Davis leads the team in caused turnovers with 16
- Mayer leads the team in draw controls with 45
WATCH THE EAGLES ON ESPN+
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LOOKING AHEAD
Winthrop welcomes Mercer to town this Saturday at 12:00 p.m.
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